Restaurant industry’s economic challenges led to the decision to shut down after 14 years
Not long after 6 p.m. Tuesday, the staff at thein San Jose — which will close for good Thursday — set up two chairs at the end of the long line at the cash register to signify that they were nearly out of food and wouldn’t take any more orders.David Nuckles eased around the chairs and quietly got in line, hoping no one besides the real end-of-the-line customer and a reporter would notice. “We’re sad to see it close,” he said. “Now we’re going to have to find a new favorite place.
Expect Blue Rock to be packed like that for the next two days, as owners Owen and Marie Jobson have announced they are shutting down permanently after more than 14 years in business on Meridian Avenue in the city’s Cambrian district. Raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Jobsons moved to Silicon Valley for jobs but soon missed the barbecue from back home. So they set up shop, smoking Tennessee-style pulled pork, Texas-style brisket and other meats over hickory, moving up to a Southern Pride SRG-400 smoker that “burns whole hickory logs and helps us prepare juicy barbecue with a delicious flavor and a nice smoke ring,” Owen posted at the time.
And then there’s the barbecue joint specialty that the Densmore family drives from Mountain View to get at Blue Rock.
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