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New West Seattle BBQ and Sandwich Deli

Started 3 years ago by ThunderStorm
Latest reply from mellaw6565

ThunderStorm
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I went to this new BBQ and Sandwich shop in Highland Park. It was on the corner of 9th and Henderson. They have a lot going on there including Hot Panini Specialty sandwiches and awesome Brisket and Pulled Pork Sandwiches. I had the South Carolina Pulled Pork. It came with a Vinegar Coleslaw and Peppercorn honey Mustard all on in the sandwich. It has to be the best pork sandwich I have ever had. Do yourself a favor and check this place out!

Posted 3 years ago #
KatHP
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I think it's a stretch to say the business referred to here is a BBQ and sandwich shop. The business located on 9th and Henderson is a mini-mart that's been there for years and just recently started putting out signs for pulled pork sandwiches. I think it may have replaced the signs that used to be up about corndogs.

Not trying to be mean, and the food may actually be tasty, but let's call it what it is. A mini-mart.

Posted 3 years ago #
JenV
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not exactly stellar results on the health inspection, either...just sayin'...

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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We call this place the Apocalypse Gas Station. It may have tasty food now, but the building needs some serious renovation! It's a freakin' eyesore.

Posted 3 years ago #
kuma202
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Morning Star is a Mini Mart but if you actually look inside it is set up to have two businesses. One of which is a Sandwich and BBQ Deli and the other is a Mini Mart.

I also checked out the RESENT health inspections since the deli opened two months ago and inspections have been outstanding. Make sure you check your facts before saying something like that...just saying...

Posted 3 years ago #
JenV
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kuma, this is what I based it on - a recent health inspection with toxic substances improperly stored - usually that means too near food. I am just sensitive like that, I guess.

Routine Inspection/Field Review

10/02/2008

15
-Toxic substances improperly identified, stored and used
-Improper labeling, signage

Posted 3 years ago #
mellaw6565
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Actually JenV - that's a pretty benign report as restaurants go - it could have been a bottle of clorox left out from cleaning. Who knows?

I admit that the outside of the place does not make me want to go in there.

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
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This is the 5th or 6th post saying the same thing (great BBQ). I'm beginning to think thunderstorm is just after some free advertising.

Posted 3 years ago #
michelled
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We live near this place...

I agree that it's a stretch to call it a deli. It's a run down mini-mart/former gas station.

They have a sign up for sandwiches/bbq now, but the outside of the place scares me (as does the health dept report) and sufficiently dissuades us from going inside. It would also be really nice for the neighborhood if they would clean it up a bit. Being right on the corner there it definitely doesn't help the neighborhood's image.

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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it's a stretch to call it a deli?? it's a stretch to call it west seattle!

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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Scooby-snax- check the maps. It is totally West Seattle.

Michelled, I agree. We drive that way coming home from the airport and always tell our visiting relatives, as we were told when we first arrived here, not to judge our neighborhood based on that unsightly place!

Posted 3 years ago #
michelled
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Well Scooby, "West Seattle," runs to the White Center border at Roxbury. 9th and Henderson is certainly West Seattle, like it or not!

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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rs: you're obviously not from w.s. just cos it's on the map doesn't make it so!

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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us" born and raised" west siders consider "east of 35th, north of morgan st." to be West Seattle...

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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Okay, whatever scooby-snax. I'm not from here and I guess I don't know where I live or what to call it. Probably shouldn't even be on this blog, given that apparently I don't live in WS.

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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i don't like it michelled...to us that's "rat city".

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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check the map...they call those areas "high point"" highland park" "white center" for a reason.the reason is...it's not west seattle!

Posted 3 years ago #
michelled
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Tell you what: I'm not from West Seattle. Born and raised in Ballard, actually. But my neighbors have lived in their house longer than I've been alive and I think they would be really surprised to hear that they don't live in West Seattle. ;)

But who cares. If you're that worried about it, that's just too bad.

Posted 3 years ago #
meg
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hey scooby. all micro-neighborhoods have names....alki, admiral, gennesse, faunterloy..... are those not west seattle?
Per your (flawed) argument, micro-neighborhoods aren't in the larger area? Just checking.
Scooby is a tad snobby. That's all I'm saying!

Posted 3 years ago #
villagegreen
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scooby-snax - "east of 35th, north of morgan st." to be West Seattle.

Really? East of 35th? So, what neighborhood does everyone live in that's West of 35th? Alki? Is Alki not part of WS? Any other 'born and raised' want to shed some light?

Posted 3 years ago #
JenV
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crap. I too am West of 35th. I now declare everything West of 35th to be a sovereign nation! (crap, I hope we don't have any oil reserves!)

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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If you guys have oil reserves, we the sovereign nation of Highland Park/Upper White Center, will plan an invasion in the name of spreading democracy. I've heard that Westof35th hates our freedom...

Posted 3 years ago #
ellenater
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lmao. what did everyone forget to take their b*itch remedies...

I live West of 35th and we do hate your freedom. We wil be spreading our democracy shortly. Please surrender your reserves in the name of said democracy

Posted 3 years ago #
JenV
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yes, surrender your pulled pork reserves or face our wrath.

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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Now we know who's behind that Highland Park jail plan! Westof35th wants to off-load all of its political dissident prisoners!!

Ellenater, we have a dog park, a Target and an independent ice cream shop. We will prevail. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
Zenguy
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As al life long WS resident I disagree Scoob. Highpoint is a neighborhood, just like Alki, Admiral and Genessee.

Posted 3 years ago #
datamuse
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RS: does that mean that the base of the hill is part of Highland Park now? If so, I think we need to change our nomenclature a bit.

Scooby: Highland Park can't be part of White Center. White Center is unincorporated, Highland Park is part of the city of Seattle. If you disagree, you're welcome to pay the difference this makes in my property taxes.

Posted 3 years ago #
WSMom
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I love these kind of thread jackings!!

Especially the part about oil reserves, crack me up!!

Posted 3 years ago #
michelled
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We have Zippy's over here east of 35th -- and even a Barnes & Noble! We absolutely will prevail. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
datamuse
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Yay, Zippy's!

...though you know, it occurs to me that if Highland Park claims White Center, that includes Full Tilt, Rozella, and the Guatemalan bakery...

Posted 3 years ago #
JanS
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JT...what you said in post #7...that was the first thing I thought when I read all the multiple postings late last night...some of which have been deleted by TR..

Scoob...I'm not a native, but I have lived in West Seattle for over 33 years...probably longer than you've been alive (yes, I know I shouldn't assume - so forgive me if you're a codger)..and people who believe that Delridge, and Highland Park, Highpoint, etc are not part of WS have always been shunned by those in the know, because, as someone noted, it's snobbery...and delusional ;-)

Posted 3 years ago #
westseattledood
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Hmmmm. What shall I speak to first? The WS dissociative boundary skirmish or the pulled pork?

Food wins. I live just a couple of blocks away from that place. I love food. I love being adventurous with food. But, I won't be eating there. I don't care how tasty. I've got my reasons why not and they are good enough for me not to ever cross the threshold.

I'm totally excited about the OK Corral though. And, there is another BBQ place on Ambaum I keep hearing about. And, then there is a third place on my list down in the SODO to try - can't remember the names. There are plenty of good options for me. BBQ options are good, even if not always convenient.

Highland Park is one of the many West Seattle neighborhoods. How could a person not know what side of 35th we are on? There ARE only four directions you are really expected to keep track of. Too much for some, evidently. Anyway, the Delridge Development Area is the official city designation which includes many neighborhoods east of 35th Scoobie. I'm not going to name them for you, because, obviously that truly would be a waste of bandwidth to educate you about something you have such parochial perceptions and "small town" mentality about. But, I will say that 9th Ave SW is the eastern boundary for that "development" area for public utilities and infrastructure type improvements. But West Seattle's (Southwest Seattle District to the city) boundary is officially West Marginal Way. The other side of West Marginal Way is the Duwamish Industrial Area. Of course, the obvious southern city boundary is Roxbury.

And, while I'm at it here - continuing and expanding the hijacking of this thread - I'm going to point out a common misconception about Richard Hugo. He went to school at Highland Park Elementary, not in White Center. I just want to put that out there. Check out his autobiography - "The Real West Marginal Way".

Now...THAT was a hijack worth writing.

Posted 3 years ago #
mellaw6565
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Yeah for Highland Park - my neighbors are the best!! And we don't seem to be as much a victim to all the car prowlings as the Admiral area. Plus you add Westwood Village down the street and White Center in the other direction - I think that makes us a crossroads in Seattle:)

Posted 3 years ago #
WSB
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Re: West Seattle as a whole.

We are VERY passionate about this and very proud that we cover ALL of West Seattle, right down to neighborhood-group meetings.

That means: Elliott Bay to the north, the Duwamish River to the east (yes, the original "Nickelsville" site - aka a potential jail site - is West Seattle), Roxbury to the south (with a couple of bumpouts following the city limits, such as the Myers Way potential jail site and of course the Arbor Heights/Marine View Drive stretch), Puget Sound to the north.

Even though the city breaks it into Southwest and Delridge "districts," it is ONE peninsula, ONE West Seattle. We're all in it together. (And getting friendlier all the time with our White Center neighbors, as well. I know some of those WC signs stretch north of Roxbury, but bottom line is that West Seattle proper includes everything till the city limits end. You can say the White Center section of West Seattle if you want, but it's West Seattle to the spot where SPD hands off to KCSO.)

-TR

Posted 3 years ago #
datamuse
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Highland Park represent! :D I didn't know there were so many of us on here.

I have noticed that we haven't been hit by car prowls--not yet, at any rate. :/ Hope that continues to be the case.

My friend Tom calls us "Fortress West Seattle", because we have drawbridges. *glee*

Posted 3 years ago #
Zenguy
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For good BBQ try Pig Iron, it is more in the Duwamish industrial area, but worth the drive. They offer Carolina BBQ with some great sides like greens, beans and corn bread. It is on 1st ave North of the bridge.

Posted 3 years ago #
Aim
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"I'm totally excited about the OK Corral though. And, there is another BBQ place on Ambaum I keep hearing about. And, then there is a third place on my list down in the SODO to try"

YES! I'm excited for great BBQ over here too.
The place on Ambaum is Berry's. I went by there one day a couple of weeks ago at around 2 thinking I'd bring home some lunch to soclwrkrnmotn, and they were all locked up. Berry himself saw me through the door and came out to the sidewalk before I got to my car. He greeted me warmly, and told me he's not open until 3, but he invited me in and gave me a copy of the menu and his card. I will surely be back to try the place out ASAP.

Jones' or Pecos Pit are the two in SODO, and Pig Iron is slightly further south on 1st. Jones' is on 3rd and Lander and is tasty enough, but tends toward a thinner spicier sauce and focuses less on the meat. I tend to prefer really beautifully smoked meat that's truly the center of the dish, and a sauce that brings it out.

Pecos is across the street from Starbucks on 1st and Stacy. They're great, but only open a few hours a day - they close at 4pm, primarily focusing on the lunch crowd. They only accept cash, so plan ahead.

Re neighborhoods, Highland Park represent!!
We're on the border of HP, Westwood, and White Center, and love each one for different reasons. In fact, the Salvadorean Bakery is making our wedding cake. We have such wonderful local businesses here!!

Posted 3 years ago #
Aim
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Gah, now I'm craving BBQ. Thanks guys! ;-)

Posted 3 years ago #
JoB
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i have been wondering about that little bbq place on ambaum.. but it never smelled like i should stop. now i know why.. it wasn't open for business that early.

i will try again.

Posted 3 years ago #
thee
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Forty posts and no one has even had a sammich yet? Well, it appears that some merely type about BBQ while others actually eat BBQ. Thee eats him some BBQ.
Yeah, it's true that this joint looks like an airstrike was recently called in. I mean, it's totally demolished! How, I wonder, without some sort of help, did this place find itself in such a state? Cripes!
Anyway, the joint is close to the dog park so I've stopped in a couple times after the dog park and just before Bev. Place. Both times I've had the Carolina style pulled pork. While the bun was adequate and did its job holding the sammich together, the real show was the meat. Nice smoke flavor and even a visible smoke ring. Deliciousness! And it was deliciousness piled high! The kid who runs the place was nice and kinda funny and whipped up the mustard BBQ sauce and the cold slaw right in front of me as I was waiting. The pickle, poor thing, was DOA and had been run thru the flavor extractor before it was served to me. At the Bev, with a very tasty beer in front of me, I inhaled this thing. I'd go back. I have gone back. The second sammich was just as good.

thee
BBQ "Maverick"

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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Mustard sauce?? Okay, then can we clarify that it's SOUTH Carolina style? If anyone finds some vinegar sauce and CHOPPED pulled pork anywhere, please let me know!!

RS
Picky Piedmont BBQ Snob

Posted 3 years ago #
hopey
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RS, I don't recall specifically if the pulled pork was chopped, but at Pig Iron I recall the sauce was much more vinegary than the thick tomato-based sauce they have at places like Jones. You may want to check out Pig Iron the next time you're headed down 1st ave. It's really convenient from South West Seattle, just over the drawbridge.

Posted 3 years ago #
RS
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Thanks hopey! I drive by Pig Iron every day and I've never tried it. I'll put it on the ever-growing list of places I need to get to.

Posted 3 years ago #
mellaw6565
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RS - I'm with you. Haven't found good Southern style BBQ since I moved here many years ago. I save my cravings for when I go back "home".

Berry's on Ambaum is not bad - we tried him when he first opened a few years ago, but didn't hit the taste I was looking for.

Posted 3 years ago #
datamuse
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The use of the phrase "WS dissociative boundary skirmish" and the discussion of BBQ together make this my most favorite thread on the Forum EVER.

I've never been in the place on 9th and Henderson, because I only pass it while running, and BBQ would slow my pace. By a LOT. :D

Maybe I'll give it a try. Man, I miss Pecos Pit--Amazon.com was in that warehouse behind the place back in its VERY early days, and I had lunch there often. Good times.

Posted 3 years ago #
ivaronalki
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you know...I MAY BE A CODGER (53 yrs. in ADMIRAL DIST. West Seattle!)But i believe Scoob is right on target here.Anyone who wasn't raised here (n. of morgan... s. of 35th)is not in west seattle. as to the car prowls...that's all the turds coming in from outside areas (white center,etc.)we can't even enjoy alki anymore because of all the "outsiders" and it sucks!

Posted 3 years ago #
scooby-snax
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thanks ivar...i didn't mean to start a S#$% storm here but i AM a CODGER...I AM A SNOB (about my town) and I AM entitled to my opinion.

Posted 3 years ago #
villagegreen
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ivaronalki - S. of 35th?

Posted 3 years ago #
JenV
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maybe snax and ivar can agree that the only "real" West Seattle is in their own backyards and the rest of us who live outside of their little nation can go to hell?

I have been here since '92. My understanding is WS is Alki to Roxbury, water to West Marginal Way.

Posted 3 years ago #
JoB
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I am not sure where the real west seattle starts and stops.. but i can tell you that we recently moved to the east side of 35th... and are falling in love with a side of west seattle we really hadn't seen much.

i have lost my view.. but i gained a neighborhood.

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