Chad Munsey plans San Marco barbecue

[InnerCityPressure]

[Tacachale]

Naldo: There are people on this site who are notorious bumpers of threads who get everyone excited by seeing that a topic they're interested in has new news, only to have their soul crushed when they realize it's just that guy bumping again.  You're new to the site so you may not know that, but it draws the ire of other posters.

I've driven past this place on the way home from work a few times lately, but there hasn't been any visible changes that I have seen.  Given that the outside area has a high privacy fence and the windows are super dark, it's very possible that the work is just shielded from view, but I'm betting that this will be a slow moving project.

Anyone feel sorry for the Baltimore guys? Waterways committee meeting two days out. Anyone going? I'm scared to death.

[acme54321]

Naldo: There are people on this site who are notorious bumpers of threads who get everyone excited by seeing that a topic they're interested in has new news, only to have their soul crushed when they realize it's just that guy bumping again.  You're new to the site so you may not know that, but it draws the ire of other posters.

I've driven past this place on the way home from work a few times lately, but there hasn't been any visible changes that I have seen.  Given that the outside area has a high privacy fence and the windows are super dark, it's very possible that the work is just shielded from view, but I'm betting that this will be a slow moving project.

Anyone feel sorry for the Baltimore guys? Waterways committee meeting two days out. Anyone going? I'm scared to death.

I was going to but I can't F.I.N.D. any info on it.  Anyone want to do a RICO loop on our NATION AMERICAN HERITAGE ST JOHN'S RIVER? Baltimore, never forget.


But seriously.... where is the BBQ?  I'd go there tonight if it was open.

[NaldoAveKnight]

Swung by today and talked to Michael, the co-owner.  He said they expect to be up and running by December.  It's under construction and looks like it's going to be a cool layout with indoor/outdoor seating options and a bar.  He explained that he had done a BBQ place in Boston and they made legit beef brisket in the Texas tradition.  That's great news for anyone that knows Texas brisket. 

They are working on a website.  I'll stop by in a month or so and provide another substantive post with the website address.

[Captain Zissou]

Solid update.  Thanks for doing that.

[blfair]

Thanks for looking into it, I've been really curious. Not for your next mission, find out where all the USPS blue boxes in San Marco went. They pried them all up when they closed the Naldo Not-a-post-office.

[ProjectMaximus]

^Yeah I went to mail something a few weeks ago and drove around the pharmacy on Atlantic a few times saying, man, I swear I've mailed stuff from right here before. 

[blfair]

BBQ news -- I was walking by the other day and saw a dumpster outside, and some work going on in the interior, so it looks like the restaurant is moving along.

The Naldo Not-a-post-office was torn down, it's an emptyish lot now. The only place you can mail a letter in San Marco, other than your own mailbox, is a cluster mailbox off of Minerva I think. And it only takes small letters. Kind of bizarre not to have any blue boxes anywhere around here.

[ProjectMaximus]

BBQ news -- I was walking by the other day and saw a dumpster outside, and some work going on in the interior, so it looks like the restaurant is moving along.

The Naldo Not-a-post-office was torn down, it's an emptyish lot now. The only place you can mail a letter in San Marco, other than your own mailbox, is a cluster mailbox off of Minerva I think. And it only takes small letters. Kind of bizarre not to have any blue boxes anywhere around here.

Isn't there a box behind the building at the Riverplace skyway station? Or did they remove that as well?

[MusicMan]

San Marco, no post office, grocery store or major Pharmacy.

How is this a desirable neighborhood?

[Captain Zissou]

San Marco, no post office, grocery store or major Pharmacy.

How is this a desirable neighborhood?

I'm guessing you're comparing this to the "desirable neighborhood" of Riverside Avondale?  The Avondale/Riverside neighborhood stretches 2.8 miles from The Fuller Warren to Fishweir Creek and 1.1 mile from the river to roosevelt/ I-10.  Now that Brooklyn is on the up and up, you try to claim that too (but still shun Fairfax) which expands it to 3.5 miles. Switch sides of the river and that includes all of miramar and the north part of lakewood.  The Winn-Dixie, Publix, Spring Park Post Office, CVS & Wal-Greens all fall right on the edge of those borders. 

Riverside/Avondale has no post office, a micro-Publix, and a Wal-greens that ruins one of the most prominent intersections in the neighborhood, but according to you those are what make it a "desirable neighborhood".

[Tacachale]

San Marco, no post office, grocery store or major Pharmacy.

How is this a desirable neighborhood?

I'm guessing you're comparing this to the "desirable neighborhood" of Riverside Avondale?  The Avondale/Riverside neighborhood stretches 2.8 miles from The Fuller Warren to Fishweir Creek and 1.1 mile from the river to roosevelt/ I-10.  Now that Brooklyn is on the up and up, you try to claim that too (but still shun Fairfax) which expands it to 3.5 miles. Switch sides of the river and that includes all of miramar and the north part of lakewood.  The Winn-Dixie, Publix, Spring Park Post Office, CVS & Wal-Greens all fall right on the edge of those borders. 

Riverside/Avondale has no post office, a micro-Publix, and a Wal-greens that ruins one of the most prominent intersections in the neighborhood, but according to you those are what make it a "desirable neighborhood".

The lack of a grocery store in San Marco does blow. We do have a pharmacy, Robert's Southbank Pharmacy on Atlantic. I've never even noticed that we don't have a post office, because we have a postman, and also because it's 2016.

[Captain Zissou]

^I've only driven by Robert's, but it looks to have all of the actual pharmacy products you'd need.  Nowadays most of what the chain pharmacies sell aren't pharmacy products anyway and the Daily's will have a lot of that stuff when it opens.

The grocery store issue is tough, but it's not that bad for me to go to the Publix at Atlantic and University.  The rest of my family lives near the duck pond and they use the publix at University & St Augustine. 

I'm eagerly anticipating the new off ramp from I-95N at Atlantic.  No more Emerson for me.

[NaldoAveKnight]

^I've only driven by Robert's, but it looks to have all of the actual pharmacy products you'd need.  Nowadays most of what the chain pharmacies sell aren't pharmacy products anyway and the Daily's will have a lot of that stuff when it opens.

The grocery store issue is tough, but it's not that bad for me to go to the Publix at Atlantic and University.  The rest of my family lives near the duck pond and they use the publix at University & St Augustine. 

I'm eagerly anticipating the new off ramp from I-95N at Atlantic.  No more Emerson for me.

Agreed on all points Captain.  You're speaking for a lot of folks.  Having a legit entry point to I-95 and a 24-hour place to buy gas/beer/milk/snacks is huge for the area.  Southern Kitchen is great for breakfast/lunch but this new place should give the area a solid BBQ option for dinner. 

[MusicMan]

I posted to see what folks would say. There was no judgement in my post.

I live in San Marco,moved there after 9 years on Oak Street, and believe it is better than Riverside-Avondale.

Once the Publix opens on Atlantic (providing it does) that will be huge for the residents, but might snarl traffic in an already precarious spot.

Imagine a major pharmacy will be in the mix somewhere in that vicinity. I personally have never met anyone in San Marco who uses the

Roberts, but I'll ask my friends who have lived there several years to see what they use.  Hendricks Ave Elementary and Landon Middle 

School rare considered among the best in the city. Not sure what middle school serves Riverside-Avondale.

I do miss having a UPS store like the one in RA next to Starbucks.