A fire at around 4:00 am today badly damaged the restaurant Uncle Mort’s of Jasper, Alabama.  An official of the fire department estimates that about half the building was destroyed.  Read more in The Birmingham News.

The picture above is a 1978 postcard view of Uncle Mort’s, from Michael Stern’s Roadfood.com review: “You can be sure there is no restaurant in Europe or New York that serves biscuits this good. They are tall and pale with steamy insides that are pure fluff and with delectable crusty bottoms.”