“Spontaneous combustion of clean rags” is how Dusty Miller described the cause of the fire that devastated Miller’s Smokehouse, in Belton, on February 28. The restaurant has since been closed, and Miller expects the renovation to take months. In the meantime, he and his staff are operating with a limited menu from a food truck next to the restaurant, and they have two locations of Miller’s sister business, Muscovy Coffee Roasters, open—one in Salado, and one across the street from the Belton joint.The Belton coffee shop opened just days before the fire, and it was a huge step for the Miller family in creating a symbiosis between their businesses. Barbecue from Miller’s Smokehouse was woven throughout the breakfast menu at Muscovy, in everything from the…The post A Fire Shut Down This Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joint. Here’s How It’s Surviving. appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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