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Byron's<br />
Some things change.<br />
And thankfully, some things do not.<br />
By Christy Kyser<br />
Byron’s Smokehouse in Auburn changed ownership<br />
in 2023 after 34 years in the Gulledge family,<br />
a quiet sale that wasn’t well-known until it<br />
was well done. Possibly the best strategy as the Auburn<br />
Faithful would have held a collective breath, anxious<br />
and vocal with ideas and opinions as to the why, when,<br />
where and how of it all.<br />
Instead, Glen and Stephanie Gulledge met with Kevin<br />
Tudhope of Auburn and struck a deal. “I’m a regular<br />
customer of Byron’s. I’ve been going there for as a<br />
long as I can remember. After talking with Glen, I felt<br />
like Byron’s would be a natural fit with our other business<br />
interests,” says Tudhope. “We have no intention<br />
to change the hometown feel of Byron’s. Glen has built<br />
up the restaurant through the years as a staple in the<br />
Auburn community. We want to keep it that way.”<br />
Surrounded by family including his father Byron<br />
and new-bride Stephanie, Glen opened Byron’s in<br />
September 1989. “We were married in April 1989 and<br />
opened Byron’s that same year. The restaurant life is all<br />
we have ever known,” says Stephanie.<br />
Glen and his father perfected the meat-smoking process<br />
while establishing and maintaining a passion for<br />
customers. “We’ve grown to love our regulars like fam-<br />
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