Published on: January 19, 2018 at 5:00 AM

By Chad Allen

Top Hat Barbecue has been smoking and pulling pork for 50 years.

The Blount Springs restaurant is an institution that draws barbecue lovers from miles away.

Though it’s off the beaten path, Top Hat was once on the route of owner Dale Pettit’s father, then a bread delivery man for Tip Top Bread. When the bread company closed, the owner of the restaurant offered to sell to Pettit’s father, and he put together enough money to buy it.

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