Smoque Blocks a Ga. Restaurant From Using Name + More Intel

—A Georgia restaurant tried to name itself "Smoque" — and the Chicago barbecue stalwart of the same name quickly put an end to it, reports the Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.). Turns out that Smoque trademarked the name in 2008, so don’t expect another restaurant to use it any time soon. Mark Jones, the owner of the Georgia restaurant that’s now named Smoke, was asked in... read more...