{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ejs6diyiruzc7xlq7yrq","title":"'Our second home': North Carolina barbecue restaurant closing after more than 60 years in business","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/our-second-home-gastonia-barbecue-restaurant-closing-after-more-than-60-ejs6diyiru","count":3,"items":[{"id":"n_nto2rlcfxpuiu67acdeq","seq":1254543,"kind":"article","title":"Longtime Gastonia BBQ restaurant to close this weekend","url":"https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/gaston-county/gastonia/longtime-gastonia-bbq-restaurant-to-close-this-weekend","summary":"Longtime Gastonia barbecue restaurant Ray's Smokehouse is scheduled to close this Saturday after operating for more than six decades.","published":"2026-10-02T02:25:13Z","seen":"2026-10-02T03:04:16Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","name":"qcnews.com","domain":"qcnews.com"},"via":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","topics":["gastonia","local news","news","north carolina"],"authors":["Caroline Bowyer"],"image":"https://www.qcnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/109/2026/10/rAYS-CUSTOMER.png?w=900","story":"st_ejs6diyiruzc7xlq7yrq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.23000000417232513,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.3799999952316284,"political":0.019999999552965164},{"id":"n_5trxxxvweg3tnd3cqn5a","seq":1149281,"kind":"article","title":"'Our second home': North Carolina barbecue restaurant closing after more than 60 years in business","url":"https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/our-second-home-north-carolina-barbecue-restaurant-closing-after-more-than-60-years-in-business","summary":"Its owners announced Wednesday that it made the \"bittersweet\" decision to sell the business and begin their retirement.","published":"2026-10-01T13:34:02Z","seen":"2026-10-01T14:10:56Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-myfox8-com-c5c85b","name":"myfox8.com","domain":"myfox8.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7949771","name":"WGHP","type":"broadcaster","country":"US","designations":["television station"]}},"via":"kite-myfox8-com-c5c85b","topics":["north carolina news","food news","nc business & economy","news","gastonia"],"authors":["Doug Coats"],"image":"https://myfox8.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-09-30-214305.png?w=900","mentions":2,"story":"st_ejs6diyiruzc7xlq7yrq","category":"lifestyle-leisure","category_p":0.36000001430511475,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4399999976158142,"political":0.029999999329447746},{"id":"n_ejs6diyiruzc7xlq7yrq","seq":1036392,"kind":"article","title":"'Our second home': Gastonia barbecue restaurant closing after more than 60 years in business","url":"https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/gaston-county/gastonia/our-second-home-gastonia-barbecue-restaurant-closing-after-more-than-60-years-in-business","summary":"Its owners announced Wednesday that that it made the \"bittersweet\" decision to sell the business and begin their retirement.","published":"2026-10-01T01:47:46Z","seen":"2026-10-01T02:33:36Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","name":"qcnews.com","domain":"qcnews.com"},"via":"kite-qcnews-com-a49cf0","topics":["gastonia","business","food and drink","gaston county","local news","news"],"authors":["Doug Coats"],"entities":[{"id":"Q943775","name":"Gastonia","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.qcnews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/109/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-30-214305.png?w=900","story":"st_ejs6diyiruzc7xlq7yrq","category":"lifestyle-leisure","category_p":0.25999999046325684,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.33000001311302185,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}