That’s
what BBQWhiskeyBeer have got me pondering, as they squat at the Wargrave Arms.
It’s a Marylebone pub with an award-winning array of low-‘n’-slow cooked
Americana. They’ve run the pop-up gauntlet and come out on top. With a
heavyweight Ribstock title to prove it.
Here’s
what they do.
BBQ —
from classic burgers on brioche buns, to the same again topped with the kind of
pulled pork that deserves its 24 hour cooking time as it much as it deserves
the praise it gets. Southern fried chicken livers, or three-day smoked beef
ribs, finished over charcoal: that thing of ludicrous beauty known only as ‘The
Jacob’.
As for
drinks, the name simply won’t let you sell them short. They take up two thirds
of it after all. BBQWhiskeyBeer boast one of the biggest selections of single
malts in London. If a Scottish distillery is producing still, you can guarantee
they’ll have a bottle. They’ve even got some from dearly departed distilleries
to round out the collection.
Add to
that a ragtag crew of quality London cask ales, craft bottles, and special
under-the-counter somethings for the discerning customer, and you have a bar to
be reckoned with.
I think
they deserve a permanent home at the Wargrave Arms. BBQWhiskeyBeer certainly
hasn’t lost its fizz, post-pop.
By James McKnight
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