Delayed gratification
Last year I got here so late the place had run out of chicken AND brisket. This year, I wasn't fooling around, got there at 8 pm, and even though I had to wait over 30 min. for food, I got the full 3-meat combo. I sat next to an older couple who used to live in NYC, and they said, "You can't get BBQ like this in New York!" I just had to correct them: Hill Country Market, Virgil's, Daisy May's, Mabel's, Dinosaur BBQ, Blue Smoke, Brother Jimmy's - and that's just within the city limits! There's Famous Dave's, Smokey Bones and Smokin Al's out on Long Island. Maybe they left NYC before the BBQ trend hit.
Delayed gratification
Last year I got here so late the place had run out of chicken AND brisket. This year, I wasn't fooling around, got there at 8 pm, and even though I had to wait over 30 min. for food, I got the full 3-meat combo. I sat next to an older couple who used to live in NYC, and they said, "You can't get BBQ like this in New York!" I just had to correct them: Hill Country Market, Virgil's, Daisy May's, Mabel's, Dinosaur BBQ, Blue Smoke, Brother Jimmy's - and that's just within the city limits! There's Famous Dave's, Smokey Bones and Smokin Al's out on Long Island. Maybe they left NYC before the BBQ trend hit.