Ever since the "long threads kills..." topic, there's been like ZERO KC people checking in...


Maybe we can use this one for about 200 posts and then start up a new one.


I missed the last BBQ meat.. :( had to go down to Oklahoma City for a last minute repo on a car of mine..



Immabout to take a trip to the middle of nowhere Iowa to pick up donor 5speed Shark e24 by this weekend... going for the auto/manual swap.. again



So any thoughts of doing another meat in February?

sounds like a plan, i'm in.....

transmission swappin' fool, that be you!

I missed the last BBQ meat.. :( had to go down to Oklahoma City for a last minute repo on a car of mine..



Not the 93 I hope! I have been checking back into the KC thread that Steve updates the meeting places and times in but there hasn't been anything since the 9th. I am always up for a meat! :buttrock

Not the 93 I hope! I have been checking back into the KC thread that Steve updates the meeting places and times in but there hasn't been anything since the 9th. I am always up for a meat! :buttrock


not the 93

it was a 2001 Dodge Neon

The death of the uber thread killed us. :(

i'm here... don't own a bmw at the moment, trying to change that though!

i'm here... don't own a bmw at the moment, trying to change that though!

We allow outsiders. :D

Finally someone from the area speaks again. Lets do something.

Finally someone from the area speaks again. Lets do something.

We have been getting together BBQ meets but our large OMGWTFKCBBQ thread is gone so you gotta check the thread Steve has posted above. He is supposed to update the meeting times and places. I think once spring hits in March sometime though we should get a large BMW meet together on a Saturday or Sunday and grab a bite and take some good pics! :buttrock

I'm all for another meat meet soon, but Blaine, for fuck's sake. Are you going to show this time? :confused


What's everyone in the mood for? Any new places to check out?

I'm all for another meat meet soon, but Blaine, for fuck's sake. Are you going to show this time? :confused


well..

now that I don't have a woman in my life, my schedule becomes ALOT more predictable and steady for some reason.... :rolleyes



I just now got back from fetching that extra e24.. it'll be parts rapetyme soon on this 'ol girl

I'm heading to Breck for the week, but am free outside of that. I'd be up for trying some new places.

well..

now that I don't have a woman in my life, my schedule becomes ALOT more predictable and steady for some reason.... :rolleyes



I just now got back from fetching that extra e24.. it'll be parts rapetyme soon on this 'ol girl

Sweet! :redspot


I'm heading to Breck for the week, but am free outside of that. I'd be up for trying some new places.

:shifty

Uh, sweet?
:alright

:shifty

Uh, sweet?
:alright

Umm, yeah! Now my main problem is that I stupidly invited both my ex and another "friend" up... I think they both are coming too. Fuck me... this could be ugly. :D Or do I just sack up and tell the ex she can't stay?

Or do I just sack up and tell the ex she can't stay?

donkey punch with a swift kick to the dumpster

Holy New Thread Batman!

Has Rosedale BBQ been hit lately?

It's the one down on SW Blvd.




Here's that donor/parts car I traveled 700 billion miles for. Beauty, aint she?

Has Rosedale BBQ been hit lately?

It's the one down on SW Blvd.




Here's that donor/parts car I traveled 700 billion miles for. Beauty, aint she?
I eat Rosedale all the time. I have grown to really like their burt ends.

Did you drive that thing home? Please tell me you had more air in the tires when you were driving it.

Need to start tearing it down.:buttrock

I eat Rosedale all the time. I have grown to really like their burt ends.

How are the Ernie ribs? :D

Did you drive that thing home? Please tell me you had more air in the tires when you were driving it.

Need to start tearing it down.:buttrock


Hell no I didnt drive it home! LOL. I rented one of those UHaul full sized auto transports. It wouldnt have made it if I tried to drive it home!

Tear down is in the works... looking for volunteers to help... :help

I'm down for something this Wed, and Rosedale's is fine with me.


Once I get a little more breathing room, I'll update the list of where we have and haven't been.


I'm voting Stonewall BBQ is off the list, tho. :( (nice patio, but the BBQ was missed. How is their pizza?)

Hell no I didnt drive it home! LOL. I rented one of those UHaul full sized auto transports. It wouldnt have made it if I tried to drive it home!

Tear down is in the works... looking for volunteers to help... :help

How much did it cost to rent that? I need to move a parts car of mine over to this side of town. Then cut it up, stick it inside my black car and take them to the salvage yard. I have no way of doing it, so Im trying to weight all my options.

I'll help you.. Give me a shout and we'll get-er-done.

I'm down for something this Wed, and Rosedale's is fine with me.


Once I get a little more breathing room, I'll update the list of where we have and haven't been.


I'm voting Stonewall BBQ is off the list, tho. :( (nice patio, but the BBQ was missed. How is their pizza?)


Im good with that. I haven't had Stonewall's pizza, so I can't comment.

Wednesday night is KU verses KSU, so I think there will some bailers.

Rosedale it is then...

just hopefully this white crap will be cleared up by then.

Shark might not make it.. I have the injectors out right now and tore up some 268K mile rubber hoses in the process.. not sure if I'll have it buttoned back up by then.. but I'm hackin away at it


This weather need to GTFO of town! I tried going to get vac hoses and camera batteries and it's rough goin out there with other vehicles going outta control in this snow.



Wednesday night is KU verses KSU, so I think there will some bailers.

If you go, that'll make 4.. and if CHarper goes.. that's 5.. I seen him post in the old super thread.


How much did it cost to rent that? I need to move a parts car of mine over to this side of town. Then cut it up, stick it inside my black car and take them to the salvage yard. I have no way of doing it, so Im trying to weight all my options.

I'll help you.. Give me a shout and we'll get-er-done.


Hey Brady,

The rental cost me ~$57 for a 24hr period. You gotta have a very large truck, like my E350 van, to hook it up safely.
I can help you with your junk by doing some pullin.

whatchya gonna cut up?

I'd like to strip that POS Shark out as much as possible.. I don't want the wheels taken... guess it's gonna skid outta here BTT I'm done with it!
It's already been handy to look at when I wonder what that loose vac hose goes to..
Was figuring on putting both inside and just go back and forth for the trim, etc first.. then tackle the trans. swap/pull engine out later (or maybe it should be transformed into a track car... LOL)

I'm down for something this Wed, and Rosedale's is fine with me.






oh no......


I have an HVAC course from 6-9 on Wed. evenings! :mad

tomorrow is my 2nd night so far 'til mid April.


Anyway we can make this Thur/Fri/Sat? :D

Alright, Wed. it ISN'T.



Let's shoot for next week.

A couple of weeks ago when I was out cycling I rode past place in Olathe and if I recall correctly they have a Wednesday rib special. I'll try and get by there again to confirm and get an address.

I say we give Smokehouse BBQ a try at 135th and Metcalf. I think it used to be a Zarda's. I went there for lunch awhile back and it was pretty good stuff.

Brady - If you need to do some towing and whatnot, I need to rent a pickup one of these weekends to take a bunch of branches to the dump. We could do some towing too.

Alright, Wed. it ISN'T.



Let's shoot for next week.





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I say we give Smokehouse BBQ a try at 135th and Metcalf. I think it used to be a Zarda's. I went there for lunch awhile back and it was pretty good stuff.


SMOKEHOUSE mmmmmmmmmm! Count me in! :buttrock

Hell no I didnt drive it home! LOL. I rented one of those UHaul full sized auto transports. It wouldnt have made it if I tried to drive it home!

Tear down is in the works... looking for volunteers to help... :help

when do you wanna work? i'd like to help.....

when do you wanna work? i'd like to help.....

trying to put a plan together.


Thanks for the offer to help..:) I'll figure something out soon..

Right now, I need to clear space in the shop so both cars can be inside at the same time.


Yesterday I swapped e36 M3 injectors into the '86 Shark.. seem to work great.

I'm ready for some BBQ, Count me in

hey guys, i am in wichita and KC is not that bad of a drive. just curious if there is a common meeting place for everyone? i probably will not make it to alot of meets but for the most part i will try and get to some. it is always fun to make a trip to KC. anyway let me know.

We may have to have a special Sat G2G in your honor in Lawrence sometime.

Ease the drive on you a bit and give us a little further to go.

I'd suggest Logan plot something for short skirt weather so we can make the most of it. :devillook


(Born in ICT, lived there through 4th grade, then went to WSU for Aero Eng for 2.5 years... Welcome!)

And it looks like Smokehouse it is, Wed Feb 6th.

All in flavor?

And it looks like Smokehouse it is, Wed Feb 6th.

All in flavor?

I should be good to go next week.

We may have to have a special Sat G2G in your honor in Lawrence sometime.

Ease the drive on you a bit and give us a little further to go.

I'd suggest Logan plot something for short skirt weather so we can make the most of it.


(Born in ICT, lived there through 4th grade, then went to WSU for Aero Eng for 2.5 years... Welcome!)

sounds awesome! and i dont mind the drive, its all fun anyway.

and if we can plan something in advance i should be able to get my crew (blitz rennsport) together and we can make it into one big german car meet! anyway look forward to making this happen!

sounds awesome! and i dont mind the drive, its all fun anyway.

and if we can plan something in advance i should be able to get my crew (blitz rennsport) together and we can make it into one big german car meet! anyway look forward to making this happen!


For a future GTG why don't you find a BBQ joint in Emporia and we will meet you there.

You guys need to do something on the weekends so I can join in the festivities :shifty

ZOMG!!! lookoutfenderbender!!!

Cool sig!

Agreed, weekend events will allow a little more freedom than the wed. events have.

Weekends are much better for me as well. I get off work at 6pm daily so making it home to change and back out at 6:30 is pushing it lol. But I still manage :buttrock


This spring we need to get a nice cruise to Lawrence setup! Its always fun getting a group of guys with the same kind of cars together for a small cruise.

The big problems with weekends is many people have things planned, or thats their only time to get OTHER things done that they can't do in an evening. Weekends are a no go for me. I usually have my weekends stacked with things that can't be done during the week because of lack of time.


On that note.. Steve and I will plan two Weekend events for this Spring/Summer.

Steve, name a week night in the next 2 weeks, and we'll get some Boulevard BBQ and we'll lay out the next few months of BBQ madness. I also want to srsly talk to you about HellaQ so I can work on that a little. send me some mails about dis when you gets some free times.

well the weekends would be best for blitz i can tell you that now. and everyone knows that there are other things done on the weekends. we just have to plan in advance and accordingly. but yea i talked with a few of the guys last night at our meet, and they are excited to make a drive north for a GTG. although they all want to waith until the white stuff is gone! and i am sure everyone else as well.

but we will figure this stuff out.

Hello mperfct it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?

Hello mperfct it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?

:rofl

Wed. is FTL for me :(


BTW, I finally got the Shark back together and resolved teh rough idle issue (O2 Sensor). :alright

Steve, name a week night in the next 2 weeks, and we'll get some Boulevard BBQ and we'll lay out the next few months of BBQ madness. I also want to srsly talk to you about HellaQ so I can work on that a little. send me some mails about dis when you gets some free times.



New joint just popped up: Dave Edwards Blvd. BBQ, on S.W. Blvd. right next to Ponaks.

Brady? Wanna hit that up next week to mastermind our plans?

E'mailing you some idle thoughts and questions later.

Later,

I think that's the place I checked out for an earlier meet and they are closed on Wednesday evenings.

http://www.gasbbq.net/reviews.htm Here's a list of places in KC area.
The BBQ Shack in Paola was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives a few weeks ago.





Kansasbob98

Is the BBQ shack at the Paola airport? I flew down there with a buddy and had BBQ at the airport. That was pretty good stuff!

You guys need to do something on the weekends so I can join in the festivities :shifty

I've seen your car on base a few times! Your white car is gorgeous and I do think I've seen the gray E30 in your sig parked in that lot once too. Your white car looks lower than my car and mine scrapes on the new tire-thrashers going out the gate. I imagine you do too? We need to meet up some time...

Brady, did you forget I have a truck and trailer? If you still need a car moved, call me!

I've seen your car on base a few times! Your white car is gorgeous and I do think I've seen the gray E30 in your sig parked in that lot once too. Your white car looks lower than my car and mine scrapes on the new tire-thrashers going out the gate. I imagine you do too? We need to meet up some time...

Brady, did you forget I have a truck and trailer? If you still need a car moved, call me!

Oh snap! a fellow whitemaner?
Yeh, the grey one is currently hot rod black with an IS lip for now. don't drive it much as I need to change the timing belt but not so good with that. i have a belt and water pump, if you know how ;)
But yeh. My e46=lowrider and scrapes the spike strip everytime. Makes me wince. With my summer tires, if I don't drive over them slow enough, it hits the crossbrace :(
What do you drive? You don't happen to drive that white e30, do you? Or maybe the black m3? I see them by the WSA and, judging by your s/n, you work over there

I think that's the place I checked out for an earlier meet and they are closed on Wednesday evenings.



Any verdict or rating?

Oh snap! a fellow whitemaner?
Yeh, the grey one is currently hot rod black with an IS lip for now. don't drive it much as I need to change the timing belt but not so good with that. i have a belt and water pump, if you know how ;)
But yeh. My e46=lowrider and scrapes the spike strip everytime. Makes me wince. With my summer tires, if I don't drive over them slow enough, it hits the crossbrace :(
What do you drive? You don't happen to drive that white e30, do you? Or maybe the black m3? I see them by the WSA and, judging by your s/n, you work over there

Sorry, I'm not much of a mechanical guy - I just don't have the patience for it but if you need a garage, you are more than welcome to use mine. I have a buddy in Columbia who might be willing to help out too. He's good with that stuff.

Yep, the black M3 and white E30 are both mine. I just acquired a 91 318is parts car and swapped the interior and wheels onto my E30. Need anything?

Are you the same photographer on base who owned the blue E36 a couple years ago or did you recently move to the area?

If you read this soon and if you're willing to come to Sedalia, we're going to lunch/breakfast at around 1130ish today. I'll PM you my number.

The wife is the photographer, I'm a VIIDS guy (the security systems). Same building, though and we just moved here from minot this past august.
Does the parts car have a working coolant sensor and washer fluid res? Not even the whole res, just the part where the hose comes in.
And I'm down for lunch or something. Who exactly is "we"?

I've seen your car on base a few times! Your white car is gorgeous and I do think I've seen the gray E30 in your sig parked in that lot once too. Your white car looks lower than my car and mine scrapes on the new tire-thrashers going out the gate. I imagine you do too? We need to meet up some time...

Brady, did you forget I have a truck and trailer? If you still need a car moved, call me!
i don't like to me anyone's pain the butt. If it comes down to it, I may call you.

Are you going to be around next Saturday? Im going to pick up a new e34 friday, and Im going to stay the night in Fulton MO friday night, so I could possibly come by sat.

Any verdict or rating?

No, I didn't eat. When they said they were closed Wednesday evenings I lost interest.

i don't like to me anyone's pain the butt. If it comes down to it, I may call you.

Are you going to be around next Saturday? Im going to pick up a new e34 friday, and Im going to stay the night in Fulton MO friday night, so I could possibly come by sat.

Yeah we should be here next weekend. I removed your taillight already.

So we still on for Smokehouse this Wednesday?

i am not sure on what type of a time frame will work for most of you, but i am sure if we plan on something in 2 or 3 weeks that should be plenty of time to get things organized. i will start posting this on our site as well and try and get some feed back. as far as a place is concerned you guys would be better off finding a place to meet, as i am not that familiar with locations up north. but we are all very capable of getting there.

So we still on for Smokehouse this Wednesday?



I'm definitely up for it.

i am not sure on what type of a time frame will work for most of you, but i am sure if we plan on something in 2 or 3 weeks that should be plenty of time to get things organized. i will start posting this on our site as well and try and get some feed back. as far as a place is concerned you guys would be better off finding a place to meet, as i am not that familiar with locations up north. but we are all very capable of getting there.




Cool. Let's clarify where we're going to Meat, then get a list of BBQ joints available or recommended for the area. Finally, let's get a consensus of when will work best for everyone who wants to attend.

BBQ. Making the world a better place, one dead animal at a time. :alright

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BBQ. Making the world a better place, one dead animal at a time. :alright[/QUOTE/]


:lol

Wednesday works for me.

Tried a new place at lunch today, Biemers BBQ. meat was fair, a little dry. But it is in a gas station, and employed by jailbait, both big pluses in my book.
although they only have an occupancy of like 10, so not teh best for our needs.

well still a little too early to tell, and tonight we are supposed to get some snow and very chilly weather! it has also been mentioned that we wait until spring time, although personally i want to do it sooner. and it will defiantely have to be on a weekend so i dont miss work. other than that the time frame will be top priority, then location. but i will keep you guys updated!

I'm definitely up for it.

135th and Metcalf?


Who else is in???

Im going to try... I've got a lot going on this week, so I may not be able to make it. :( Then again, I may be there.. its hard to say.

Im going to try... I've got a lot going on this week, so I may not be able to make it. :( Then again, I may be there.. its hard to say.



Tease.

And what about you, Blaine? This is all your doing, after all...


Dean?


Ted?


Brandon?

Tease.

I have to make sure I give myself a little bit of time to pack before I leave town Friday. I have a meeting to go to Thursday night, so I'm not sure I'll able to pack then, and of course I have to get some stuff at the shop ready for the weekend before I leave.

I should be able to make it.

I should be able to make it.

:buttrock


I have to make sure I give myself a little bit of time to pack before I leave town Friday. I have a meeting to go to Thursday night, so I'm not sure I'll able to pack then, and of course I have to get some stuff at the shop ready for the weekend before I leave.



Whereyagoin?

And believe me, you can do without sleep for a long time and be just fine.

Especially with a bellah full of BBQ.

And what about you, Blaine? This is all your doing, after all...




see poasts Ayyy (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11939326&postcount=26) and Beee (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11972511&postcount=48)


:shifty :rock:

Bad news guys I cant make it. The man has me workin till 10 tomorrow night :(

And what about you, Blaine? This is all your doing, after all...


Dean?


Ted?


Brandon?

Moight be there... I took my mom's A6 to Colorado this last week and still haven't been able to swap it and get my dog back from her. Depending on what the weather does... we'll see. If it's bad or kinda bad, I'm not driving back to Topeka. If its fine, I'll head back right after work and try to be there in time. When are we meating?

Given the weather and the cancellations, I'm, once again, calling the Meat Meet off for tonight.

I'll fend for myself as will you all, I'm sure.

We'll have plenty of opportunities, so let's think about next week. Maybe on Thur instead?

are any of you bastages going to make the drive up for the late-April DE in Hastings???

I might try, if my car is up to the task. Might try to make April a deadline of sorts.

Given the weather and the cancellations, I'm, once again, calling the Meat Meet off for tonight.

I'll fend for myself as will you all, I'm sure.

We'll have plenty of opportunities, so let's think about next week. Maybe on Thur instead?


Thur?

I'm in!


And pooh on the weather!

I might try, if my car is up to the task. Might try to make April a deadline of sorts.

do eeeeet!!!!!

have you driven that track before???

I've never had my car on any track. :(

I need to get a couple oil leaks fixed, replace my front control arms, and figure out what in my rear end is making a death groan. But I don't see why I couldn't get all this done by then and be ready for the track. Thats assuming that I will be able to pass tech with a little body damage.

big oil leaks, or small ones???

pics of body damage?

All things considered, the roads are spotless now. That being said, I really need to make my exchange. Tomorrow night would be awesome for me too, if that works for Schteve and others. I always seem to have things on Weds...

Thursday's are my mid week cat park days and I'm usually out there during the day, so timing it to drive back (or elsewhere) to Meat Up works out quite well for me.

How is the rest of the group with a general shift from Wed. nights to Thur?


A pre-Friday weekend kickoff sort of thing?

figures.. my class got cancelled this evening and so did the meat.


So are talkin tomorrow Thursday or next week Thursday?

big oil leaks, or small ones???

pics of body damage?

The oil leak is very small, and doesn't seem to even leak while running. Body damage is pretty minimal also, just the front valance and a small tear in the rear valance.

About teh move to Thursday, it doesn't matter to me at all, so if it works better for some people I'm all for it.

don't worry about that stuff then... get the groan fixed first!!!

I don't have a problem with thursdays.

Thursdays do not work for me, sorry.

This is all Kevlar's fault, ever since he nuked our uber thread the carma for this venture has been disrupted.

Thursdays do not work for me, sorry.

This is all Kevlar's fault, ever since he nuked our uber thread the carma for this venture has been disrupted.




Alternate Wed. an Thur?

:dunno

We doin this? 7pm @ the smoke house 135th and Metcalf? TONIGHT?

We doin this? 7pm @ the smoke house 135th and Metcalf? TONIGHT?


Pretty sure this week is a no go theo. Lol say that out loud and its funny. Anywho think this starts next week.

We doin this? 7pm @ the smoke house 135th and Metcalf? TONIGHT?

LOL, you posted an hour before the meet!

also i would like to tyr and make one of these before all of blitz rolls up as well. just for the fact that i want to drive my new car :) so if it is possible think we could arrange something on a weekend?

LOL, you posted an hour before the meet!

also i would like to tyr and make one of these before all of blitz rolls up as well. just for the fact that i want to drive my new car :) so if it is possible think we could arrange something on a weekend?

I'm aware. It was a question, I wanted to see if anyone was going to be there because it sounded like some would be there. Anywho, no one showed up, so it's moot. :(

Next Wednesday I could be convinced to eat BBQ. :devillook

so what's the plan here?

are we shooting for this Thursday?

are we alternating Thur./Wed.?

are we gonna slip in a Sat. sometimes too?

I'mma letchoo guys dook it out.

I'm probably more flexible in my schedule than most, so I'll go along with whatever you decide on.

Im up for next Wed, but not next Thursday.

Thursday's don't work for me. We have BMW CCA meetings on thursday's and I schedule appointments on thursday's that Im not at the CCA meeting.

Other week nights work better for me, and sometimes Saturday's are cool, but usually not.

I usually work on big projects on Saturdays which I am not working. We need to stick the old schedule.

I saw we do, second or third Wednesday of every month. Steve and I will plan a couple Saturday deal's over the warm months and we can do Tuesday the next month or two so Blaine can come.

Does that sound reasonable?

It needs to the same Day each month, so there is no question.

Sounds good to me Brady, I do have to work late this wednesday though :( So if you all are doin somethin this week I am out but I will try to make sure I am open on Wed nights from now on!

I'm with Brady on this one, it makes it a lot simpler if we stick to the same day every month. And wensdays have worked pretty well for everyone so far. I Think it is impossible for a day to work for everyone all the time.

We could also do the sushi thing on a weekend once a month, or whenever we feel like it.

http://www.steveklein.cc/images/15.jpg

Then Wed. evenings it is.


Alright, who's up for Smokehouse this Wed?

Then Wed. evenings it is.


Alright, who's up for Smokehouse this Wed?

Your pics aren't working, but Im down. You wanna ride together? I can drive, or you can drive.. Either way.

http://www.steveklein.cc/images/15.jpg

:rofl

I's in. What time we shooting for? 7ish?

I's in. What time we shooting for? 7ish?

Normally 6.30, but we're always there for a while before and after eating so no sweat.

I'll see joo guys there.

where exactly is this place? That might come in handy.

where exactly is this place? That might come in handy.

Good question.. I don't even know.

http://www.smokehousebbq.com/

7121 W. 135th street.

I'm in and will see you peepz there.

Brady, got my guibo and exhaust clamp parts today. We'll have to talk tonight about what a good time for some shop work might be.

Peas.

y'all are crazy XD

This article was pulled from Esquire. The McRib is one best sandwiches in America according to this guy. Are we missing something here? I think he is smoking crack.


The Best Sandwiches in America
Unranked, unimpeachable, and incomplete, Esquire’s coast-to-coast list of the finest meals on sliced bread. No burgers allowed.




Got a favorite sandwich? Send us your best-sandwich nominees to editor@esquire.com

***

Michael Schmelling
Jimmy’s Favorite
Jimmy and Drew’s 28th Street Deli, Boulder, Colorado
Never mind that Jimmy and Drew left Chicago to sell meat in a vegan stronghold: They survive because they make everything in-house. They thrive because Jimmy’s namesake Reuben swaps pedestrian rye (meh, it’s just a meat vessel) for schmaltz-fried latkes the size of your hubcaps. (2855 Twenty-eighth Street; 303-447-3354)

Porchetta
Salumi, Seattle

The daily fresh-pulled mozzarella runs out before the line of customers at Salumi, started by Armandino Batali (Mario’s dad). Don’t let the curing bats of fennel-studded finocchiona dangling from meat hooks distract: You want the porchetta -- braised-until-melting pork shoulder with peppers, carrots, and onions on a stout roll to soak up the profligate juices. (309 Third Avenue South; 206-621-8772)

Cuban Meat Sandwich
Paseo, Seattle
No place in Seattle could care less whether you come in than Paseo. The shoe-box shack has no sign, takes no credit. Has so few seats that devotees eat outside on the trunks of their cars. What keeps them returning? The milagro that is the Cuban meat sandwich: marinated, slow-cooked pork ganged into a baguette slathered with garlicky mayonnaise, then mounded again with cilantro, jalapeños, and fat O’s of caramelized onions. Seattle’s a long way from Cuba, but this sandwich erases every mile. (4225 Fremont Avenue North; 206-545-7440)

Bánh Mì
Saigon Sandwich Shop, San Francisco
A culinary legacy of imperialism: French baguette and Vietnamese barbecued pork, sprinkled with shredded carrots, onions, jalapeños, and cilantro. (560 Larkin Street; 415-474-5698)

Reggie Deluxe
Pine State Biscuits, Portland, Oregon
A hangover cure found only at Portland’s Farmers Market (for now): fried chicken, bacon, cheddar, gravy, and an over-easy egg on a cream-top buttermilk biscuit still hot from the outdoor oven. (South Park Blocks, SW Harrison and Montgomery; Saturdays)

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Trailer Park Monte Cristo
Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland
Bobbing in a sea of Blue Ribbon, battered by gale-force amps, you need something solid to hold on to -- and hold down. So: Dip a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich in pancake batter, dunk it in a deep fryer, and dust it with powdered sugar. Voilà: Bar eats supreme. The crisp, cakey crust conceals a molten heart as sweet as Cleveland’s own. (15711 Waterloo Road; 216-383-1124)

Monte Cristo
Canter’s Deli, Los Angeles
Popularized in the ‘60s at the restaurant inside Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, the Monte Cristo is bread, turkey, ham, and Swiss dipped in batter and grilled like French toast. The Canter’s version is a sweet, meaty sponge sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with strawberry jam. (419 North Fairfax Avenue; 323-651-2030)

Club Sandwich
Restaurant Guy Savoy
Two tiny triangles of toasted country bread and two disks of creamy foie gras transformed by Gallic culinary voodoo into a bite-sized treatise on opposites -- simple versus complex, earthy versus rarefied -- all of it gone too soon, in the melancholy French manner. (3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South; 702-731-7731)

The Tyler
Cheese ‘N Stuff, Phoenix
It began in the days before the belly and the beer that made it, when I was a high school wrestler. My prize for making weight was two hours to ingest as much as I could before getting my ass kicked. I found Cheese ‘n Stuff, which stood out not just because it was old and weathered in new, prefab Phoenix but because it had all these weird foods -- pickled things, things in aluminum tubes, headcheese. A father and son -- Stan Zawatski, middle-aged, and Emil, his father -- were behind the counter. This was my creation: a hoagie roll, split wide and topped with Boar’s Head turkey, Muenster, and lettuce, dressed with ribbons of tomato and hot peppers, deli mustard for zing, avocado for lubrication. I ate it at the gym before my match. Then again before my next. I went the week after that, twice. Then I quit wrestling, and on good weeks had it every other day. I ate it before the first concert I drove to with friends, and on graduation day. After a few months, I didn’t have to order anymore. Just enter and smile, a nod between priest and supplicant. Or call first, get Stan’s daughter on the phone -- ”Tell your dad Tyler’s coming in, okay?” (5042 North Central Avenue; 602-266-3636) --Tyler Cabot

Cochon de Lait Po’Boy
Walker’s Bar-B-Que, New Orleans
For years, this sandwich -- twelve-hour-hickory-roasted suckling pig, topped with creamy Cajun mustard slaw -- was available only at Jazz Fest. Now there’s a shop, where the cult of the cochon can worship year-round. But you can still get it at Jazz Fest. (10828 Hayne Boulevard; 504-241-8227)

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Torta de Milanesa
Las Nueva, Los Angeles
A neon crown hangs in the doorway of the East L. A. institution that serves the king of the spicy torta, or Mexican sandwich: breaded carne asada, cheese, avocado, and jalapeños on a toasted roll glistening with grease. Dip it in one of the homemade salsas. (3701 East First Street; 323-264-0678)

Italian Beef
Al’s #1 Italian Beef, Chicago
The stockyard special: thinly sliced beef on bread from the 122-year-old Gonella bakery, enhanced by giardiniera, a fermented vegetable relish made with hot peppers and celery. You could buy the ingredients and study the method, but it ain’t gonna taste like Al’s. (1079 West Taylor Street; 312-226-4017)

Jibarito
Borinquen, Chicago
At first it looks like any sandwich: bread, mayo, meat, iceberg lettuce, tomato. But the “bread” is actually twice-fried green plantains (sliced and pressed into rectangles and brushed with garlic and oil), and the meat is traditional Latino (slow-cooked pork; chopped skin-on fried chicken). An American sandwich with Puerto Rican roots. (1720 California Avenue; 773-227-6038)

McRib
McDonald’s, Multiple Locations
The pickles slay me. The other components of the McRib -- sauce, meat, onions, bun -- are straight outta barbecue antiquity. But the pickles are an unexpected wacko touch. Is that how they do it in . . . what, Kansas City? Because I grew up an active citizen of fast-food nation, this is what my palate has been calibrated to want: the overdetermined tang of the sauce, meat that tastes slightly of the mixing vat, the grace note of those pickles. I look forward to its occasional rerelease, because however artificial, it tastes like the real thing to me. --Scott Dickensheets

Grilled Cheese
Café Muse, Royal Oak, Michigan
Grilled cheese: Wonder bread, Velveeta, and a clothes iron. Or: Havarti, for creaminess. Mozzarella for gooeyness. Fontina for bite. Honey to linger on the tongue, paired with the sharp anise nip of fresh basil and the sweet tang of grilled tomato. (317 South Washington Avenue; 248-544-4749)

Lisa C’s Boisterous Brisket
Zingerman’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Gold Angus-beef brisket, dry-rubbed with sea salt, pungent Tellicherry black pepper, garlic, and marjoram, is left to sit in a mixture of butter-sautéed onions, caramelly demerara sugar, ketchup, molasses, garlic, and cayenne. Later it’s hand-pulled and layered into a bun that’s basically challah baked in hot-dog-roll form. On the side you get molasses-baked beans with applewood-smoked bacon, best added to the sandwich. (422 Detroit Street; 734-663-3354)

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Sweet Coppa with Hot Peppers and Rucola
‘Ino, New York City
‘Ino is short for panino -- in this case, an artful little Italian sandwich pressed flat. The bread comes from a bakery across the street, and the combinations inside come from a wild imagination. Sweet cured ham stands up to the fiery peppers -- pop the sugary roasted garlic cloves on the side to extinguish the flames. (21 Bedford Street; 212-989-5769)

Corned Beef
Slyman’s, Cleveland
Bernie Kosar jerseys outnumber the business suits, but just barely. The corned beef is why you go: a softball-sized lump of lean the color of a Great Lakes sunset, kissed with fat and slow-cooked to succulence, then nestled between clouds of fresh bread. (3106 St. Clair Avenue; 216-621-3760)

Polish Boy
Freddie’s Rib House, Cleveland
Soul on white. A pipe’s length of kielbasa is wrapped in a bun and mounded with french fries, then dressed with coleslaw and barbecue sauce. Ignore any toxic runoff: Locals consider cuff stains a red badge of courage. The genteel can request a fork, because, yo, every circus needs a clown. (1431 St. Clair Avenue; 216-575-1750)

Chicken Sandwich
Chick-Fil-A, Multiple Locations
You can get a chicken sandwich anywhere, which may explain your low expectations. Boneless breast. Bun. Blah. But down south, there lives an eye-opener. A come-to-Jesus sandwich. The Chick-fil-A. Seasoned, breaded breast served on a toasted buttered bun with dill-pickle slices. No mayo. No sauce at all. Deceptively simple, yet transcendent. The hook is the breading: spicy, with an intoxicating crunch. The meat is always juicy, never chewy. The bun is like lingerie -- there, but not, providing delicious support without obscuring the main flavor. The first bite changes everything you think you know about chicken. And about the need for condiments. --Allison Glock

Chopped Pork
Allen & Son Barbeque, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Famous among the vinegar-based smoke pits of North Carolina for its tart, smoky sandwiches. The owner, Keith Allen, still splits his own hickory in the backyard, fueling the fires that cook your meat. (6203 Millhouse Road; 919-942-7576)

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Ferdi’s Special
Mother’s Restaurant, New Orleans
At Mother’s, a downtown refuge for the workingman (and tourists), they’ve been serving all kinds of meat since 1938. The Ferdi, a kind of compilation po’boy, has the greatest hits: tender baked ham, roast beef, and “debris,” the gorgeous, grease-darkened bits of meat that fall into the pan during roasting. Shredded cabbage and Creole mustard mix with the juices to create an alchemy from above. (401 Poydras Street; 504-523-9656)

Cubano
Latin America Cafeteria, Miami
Little Havana’s specialty, an eight-inch roll wet with butter, plus sugar-cured bolo ham, lechon asado (slow-roasted marinated pork), Swiss cheese, and pickle, toasted in a plancha (press). The later the hour, the better it tastes. (9606 SW Sunset Drive, 305-279-4353)

Seafood Salad
La Sandwicherie, Miami Beach
Go with the French bread, not the croissant -- it’s appropriately crusty and soft in the middle. And get it to stay -- the seating is outdoors, and the seafood salad (jumbo lump crab, shrimp) goes well with the salty air. (229 Fourteenth Street; 305-532-8934)

Roast Pork with Provolone
John’s Roast Pork, Philadelphia
Although the area looks like a good place to dump a body, when John’s opened in 1930 the shipyards were bustling, and the place still keeps day-laborer’s hours: 6:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The cheesesteak is the best in town, but your first time, get Philadelphia’s sleeper signature sandwich, the roast pork with shards of provolone. Only the large size comes on a seeded roll from Carangi Bakery, the perfect texture to absorb the juices without falling apart. The meat and cheese meld together while retaining flavor and texture -- molecular gastronomy at its finest. (14 East Snyder Avenue; 215-463-1951) --Francine Maroukian

Chicken Cutlet
Shank’s & Evelyn’s Luncheonette, South Philadelphia
You don’t need a hangover to appreciate the chicken cutlet with broccoli rabe and provolone at Shank’s & Evelyn’s. But with a little planning, you can acquire one and come to know the best morning-after sandwich in the world. And no matter how many times I tell myself that I’m too damn old for this kind of excess, the side of head-clearing long hots -- peppers eaten straight (vodka hangover) or jammed into the sandwich (bourbon) -- remind me that there’s no satisfaction in playing it safe. (932 South Tenth Street; 215-629-1093) --F. M.

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Ham and Cheese
Primanti Bros., Pittsburgh
A relic of Pittsburgh’s steel days, this sandwich was made for steelworkers who had to eat fast. Everything that typically comes with a sandwich comes on it: meat cooked hot, bacon, tomato, provolone, pickles, slaw, an egg for fifty cents extra, even fries. Shove it in your lunch box. (46 Eighteenth Street; 412-263-2142)

Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese
Brennan’s Deli, Rumson, New Jersey
Fancier places around the Garden State call it Taylor ham, but to the hungry, hungover Jersey masses, the salamilike breakfast meat is pork roll. Fry it up in bacon fat and serve it on a kaiser roll with a fried egg and a slice of American cheese, or ask the good men of Brennan’s to do it for you. It’s the only way to start a bad day. (44 West River Road; 732-530-0302)

Tuna Niçoise
Bouchon Bakery, New York City
Looks like a regular tuna sandwich, except the bread is crusty and minutes old. The tuna comes with capers instead of celery, aioli on top of mayo, and cornichons instead of a pickle. Plus tarragon and sliced soft-cooked egg. It’s mundane. It’s exhilarating. It’s the best tuna sandwich we’ve ever eaten. (10 Columbus Circle; 212-823-9366)

Pastrami on Rye
Katz’s, New York City
You know Katz’s. You know the scene in When Harry Met Sally. The orgasm. And if you’ve been there, you know she wasn’t faking it -- the fatty, thick-cut pastrami on rye is that good. Better with a smear of mustard. (205 East Houston Street; 212-254-2246)

Three-Terrine Bánh Mì
Momofuku Ssäm
You’d never stand at a Plexiglas counter and tell the guy to top your crusty bread with chicken liver, ham terrine, and you know what, throw on some scraps of veal face. Just order this sickly delicious bánh mì and, without thinking too much, enjoy the crisp, earthy texture of...that delicious stuff between the bread. (207 Second Avenue; 212-254-3500)

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Fried Cod
Cove Fish Market, Stonington, Connecticut
When a fish starts its morning in the ocean and ends up in a deep-fryer that afternoon, the result is reliably tasty. The Cove has been proving this for four decades, turning out some of the best no-frills fish sandwiches on the Eastern Seaboard. (20 Old Stonington Road; 860-536-0061)

The Bomb
Sal, Kris, and Charlie Deli, Queens, New York
The Sandwich Kings of Astoria stick to a simple formula: Use great ingredients and a lot of them. Know what you want to order when it’s your turn and you’ll have a great experience -- that’ll be the Bomb, an Italian with nine kinds of meat. (33-12 Twenty-third Avenue; 718-278-9240)

Hot Lobster Roll
Abbot’s Lobster in the Rough, Noank, Connecticut
The best way to get to Abbott’s is by boat -- float in, tie up, and order the classic, made with a quarter pound of meat, melted butter, and not a drop of mayo. Get a table out on the dock. (117 Pearl Street; 860-536-7719)

Maple-Barbecue Pulled Pork
Vermont Country Deli, Brattleboro, Vermont
Bunch of northerners making pulled pork? Damn straight. Two words: Maple. Syrup. (436 Western Avenue; 802-257-9254)

Grilled Lobster and Cheese
Restaurant Bricco, West Hartford, Connecticut
Generous clumps of fresh lobster tossed in a net of stringy, buttery Havarti and gently pressed between grilled white toast. Wash it down with a glass of prosecco. You’ll feel like you’re celebrating. (78 LaSalle Road; 860-233-0220)

Gyro
East Side Pocket, Providence
The sliced lamb gets a quick char while you pick out your toppings -- any or all from a list of ten: hot sauce, hummus, tabouleh, tahini, yogurt-cucumber sauce, various veggies. Thirty seconds and six bucks later, you’re eating the best Syrian street food outside Damascus. (278 Thayer Street; 401-453-1100)

Lamb Sirloin
Matt Murphy’s Brookline, Massachusetts
In a land teeming with trite Irish pubs, Matt Murphy’s stands alone: no Gaelic street signs, no U2 poster, no “Molly Bloom Mozzarella Stix.” But this hits you like a Joycean epiphany: sirloin, cooked until it dissolves on the crusty potato bread, and pickles, daubed with sweet relish and a sauce bearing the faintest rumor of mint. (14 Harvard Street; 617-232-0188)

Prosciutto and Asiago
Little Notch Café, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Let the others scarf lobster rolls. Up near Acadia National Park, where the crowds thin out, sharp Asiago and sweet prosciutto offer a different sort of local comfort. Grab one and catch the mail boat out to breathtaking Cranberry Island, where the crowds disappear into nothing. (340 Main Street; 207-244-3357)

Other contributors: Matt Belloni, Jake Bogach, Maile Carpenter, Tom Colligan, Tim Heffernan, Buddy Kite, Brian Mockenhaupt, Jeff Ousborne, Mike Rosenwald, and Christopher Solomon


One of the local columnists goes to our defense. He likes the Z-man!!!!

McRib one of the best sandwiches? You gotta be McStaken

Esquire, Shmeshquire. Where do you go when you crave barbecue on a bun?

Bryant's
Danny Edwards’
Gates
Jack Stack
Oklahoma Joe's
Quick's
Rosedale
Smokehouse
Smokin’ Joe’s
Snead’s
Winslow’s
Wyandot
Zarda
Other

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According to Esquire magazine, the McRib is one of the best sandwiches in America.

Yes, I do mean McDonald’s pressed-pork patty molded to look as if it contains bones, but does not.

Now I’ll admit having ordered a McRib once or twice when it has made its semiannual menu appearances. However, it never occurred to me that it might be one of the best sandwiches in all 50 states.

Same with Jeff Stehney, the owner of the Oklahoma Joe’s restaurants hereabouts. He was astounded when I told him that McRib made Esquire’s list to the exclusion of every barbecued sandwich in Kansas City.

“I am not an Esquire reader,” Stehney told me. “But, you know what? Maybe their tastes are so much more sophisticated that we in the Midwest just don’t get it.”

Maybe that’s it.

Esquire is a sophisticated publication in New York with a sophisticated audience. And as both Stehney and I admit a lack of sophistication, we could be entirely out of touch.

Maybe the McRib really is one of the best sandwiches around. So for now I think I’ll hold off recommending Esquire for one of its own Dubious Achievement Awards.

Likewise, it may be time to reconsider my own dining choices. Because of a lack of sophistication, I previously held in high esteem some local favorites that bear no relation whatsoever to McRib’s classic combination of “pork, water, salt, dextrose, BHA and BHT and propyl gallate and citric acid.”

Not to mention the McRib sauce and its intoxicating blend of high fructose corn syrup, xanthum gum and too many other ingredients to mention here.

In the barbecue sandwich category alone, my top picks used to include the Martin City Mayor, a burnt ends sandwich topped with cole slaw at Jack Stack.

Not exactly McRib quality, but tasty in an unsophisticated way.

Another fave was the Old Smokey at Danny Edwards’ place, and the beef on a bun at Gates always used to satisfy me, as did the sandwiches at Quick’s, Rosedale and Arthur Bryant’s.

But now my entire list is subject to review.

Why settle for second best? Before the McRib was elevated to “best of” status, I’d have preferred anything on the menu at Zarda, Wyandot, Smokehouse, Smokin’ Joe’s, Snead’s, Winslow’s and on and on.

But I might have been wrong.

Logic alone suggests that considering the company that the McRib shares on Esquire’s list: Three dozen of the most fabulous-sounding sandwiches you’ve ever heard of from mom-and-pop restaurants across the nation.

New Orleans po’ boys. A deli sandwich called The Bomb out of New York. The Monte Cristo they serve at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles — “bread, turkey, ham, and Swiss dipped in batter and grilled like French toast.”

So maybe it was neither a fluke nor high satire that the McRib made Esquire’s list, whereas Oklahoma Joe’s popular Z-Man wasn’t even mentioned.

Esquire contributor Scott Dickensheets could be right on the money when he celebrated the greatness of one of only two fast-food entries on Esquire’s list. (The other was from Chick-fil-A.)

“The pickles slay me,” Dickensheets wrote. “The other components of the McRib — sauce, meat, onions, bun — are straight outta barbecue antiquity. But the pickles are an unexpected wacko touch. Is that how they do it in … what, Kansas City?”

Yeah, that is sort of how we do it in Kansas City, as I would have told Dickensheets if he’d returned my call.

But when KC barbecue joints offer pickles, they’re almost always on the side. And the meat, which is smoked for hours and not extruded from a giant mixer, is dressed with sauce that doesn’t taste like ketchup.

But then this is not a place of great sophistication. Kansas City barbecue simply cannot compare with the type they serve at McDonald’s.

Still, the local fare will have to do during those dry periods when McRib isn’t on the fast-food menu.

Be seeing you at the drive-through!



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I saw that article on Digg.. I was seriously dissapointed, I was honestly hoping to see the Zman on there... Instead, there's a McRib.:shifty

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McRib? I liked them when they were served as generic sammiches in the high school cafeteria, and I think I had one from McDunghole's once...


That author needs to be trampled by every descendant of the Earl of Sandwich for coming to that conclusion.


Way to represent, tho, Dean! :alright

I prefer the McRibtips personaly.

I'm holding out for the McBurntends.

You basterts.

Just for that I'm getting OK Joe's Half Slab Long End tonight.

FTMFW!!!

LOL too funny. OK Joes sounds amazing right about now

you guys want good BBQ, then you need to make a trip here to wichita!!

pig in pig out! they have the best BBQ i have ever had! and they are currently voted best on a local radio station here!

Where in ICT? I was born in Wesley and lived there for years. Went back for a few years of aerospace at WSU, too. Ha!

Is Pig In Pig Out the name of the place? Where's it located?

So whens the next one, I'm so out of the loop it's not even funny, I want to come back to BBQ Wed. !!

I'm new, just want to say hi. I just purchased a 92 525, used to have a grey market 735, and I'm in the process of talking my fiancee into trading in our subaru for a newer M3 sedan after our wedding, so far she ain't biting. Also I'm in bavaria several times a year so if people have requests for authentic German stuff let me know.

I'm new, just want to say hi. I just purchased a 92 525, used to have a grey market 735, and I'm in the process of talking my fiancee into trading in our subaru for a newer M3 sedan after our wedding, so far she ain't biting. Also I'm in bavaria several times a year so if people have requests for authentic German stuff let me know.



Um, sure... :devillook


E46 M3 CSL too hard to ship back?




Welcome! You'll have to join us for a Wed BBQ outing and meet some of the other KC (and Lawrence!) people. :)

E46 M3 CSL too hard to ship back?


It's not hard to ship back, believe me we only fill half a container when we import our machines, it's everything else that goes along with it. I have pondered this idea many an hour while over there on business, I have gone so far as to have our broker get me shipping quotes, I just don't want to deal with customs,EPA etc...

I'm new, just want to say hi. I just purchased a 92 525, used to have a grey market 735, and I'm in the process of talking my fiancee into trading in our subaru for a newer M3 sedan after our wedding, so far she ain't biting. Also I'm in bavaria several times a year so if people have requests for authentic German stuff let me know.


Glad to see another local BMW owner! Definitely going to have to make a BBQ meat like Steve has said!

Glad to see another local BMW owner! Definitely going to have to make a BBQ meat like Steve has said!




And thus, the seed is planted.

SO, gentlemen, when and where shall we meet for meat next?


Throwing it out there because I'm hungry for tasty animal. I'm always hungry for tasty animal. Mmmmmmmm...


Maybe somewhere south to make it easy for Logan and for Brix to join...

Somewhere south? Hmm...I got nothin

well i am definately down for a meat this weekend!

maybe sometime saturday? i am in wichita so it cannot be too early,

but let me know what you guys think.

I vote Ok Joes.

Where in ICT? I was born in Wesley and lived there for years. Went back for a few years of aerospace at WSU, too. Ha!

Is Pig In Pig Out the name of the place? Where's it located?

well i live by the base, although i am currently getting a house in bel aire!

and yes pig in pig out is there! and i go there all the time! it is hands down the best BBQ in wichita!!

but is there anyway you guys will be getting together this saturday? i would jsut like to get the fuck out of here for a few hours and what not.

I vote Ok Joes.
I like OK joes as well, Somebody mentioned a Sushi thing earlier as well, there is that Japanese place Nall & like 75th, Sushi Jens or something like that. It's right next door to the Italian scooter place.

I like OK joes as well, Somebody mentioned a Sushi thing earlier as well, there is that Japanese place Nall & like 75th, Sushi Jens or something like that. It's right next door to the Italian scooter place.

There are much better sushi places than that here. The owner guy there is a prick too. I'm game for what ever!

There are much better sushi places than that here. The owner guy there is a prick too. I'm game for what ever!



Jun's is the one I consistently hear is the best in KC. I like Matsu's in Westport, too, but don't know of many others.


We can prolly arrange a Sat afternoon gathering sometime, even if it's just a few of us that are able to make it. I've been sequestered at the cat park lately over the weekends getting ready for our next USDA inspection, but I finished the bulk of the updates, so I'm good for an outing.


I'll never refuse OK Joe's, but are there any other places to try? I needs mah meat...

Anything possible this Wed?

Jun's is the one I consistently hear is the best in KC. I like Matsu's in Westport, too, but don't know of many others.


We can prolly arrange a Sat afternoon gathering sometime, even if it's just a few of us that are able to make it. I've been sequestered at the cat park lately over the weekends getting ready for our next USDA inspection, but I finished the bulk of the updates, so I'm good for an outing.


I'll never refuse OK Joe's, but are there any other places to try? I needs mah meat...

Anything possible this Wed?

I like Jun's a lot, not sure about best though... there is one waitress there that doesn't give a damn about anything haha. I've had some pretty good fish at Kyoto's on 135th. Kona has BIG pieces. It's all good to me though! Lemme know when you's free. I've been absent from the last few thanks to KU bball.

We should hit up Jack Stack BBQ down on the Plaza sometime. We could meet up at the rooftop parking right across the street. The restaurant is on the corner of Wyandotte and Ward Pkwy behind the Cheesecake Factory. I would love to get something together there sometime on a weekend when its nice out!

I'm not set on Ok Joes, I'll go pretty much anywhere.

I think if we do the sushi thing, it should be in addition to the monthly BBQ, not replacing it. I know there are some people in our group that don't like sushi. that being said there are two real good places in lawrence to get sushi, Wa and Yokohama. Yokohama just opened a location downtown also.

I take it we're not doing anything tonight?

I'm guessing not.

We'll have to fend for ourselves.

Good thing I had this on Monday to get my fix.


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I just pulled in to my driveway, and figured I'd check to see if we were still on for tonight. That was about 10 minutes ago, for those 10 minutes I have been sitting outside my house, in my car looking at the most fucking beautiful picture I have ever seen in my entire life.

And now I'm going to put my car in reverse, drive to Vermont St. BBQ, and order a full rack of ribs, and pray to god that it looks that fucking good.

I just gorged on Waldo Pizza and I can't bear the thought of food, yet those still look good!

I just gorged on Waldo Pizza and I can't bear the thought of food, yet those still look good!

Psh... Keno's or nothin!

On the BBQ (rib) tip, there's a place on Quivera and SMP called Bandana's. Looked pretty new, anyone been there? Might be alright to add it to the list.

I have been to a bandana's in STL and it was very good. Not sure if it is the same or not though.

I'd imagine it is. It looked kinda "chain-y" :D

I'd imagine it is. It looked kinda "chain-y" :D

Its not horrible, but its nothing like what the rest od KC has to offer. I've eaten at the one off Nolan Rd in Independence a couple times.

Its not horrible, but its nothing like what the rest od KC has to offer. I've eaten at the one off Nolan Rd in Independence a couple times.

Hey thats my neck of the woods :redspot

Hey thats my neck of the woods :redspot

I used to live on the MO side. I may be moving back soon tooo