PALMETTO — Many residents here will remember this April 1 as the day the music died in the small city.
Kojak’s Palmetto Ribhouse shut its doors that day, ending its live free music served with ribs, collard greens and friendship.
Joe Fortney and his wife, Veronica, decided 11 years of trying to make a go of the restaurant known far and wide for its barbecue and music were enough.
Fortney, who opened the Palmetto restaurant in 2002 after working since 1978 in Kojak’s House of Ribs in South…
PALMETTO — Many residents here will remember this April 1 as the day the music died in the small city.
Kojak’s Palmetto Ribhouse shut its doors that day, ending its live free music served with ribs, collard greens and friendship.
Joe Fortney and his wife, Veronica, decided 11 years of trying to make a go of the restaurant known far and wide for its barbecue and music were enough.
Fortney, who opened the Palmetto restaurant in 2002 after working since 1978 in Kojak’s House of Ribs in South…