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Willie Ray’s Q Shack tests larger location

Elijah DeciousElijah Decious

Jun. 13, 2023 5:45 am

Willie Ray Fairley, owner of Willie Ray's Q Shack, takes down a customer’s name and phone number to give him a call when they have more ribs ready after running out of food during the lunch rush at Willie Ray’s Q Shack in Cedar Rapids in May 2021. The owner is testing a new location next door with tables and seating. (The Gazette)
Willie Ray Fairley, owner of Willie Ray's Q Shack, takes down a customer’s name and phone number to give him a call when they have more ribs ready after running out of food during the lunch rush at Willie Ray’s Q Shack in Cedar Rapids in May 2021. The owner is testing a new location next door with tables and seating. (The Gazette)

CEDAR RAPIDS — Willie Ray’s Q Shack is testing out a new space that will make it more than a shack.

The iconic barbecue restaurant, long run out of its tiny drive-thru only location, did a test run Friday on its new, larger location next door at 266 Blairs Ferry Rd. The one-day test run, announced only on social media, comes many months after the restaurant’s sign first appeared on the space in the strip mall, next to Batteries Plus and Dollar General.

The interior of the space with tables and chairs, just east of the current drive-thru location at 288 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE, is not yet finished. An anticipated opening date for full-time service has not yet been announced.

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