Published: 12/25/2010

Toledo barbecue spot becoming steak house

BIZ BUILD26p The Blade/Lori King 12/21/2010 J C Contracting workers remodel what will be a Longhorn Steakhouse on Talmadge Rd. in Toledo, Ohio. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo

David Santos cuts a panel of wood as crews convert the former Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill restaurant at 4155 Talmadge Rd. into a LongHorn Steakhouse that is to open in mid-March.

Darden Restaurants Inc., of Orlando, Fla., which owns the LongHorn chain, closed Smokey Bones in 2007 as part of a restructuring and eventual sale of the chain. But Darden held on to the real estate and this year opted to convert the site into the Toledo area's second LongHorn.

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