🍖 A synergy of Mexican and central Texas-style barbecue

Heffer BBQ returns to Monday Night Foodball [READER]( [Food & Drink]( [Get your tickets for our UnGala Celebration happening on November 30!]( Texas was once Mexican. Texas is Mexican again on November 14 when [Heffer BBQ]( returns to [Monday Night Foodball]( the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at the Kedzie Inn in Irving Park. sure you remember [back in September,]( the last time someone parked a 500-gallon offset smoker outside the bar and the sweet haze of smoked meat wafted over the streets. Shawn Smith and Leonor Quezeda, with their smoked chicken tinga tostada, were a critical part of the sorcerers’ cabal that lured a steady column of salivating, red-eyed flesh eaters that helplessly followed its narcotic scent through the doors. The married duo got their start during the pandemic with a small Costco smoker in their Pilsen backyard, but their synergy of Mexican and central Texas-style barbecue quickly became a weekly presence in the brewery pop-up arena. This week they and their 14-foot smoker Pauline are headlining MNF, with a heaping preview of what’s to come at their December residency at Kimski. That means brisket and pork-belly smoked Italian meatballs in marinara; smo-fried chicken wings or baby back ribs, chips and Hatch-chili queso dip (add brisket!); and for the plant eaters, a kale salad (hold the smoked beef tallow croutons)—plus Quezada’s scratch banana pudding. I’m certain their street corn salad with a smoked brisket add-on (brisket + esquites = brisquites) will rival last September’s tostada for the thing that wakes me up at 3 AM every night to stare into the tragically empty fridge. No preorders this time. Come early, come often, and come prepared to CashDrop your order starting at 5 PM at 4100 N. Kedzie. Meantime, set your sundials to the remaining fall Foodball schedule: - November 14: The [return]( of barbecue ronin [Heffer BBQ]( - November 21: An all-star [Umamicue]( - November 28: Thanksgiving Break - December 5: Spotlight on Lao cuisine with [Laos to Your House]( [Ørkenoy is deserted no more]( Humboldt Park’s two-year-old Nordic-inspired brewery has eased into the multifaceted, community-focused island it was always meant to be. by [Mike Sula]( [Food books are falling]( month]( Four Chicago books on pies, Palestinian cuisine, veggies, and bread by [Mike Sula]( April 2019 [Sol Café wants to bring more to Rogers Park than just specialty coffee]( “Sol is really, truly for everybody,” says owner Simone Freeman. by [Cass Balzer]( ✨ Nominations for [Best of Chicago]( are now open! ✨ Now until December 9th, tell us your [favorite restaurant, bar, store, or person]( that should be in the running for the Reader’s Best of Chicago 2022. [Issue of Nov. 10 - Nov. 23, 2022 Vol. 52, No.]( [Download Issue]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2022 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the receive emails from Chicago Reader Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616