{"id":7924,"date":"2019-02-24T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T22:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2019-02-24T17:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T22:57:01","slug":"hometown-bar-b-que","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7924","title":{"rendered":"Hometown Bar-B-Que"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHaving to shop at IKEA in Red Hook, Brooklyn is always a good excuse to take a side trip to Hometown, the top notch Bar-B-Que restaurant at 454 Van Brunt St. The sound system treated us to a superbly curated mix of oldies that harmonized with the cold beer I was clutching and made the long wait tolerable: plenty of time to peruse the menu. Gotta get the pastrami bacon, gotta get the lamb belly, gotta get the brisket. Lip-smackin\u2019 good. In other words, the Real Thing.<\/p>\n

Speaking of side trips, our sides were coleslaw, potato salad, mac & cheese, cornbread, and collard greens. Yum. More of the Real Thing.<\/p>\n

Problem was, I had too much time to study the menu. Korean sticky ribs? Vietnamese hot wings? Did somebody say ethnic food?<\/p>\n

That day, I learned my lesson to never stray: you don\u2019t order seafood at an upscale steak house and you don\u2019t order ethnic food at a rustic locale called Hometown. Want mouthwatering fulfillment? You want the Real Thing.<\/p>\n

Over the sound system as we were leaving, Marvin and Tammi broke into their Top 10 hit from 1968.
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