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Community Rallies Behind Sebastopol Pitmaster After City Shuts Down Smokers

Summary by KSRO
The future of A&M BBQ is up in the air after the city of Sebastopol ordered the popular Black-owned restaurant to stop using its outdoor commercial smokers due to zoning violations. According to the Press Democrat, the order followed dozens of neighborhood complaints about overnight smoke, forcing pitmaster Kris Austin to relocate his cooking operations three miles outside city limits and haul food into town multiple times a day. Dozens of suppo…

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The Press Democrat broke the news in Sonoma, United States on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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