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SteakSandwich

Seared Steak Hoagie

For the benefit of our national readers, I’d like mention that this week marks that most glorious of weeks for drinkers in Our Fair City – Chicago Craft Beer Week. Read More

Poutine

ManBQue at Baconfest: Labatt Bacon Poutine (Home Edition)

We’re beginning this article under the assumption that you, dear readers, are familiar with Baconfest Chicago. If you’re not, there’s a short verison: Massive consumption of bacon. Top restaurants from Read More

Pork sausage

Grilled Pork Sausage and Pickled Onions

As we related in our most recent article for Sears, it’s absolutely vital to poach any and all sausages in beer before exposing their delicate innard-bound deliciousness to the merciless Read More

EriePA

Voodoo Styx Sirloin Skewers

This week’s recipe comes our chapter in Erie, Penn., where the ManBQue philosophy is flowering under the direction of Kevin Morton, better known as Kaptain. They have their own sweet-ass Read More

BoneMarrow

Roasted Bone Marrow with Rosemary Garlic Flatbread

Amazing things grow out of the dead of winter. Case in point: Death Toll Scholl’s bone marrow and flatbread recipe from the slushy wilds of the February ManBQue MEATing. This Read More

Hash

Hangover Hash

Today’s the first day of Spring in Chicago, so naturally it’s cold as the Ginnugagap void of Norse Mythology. You’re also likely to be sick and tired of corned beef Read More

Sauce

St. Paddy’s Day Guinness BBQ Sauce Recipe

So I have come to the realization that ManBQue is a drinking club with an eating problem, and not the Tracey Gold kind of eating problem. Actually, the complete opposite. Read More

Oyster

Chargrilled New Orleans Oysters

Here is your winner from February’s rain/snow/ice-filled MEATing. It comes courtesy of Bryson Burnside – Tae-Bo to his ManBQue brothers – and was inspired by a recent trip to New Read More

The Annoyance Burger

The Annoyance Goat Cheese Burger

The Annoyance Goat Cheese Burger Today is an object lesson in not judging food items prematurely. I crafted today’s burger entirely upon this theme. Let’s run down the ingredients. - Read More

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Big Angus: Burger of the Titans

Much like the semi-beloved 1990s teen coming-of-age film, this burger is full of Angus. Except it’s the beef, not the sensitive, bullied teenager. But, if I can belabor this terrible comparison, Read More

short-ribs

Award-Winning Grilled Korean Short Ribs

ManBQue men are a bit like hunters – we feel our successes should never be understated. Whereas a running rabbit becomes a charging moose for a hunter’s tale, Manbque stories Read More

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Humboldt Park Jibarito

This is ManBQue member Deadliest Catch’s take on this classic West Side favorite, the jibarito. It’s a unique Puerto Rican sandwich with a twist, swapping out the bread for crispy Read More

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Biscuits and Gravy

If you’re going to bake at ManBQue, you’d best have something amazing planned. People do not come to ManBQue thinking “fluffy homestyle biscuits,” because we’re ManBQue, not Pillsbury commercial reenactors. Read More

Tongue

Grilled Beef Tongue Tacos

Beef tongue tacos are unrivaled as the food of choice immediately following six to eleven pints of beer. The rich (tongues are pretty high in fat, which made them a Read More