by omaha79 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:22 pm
I thought this was interesting.
I was in St. Louis this past weekend and eating at a certain BBQ restaurant that is a mainstay in many national top 10 BBQ restaurant lists...that should be enough of a hint. I happened to be talking to the executive chef and he asked where we were from. I mentioned Omaha and he said they "have their eyes on us." He indicated that Omaha would be their number one choice to open a restaurant due to our overall lack of BBQ options. Said it would be something they'd hone in on at the end of the year when they see how much money they have left over.
He mentioned a couple of locations that they considered that I'll leave off of here out of respect to their process. I was told that they probably wouldn't look at MTC (because of it's struggles), Blackstone (lack of parking), or Ak-Sar-Ben Village (Dickie's already being there). I'd also assume that would mean no Benson (it wasn't specifically discussed) due to a BBQ joint already being there.
I was told that any concept in Omaha probably wouldn't under the iconic name from STL. The same group also runs multiple other BBQ restaurants in St. Louis under different names. It could be under one of those names, or something totally different for our market.
I would love this. If they could somehow bring their magic in STL to Omaha, I'd be in heaven. BBQ is tough though. So many have tried in Omaha and failed. They'd need to export someone to Omaha with experience down there who knows what they are doing.
I am crossing my fingers this happens.
I thought this was interesting.
I was in St. Louis this past weekend and eating at a certain BBQ restaurant that is a mainstay in many national top 10 BBQ restaurant lists...that should be enough of a hint. I happened to be talking to the executive chef and he asked where we were from. I mentioned Omaha and he said they "have their eyes on us." He indicated that Omaha would be their number one choice to open a restaurant due to our overall lack of BBQ options. Said it would be something they'd hone in on at the end of the year when they see how much money they have left over.
He mentioned a couple of locations that they considered that I'll leave off of here out of respect to their process. I was told that they probably wouldn't look at MTC (because of it's struggles), Blackstone (lack of parking), or Ak-Sar-Ben Village (Dickie's already being there). I'd also assume that would mean no Benson (it wasn't specifically discussed) due to a BBQ joint already being there.
I was told that any concept in Omaha probably wouldn't under the iconic name from STL. The same group also runs multiple other BBQ restaurants in St. Louis under different names. It could be under one of those names, or something totally different for our market.
I would love this. If they could somehow bring their magic in STL to Omaha, I'd be in heaven. BBQ is tough though. So many have tried in Omaha and failed. They'd need to export someone to Omaha with experience down there who knows what they are doing.
I am crossing my fingers this happens.