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BBQ Spot Named for Prohibition-Era Evangelist Opens, Serves Beer

2009_1_PIG_TAT.jpg Brooklyn legend has it that when one Jim Mamary neighborhood restaurant closes, another opens in a gentrifying neighborhood somewhere else. As is lore, Smith Street’s “pioneer restaurant” Patois closed January 11 [or did it?]; last week, Billy Sunday’s BBQ opened for business in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Named for this guy, the restaurant’s dark interior is all cozy booths and dim lights; walls are covered with splinter-friendly wood, and the smokehouse vibe calms neighborhood families. Last night, both Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and inaugural CNN played side-by-side on bar TVs. Blogger Hawthorne Street has been the de facto NORAD for the BBQ spot, and has the lowdown on Billy Sunday’s menu, which includes $4 Genessee cans and smoked meat by the half pound ($7-$9) served on butcher paper.

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  • NannyState

    $4 Genessee cans? I'm so not there.

  • Kyle T

    You took the post right out of my fingers, or however a such saying would go.

  • dirty hipster

    $4 dollar Gennie Cream Ale? I've never seen it for more then $2 in Williamsburg. Considering this place is in PLG it shouldn't be anymore then a buck.

  • ganghiscon

    That is a hefty price for a can of cheap beer.

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