The Big Apple Barbeque
The Big Apple Barbeque is in Madison Square Park today and tomorrow.
It's an awesome concept, bring the great pitmasters to NYC and take over an urban park and fill it with music, beer, and great food.
The only problem is that there are too many barbeque fans in NYC and they were all out in force today. The lines were 30 minutes or longer per pit. They had something called the Bubba Fast Pass which we decided to do. You lay out $125 on a prepaid card and get to go in the back door. But they sold a ton of fast passes and the point of sale system didn't work so the lines were as long on the Fast Pass lane as they were on the regular lines. It got so bad that they started giving away food on the Fast Pass lanes so that they could speed it up.
As a result, even though we went with a group of 10, I didn't spend all my Fast Pass money so I'll be back for seconds tomorrow.
The highlight for today was the pulled pork sandwich from Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama. Washed down with Brooklyn Beer. Wow was that good.
Every year, some NYC blogger I read writes about Big Bob Gibson's; it makes this North Alabamian smile real big. :)
Posted by: Geof F. Morris | June 10, 2006 at 11:16 PM
I was a huge fan of the baby back ribs at 17th Street BBQ (I'm pretty sure that was the name).
Posted by: Noah Brier | June 11, 2006 at 10:03 PM
MMMMM. Lutsky said it was okay, but a good thing it doesn't happen every day.
I could eat pulled pork all day, every day.
Posted by: jackson | June 12, 2006 at 11:44 AM
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Posted by: phattie | September 08, 2006 at 01:22 AM
The new Big Bob resturant in Monroe NC doesn't have a clue. Regional favorite chopped pork was bland, childs portions and executive prices $2 for a glass of tea. I couldn't believe they didn't serve hushpuppies. They serve cheese bisquits. It might be the thing in other regions, but they better regroup to stay in business in the Carolinas.
Posted by: Harold | March 27, 2007 at 06:02 PM