Bamabuzzard
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- May 9, 2007
- Location
- Shreveport, LA
Me and a buddy of mine (who owns a small Q restaurant here in Shreveport) were talking a few weeks ago about how people's palate's and expectations when eating out has changed so much over the years. He said "You know, when I first started in the BBQ business my menu was less than half a page of what it is now and we did great. I had pork (ribs or pulled pork) and brisket (chopped or sliced) as the meats. Then bbq beans, potato salad, coleslaw or a bag of chips as choices for the sides with choice of drink. But over the years it seems people have grown tired of the simple things of bbq. Now I've got smoked chicken, turkey, a loaded potato (chopped brisket on a huge potato with toppings), sliced turkey sandwich etc." and he want to name several other things on his menu.
I got to thinking that he's right. You RARELY see places anymore who serve JUST basic bbq (or what we in the south call it) where you go in and the choices are simply Pork or beef, ribs or pulled pork, sliced or chopped brisket and a choice of two maybe three sides and a drink and actually survive. Now you've got all these other items that I guess these places think they have to have to stay open. You see smoked turkey, chicken, loaded potatoes, smoked sausage, macaroni and cheese etc.
Has the marketplace pushed out room for just "simple" Q anymore?
I got to thinking that he's right. You RARELY see places anymore who serve JUST basic bbq (or what we in the south call it) where you go in and the choices are simply Pork or beef, ribs or pulled pork, sliced or chopped brisket and a choice of two maybe three sides and a drink and actually survive. Now you've got all these other items that I guess these places think they have to have to stay open. You see smoked turkey, chicken, loaded potatoes, smoked sausage, macaroni and cheese etc.
Has the marketplace pushed out room for just "simple" Q anymore?