Atlanta restaurant B’s Cracklin BBQ destroyed in fire

Fire crews work to put out flames shooting from the roof of B's Cracklin' Barbecue in the Riverside neighborhood of northwest Atlanta Wedensday morning.

Credit: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Credit: JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Fire crews work to put out flames shooting from the roof of B's Cracklin' Barbecue in the Riverside neighborhood of northwest Atlanta Wedensday morning.

Award-winning barbecue restaurant B’s Cracklin BBQ was destroyed by a fire overnight in the Riverside neighborhood at 2061 Main St. NW, the second time owner and pitmaster Bryan Furman has lost his restaurant to a fire.

Furman was recently named a James Beard Award semifinalist in the Best Chef: Southeast category.

“I’m going to reopen,” Furman told the AJC. “That’s not a question.”

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