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News & ArtsThursday, August 20, 2009
Two-Block Radius / Chow For Your Stomach's Consideration: Gert's Barbecue, Now on Capitol Hill
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Tonight from 7 to 11 p.m., Seattle's new all-star mobile-barbecue-vendor will be at 15th Avenue and Pine. What style of barbecue does Gert's serve?
"Seattle-style!" [Rodney] Jones proclaims. "Everybody says, 'I got Memphis-style, I got Texas-style.' We're from here, we're proud of being from here, and our barbecue is from here. Some like the dry rubs; we like the wet marinade. We never boil the meat—that's blasphemy. We assume people have a few good teeth or good dentures to chew the food."
Read all about it over here. Gert's don't-misses: the extremely excellent pulled pork sliders, the smoky-sweet ribs, the kind of terrifyingly addictive green bean casserole.
For your future reference, here's Gert's on Twitter.
Photo by Kelly O is of Walter and Donnell Jackson—proprietors, along with Jones—with a photograph of Gert. She could really cook.
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Damn, the lot was empty when I showed up at 10:30. And I was really looking forward to some after-work BBQ.
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