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Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
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05-17-2013, 07:51 PM | #16 |
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You got balls. Opening a restaurant is tough. Good luck.
I'm back and forth between Three Rivers and Chicago. Keep posting and I'll try and stop in some time.
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05-17-2013, 07:53 PM | #17 |
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Leave everything as-is, just change the menu.
If it's good, people will come.
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05-17-2013, 07:55 PM | #18 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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To the OP. Fantastic post Sir. You mention the plain outer siding. Some of the best BBQ in my town are known by "Look for the blue building off this street". You can build a mystique around it.
I'm a mechanical guy and would recommend you keep the grass cut well away from that condenser unit/heat pump to save a lot of headaches and money down the road. The product will speak for itself. If it's good, you'll be expanding soon. Folks don't really care about what a place looks like IF the food is good. Just my .02 and Best of Skill in your venture.
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05-17-2013, 08:05 PM | #19 |
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I am sorry but I freaking love that name for a bbq joint.... it is hysterical....
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05-17-2013, 08:06 PM | #20 |
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Or a better one would be Ann Arbor is a Whore.... lol GoBucks!!!!
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05-17-2013, 08:08 PM | #21 | ||
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It will be later if I do it at all. I'm a big beer fan as a brewer myself, so getting at least bottled beer in there would be nice. But we'll see how things go.
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Good call on the grass around the AC units. The previous owners decided to skip mowing so far this year since they knew it was under contract, so it got out of control. I planned on nuking the grass in that area and just putting down gravel or stones or something. No reason to have grass growing there anyway since it would just be a pain to maintain, but knowing that it's also a potential issue for the AC units, even more of a reason to get rid of it. Thanks for the suggestion! |
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05-17-2013, 08:11 PM | #23 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Good luck to you.
Here's a few suggestions. Don't spend a lot on decor. You need to make that place look like a hole-in-the-wall. Que is always better at a BBQ joint than at a BBQ Restaurant. If you can find a laminate floor that looks like distressed wood, you'd get an economical and code compliant floor that is BBQ joint worthy. Get rid of all those chrome stools, and get some garage-sale chairs. Make the walls look old. If it were me, I might even park a smoker in the dining room and smoke the room out for a day or two. I'd lose the plain white ceiling, too. Maybe some fake tin tiles, or better yet, some re-cycled tin tiles. When you get around to replacing the siding, think about materials like recycled corrugated steel and barnwood. A BBQ joint should be clean, but not pretty, IMO. Sorry for rambling. It is the Art Major in me. That, and the BBQ joints people tend to talk about are, basically, clean and sanitary dives. That kind of eating environment just seems to set the right mood for eating smoked meats. CD |
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05-17-2013, 08:11 PM | #24 |
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05-17-2013, 08:23 PM | #25 |
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My insurance agent here in TX is a State alum.... that's the only reason I use them if they were blue fans I would have told them to f-off....lol
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05-17-2013, 08:25 PM | #26 |
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I had to look it up, but that's where my D-I-L went. I just know that green is good and blue and yellow are bad. They're in Auburn Hills and we head that way once in a while so maybe you'll give us an alternative to Redamak's.
Good luck with your endeavor!
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05-17-2013, 08:30 PM | #27 |
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Good luck. I first read your original post time as 7:08 AM and thought that must have been a long 3 months to have a glass of whiskey at 7 in the morning.
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05-17-2013, 08:41 PM | #28 |
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Ha...I knew it!! I stay in Niles frequently (know a lot of folks in the area) and used to work in Dowagiac. I think I am going to be over there (Buchanan or Niles) in a couple of months, keep us posted, looking forward to stopping by.
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05-17-2013, 08:46 PM | #29 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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Good luck on your venture. This will be a must check post hopefully for a long time.
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05-17-2013, 08:51 PM | #30 |
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Good luck!
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