After more than three years as a groundbreaking Chinese-American barbecue popup, Winnie Yee-Lakhani’s Smoke Queen Barbecue opens its first stand-alone restaurant in Garden Grove on Saturday, March 9.

Smoke Out Queen made her mark with “Trial Time” and established her own label, Smoke Queen Productions, before releasing her debut album “Bringing It” in 2011. Smoke Out Queen, also known as Smoke ...

At Southern California’s newest barbecue hotspot, there is no white bread available for sopping up the sauce. Instead, Smoke Queen Barbecue fills its trays with unique smoked meats and an array of ...

The sign at the entrance to Smoke Queen Barbecue in Garden Grove, Calif., spells out the word “Welcome” in four languages: English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese. It’s a nod to both the diversity of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Smoke Queen BBQ founder Winnie Yee-Lakhani ...

Ask Yee-Lakhani about her restaurant experience prior to Smoke Queen BBQ, and you won’t hear stories of small-town diners or apprenticeships at Michelin-star spots. “I dropped out of pastry school ...

The new Smoke Queen BBQ restaurant will hopefully open next year at 12941 9th Street in Garden Grove, though the timing is still in flux due to the unique nature of the restaurant, its needed permits, ...