Special Sauce

Last night we didn't want to cook so we went to a new restaurant that just opened down the hill from our house - Brunswick Barbecue & Brew.  We took our kids along, two certified vegetarians (see the irony?).

Despite the fact that it was their first weekend open, the food was terrific. I ordered the Kansas City rack of ribs, my wife ordered the ribs with the Memphis rub. Our vegetarian daughter ordered a salad, and our vegetarian son ordered the nachos (one of the few meatless entrees).

When the food came, it was beautiful. But there was just one problem: The chef wanted to impress us with his pulled pork recipe, so he added some to my vegetarian son's nachos (he didn't know my son was a vegetarian stuck in a barbecue joint).

When my son balked, the chef felt awful. The owner got involved, and the next thing you know, my son had a new plate of vegetarian nachos (2 minutes) and the chef sent him a plate of pasta Pandora (some of the best I have ever tasted).

This is known as the rebound.

If that wasn't enough, as we were about to leave, the owner came over with a barbecue chicken and rack of ribs to take home.

This was totally unnecessary. They had us at the quick turn around of the nachos. The pasta sealed the deal. The take home package bought a year's worth of word of mouth.

Want ribs? Go to Brunswick Barbecue & Brew.