Family’s legal spat threatens to shutter Dean’s Barbecue

Patrons have been flocking to Dean’s Barbecue in Jonesboro for nearly seven decades for its slow-and-low cooked pork that has made the family-owned business a Clayton County institution.

But a legal dispute among family members is threatening to close the business for good on Dec. 31. Read more about the family and the business on myAJC.com

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