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BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM

AUBURN — Ownership of well-known Auburn restaurant, Byron’s Smokehouse, is changing hands.

After more than 30 years, Glen Gulledge, owner of Byron’s, is passing off his business to Kevin Tudhope.

Kevin has been friends with Gulledge for many years — both of them having grown up in Auburn.

It was around May when Gulledge let Kevin know that there were people interested in buying Byron’s.

“They were looking at the possibility of possibly selling it, so during that conversation, it just kind of evolved to us talking about whether I would be willing to do something like that,” Kevin said.

Kevin is no stranger to the business world. He and his wife, Julie, own local UPS stores, a mortgage company and a local Baumhower's franchise.

“He knew I’d been