Big Jake’s to be Torn Down

The Missouri History Museum has purchased former Mayor Freeman Bosley, Jr.’s Big Jake’s BBQ on Delmar and, according to The Pacer neighborhood newsletter, plans to raze the building and put in a new “multi-modal” building.

Closed for a few months now, Big Jake’s hosted several political meetings over the years and was one of the few places in town you could buy barbecued turkey legs so big they hung out of the Styrofoam to-go boxes. R.I.P. Big Jake’s.