Tom Cruise Top Gun Barbecue Restaurant Destroyed

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported Thursday that the landmark restaurant, Kansas City Barbecue, made famous by the 1986 hit “Top Gun”, had burned to the ground. The restaurant, which played host to Tom Cruise and dozens of uniformed men during a scene that included a famous rendition of “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling”, was set ablaze from an open cooking pit fire in the kitchen. All restaurant employees and guests were evacuated safely, and the fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes. The building, however, was completely destroyed. The Fire-Rescue Department has estimated the damages at $400,000, not including the “priceless” collection of photographs, props, and other memorabilia on display to commemorate the film and location.