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By Senators Stewart, Albritton, Allen, Barfoot, Beasley, Bell,
Butler, Carnley, Chambliss, Chesteen, Coleman,
Coleman-Madison, Elliott, Figures, Givhan, Gudger, Hatcher,
Hovey, Jones, Kelley, Kitchens, Livingston, Melson, Orr,
Price, Roberts, Sessions, Shelnutt, Singleton, Smitherman,
Stutts, Waggoner, Weaver, Williams
RFD: Rules
First Read: 20-Feb-25
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First Read: 20-Feb-25
Enrolled, An Act,
SJR___ COMMENDING LANNIE'S BAR-B-Q SPOT ON BEING NAMED ONE
OF USA TODAY'S 2025 RESTAURANTS OF THE YEAR.
WHEREAS, with great pride and special pleasure, we
commend Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot, a Selma institution and one
of the oldest barbecue restaurants in Alabama, for being
named one of USA Today's 2025 Restaurants of the Year; and
WHEREAS, the USA Today list includes 45 restaurants
in 27 states, from white-tablecloth restaurants to taco
stands and burger joints; Lannie's is the only Alabama
restaurant on the list, which was compiled by food writers
across the USA Today Network; the USA Today writers chose
"restaurants that surprise and delight them, ones that they
return to again and again, ones they like to recommend to
out-of-towners"; and
WHEREAS, for five generations, Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot
has served customers just across Minter Avenue from where it
all started 80 years ago; along the way, it has weathered
storms, both natural and political, and is ready to face the
coming decades in a brand-new building; the operators are
not the only generational component in this formula of
smoked pork, fried fish, burgers, and fries; customers, too,
have been coming here for generations; the fiery red,
vinegar-based sauce is just as ingrained in the history here
as the dark prairie soil that gives the Black Belt region
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as the dark prairie soil that gives the Black Belt region
its name; and
WHEREAS, Lannie's story goes back to 1944, when
founders Lannie and Will Travis started barbecuing hogs in a
cinder-block pit next to their Minter Avenue home; last
summer, a year after tearing down their old building, the
grandchildren of the founders reopened the family business
in a new, larger space that will continue Lannie's tradition
for years to come; and
WHEREAS, tucked away in a historically Black
neighborhood in eastern Selma, the family-owned barbecue
joint has always been a place where everyone felt welcome;
even during the turbulent 1960s, when Selma was on the front
lines of the Civil Rights Movement, Lannie's was a calm in
the storm; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH
HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot is
highly commended and congratulated for being chosen as one
of USA Today's 2025 Restaurants of the Year, and best wishes
are extended for continued success in all future endeavors.
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are extended for continued success in all future endeavors.
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
passed the Senate.
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
House of Representatives
Passed: 27-Feb-25
By: Senator Stewart
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