YEAH REALLY! OKAY SO THIS TAGLINE HAS BEEN AROUND ABOUT A BAJILLION YEARS
AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT STARTED... BUT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF NORTH OF PHEONIX ON OLD
HIGHWAY 95 THERES THIS QUIRKY LITTLE BARBECUE JOINT. OKAY LETS START THERE...
WHAT IS IT THAT REALLY CONSTITUTES A PLACE AS "A JOINT" ??? WELL
FIRST THING NOTE THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT THEN NOTE THE HAND PAINTED LARGER THAN LIFE "BBQ"
ON THE WALLS
THEN WE HAVE THE ALL IMPORTANT NEON BEER SIGNS IN THE WINDOW ADVERTISING THE ESTABLISHMENTS FINER BEVERAGE
CHOICES , AND COLD BEER WITH BARBECUE IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING!
THEN THE SMELL OF REAL SMOKE HITS YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR... WE
WALK INSIDE AND THE PLACE HAS MISMATCHED FURNISHINGS OH YEAH... AND A SMALL COUNTER WITH A
WINDOW OPEN TO THE KITCHEN SO AS TO PROCLAIM " WE GOT NOTHIN TO HIDE" AND A FRIENDLY
GAL WHO GREETS YOU AS SOON AS YOU BREAK THE THRESHOLD PERIMETER... BAKED GOODIES ON THE COUNTER
AND A MENU BOARD THAT IS MISSING A FEW STICK IN LETTERS FROM DAYS GONE BY... ASSORTED COLLECTION
OF PHOTOS BOASTING SOME OF THE GUEST TALENT THAT HAS GRACED THE STAGE- OKAY SMALL AREA IN THE CORNER WHERE LIVE BANDS "JAM"
ON WEEKEND NIGHTS AND YUP RIGHT ABOUT NOW YOU KNOW WHATEVER I ORDER IS GONNA BE GOOD!
AND IT WAS... FROM THE BARBECUE SANDWICH TO THE TANGY SLAW AND THE WHITE
BEANS( THE OWNER TOLD ME "IT WAS HER GERMAN GRANDMOTHERS RECIPE, AND IF YOU DON'T WANT SWEET BEANS I THINK YOU WILL
REALLY LIKE THESE" AND I DID), ALL THE WAY TO THE GOOD, HOT CUP O' JOE AND THE FRESH BROWNIE WHICH I TOOK FOR THE ROAD.
MMM-M YES I RECOMMEND YOU "EAT
AT JOE'S"
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