Horn Barbecue: Award-winning restaurant reopens at new location in Oakland following closure from devastating fire 5 months ago [Video]

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Popular Oakland restaurant Horn Barbecue reopened in a new location five months after a devastating fire.

Owner and Chef Matt Horn says as a business owner, he is not giving up on Oakland.

“The easiest thing to do is to quit and run away. But in the face of adversity, true character is revealed and how we respond to it,” explains Horn.

Last November, just a few days before Thanksgiving, Horn Barbecue, his flagship restaurant on Mandela Parkway in Oakland was destroyed in a fire. Horn believes it was arson. It damaged the kitchen and the venting system, which cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars to install.

But on Friday, Horn’s award-winning southern style barbecue restaurant reopened near downtown, replacing one of Horn’s existing restaurants.

“I’m not going to say that it was easy to make the decision. We …