Yesterday, my son and I after playing in the new and improve Antioch park went to get some lunch. I heard that Arthur Bryant's BBQ was giving away $12 coupons per person. So Goose and I headed over to the local Arthur Bryant's. We were met by an insane line, but I was determined. It was sponsored by local.yahoo to rate and find things within your city. They were paying for the whole thing. Radio stations were on hand blaring out their tunes and giving away tacky keychains and cheap T-shirts. The yahoo sponsors were dressed in purple jumpsuits and were on Segueway (sp?) scooters zooming along the line of people outside and making small talk with us "anything for free" type people.
What's the catch? (Me and Goose, two people, with two coupons for $24 dollars total.) We had to give a rating out of 5 stars. Well that's easy for me. 5 stars! I think Bryant's is one of the best in town.
It took about an hour to get through the line. After hearing about the freebies, the group of people in front of me went in shifts to get the free key chains, stickers, t-shirts, and bland R&B cd's from the smooth jams radio station van. The two ladies behind me were planning a very busy night as one was setting the other up on a blind date. She did the old trick of let me call him up and describe you to him and then here you talk to him. I hope the date went well. Goose found some friends to play with who were in line with their mom and grandma. He kept hugging them and lifting his legs off the ground. I tried to tell him that one hug is enough and let's not be annoying. It looked like their mom didn't think all this hugging was too cute. They are complete strangers! (So are we!) A couple college-aged girls in the purple jumpsuits riding the Segueway scooters made it a point to stop by and flirt with Goose about every 10 minutes. They would call out his name as they zoomed by. He liked their wheels. And of corse I overheard conversations about the great KC debate of who has the best BBQ or who has the best sauce or who has the best beans.
Was it worth it? You bet. Goose got to practice his behavior in public and we walked out with 24 dollars of BBQ. It was a ton of food and it was also lunch today.
Yum.
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2 comments:
We tried Boardroom BBQ for the first time this weekend. It was ok. It is a convenient location for us. I still prefer Jack Stack, KC Masterpiece, and then Oklahoma Joes.
can't say that I've had AB's bbq. I, like Golden enjoyed Boardroom but I like Jack stack and KC masterpiece over it. But in my opinion, you can't go wrong if it's got BBQ in the name!
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