BOONE LIFE: Barbecue restaurant continues neighborhood tradition

Sunday, August 26, 2007 | 8:27 p.m. CDT; updated 10:03 p.m. CST, Monday, February 9, 2009

COLUMBIA — It’s easy to drive by and miss the small restaurant located at 205 McBaine Ave. near Ash Street. But if you’re driving slowly or walking by, it’s hard to miss the smell of the hickory smoke coming from the big grill — called “Big Boy” — sitting outside J.R. Barton’s Southern Kitchen and BBQ.

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