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Commends Lannie's Bar-B-Q Spot in Selma for being named one of USA Today's 2025 Restaurants of the Year, the only Alabama restaurant selected on the list of 45 restaurants across 27 states.

Recognizes Lannie's as one of the oldest barbecue restaurants in Alabama, operating for 80 years across five generations of the Travis family since founders Lannie and Will Travis started the business in 1944.

Notes that the family-owned restaurant recently reopened in a new, larger building after tearing down its original structure, located in a historically Black neighborhood in eastern Selma.

Highlights the restaurant's cultural significance as a welcoming community gathering place, including during the turbulent 1960s Civil Rights Movement when it provided a calm refuge in Selma.

Extends best wishes for the restaurant's continued success in all future endeavors.