In article >, Blair P. Houghton
> wrote:

> Finally, real BBQ in the land of the concentrated sun.
>
> I just found out that Famous Dave's (about a 7.5 on the
> Real Texas BBQ quality scale, where Sonny Bryan's is a 9.5,
> El Paso BBQ is a 4, and Dickie's is a 2) is opening a restaurant
> on the south side of the Chandler Fashion Square mall.
>
> Okay, it's a few miles away from the Phoenix border, but
> it's only a few miles away from me, so now all I need is
> to start riding my bike 40 miles a day to make up for all
> the pork I'll be inhaling over the next several years.
>
> --Blair
> "Pass the napkins, willya?"

Why are you so excited about it? Where else have you eaten it? Dave
Anderson (head of the BIA) started the chain here and they're all over
the place here. Not bad, I guess, but we prefer the dry-smoked ribs at
the Market BBQ in downtown Minneapolis. Dave's quite the entrepreneur,
though -- gotta give him that.
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 8/22/04; check the Fairs Fare tab.