Central Machine Works
BBQ Fest Needs to Get Bigger
RECEIVED Tue., Oct. 11, 2005
Dear Editor,
The music was plentiful and quite good.
However, can someone please tell out-of-town BBQ vendors that they need to triple the size of their tiny booths when they exhibit in Austin? The football-field-length lines of hungry people waiting for an hour to get food at multiple BBQ vendors, vendors running out of food at 3PM, and the refreshment stand running out of soft drinks at 3:15 let the crowd know that some out-of-town vendors don't know that Austinites love BBQ and can eat a lot. The crowning moment that drove this home was when two extra large Papa John pizzas were spotted, being delivered in the middle of a barbecue festival, because food was running out (where's the TV crew when you need them?).
The music was plentiful and quite good.
However, can someone please tell out-of-town BBQ vendors that they need to triple the size of their tiny booths when they exhibit in Austin? The football-field-length lines of hungry people waiting for an hour to get food at multiple BBQ vendors, vendors running out of food at 3PM, and the refreshment stand running out of soft drinks at 3:15 let the crowd know that some out-of-town vendors don't know that Austinites love BBQ and can eat a lot. The crowning moment that drove this home was when two extra large Papa John pizzas were spotted, being delivered in the middle of a barbecue festival, because food was running out (where's the TV crew when you need them?).
Bruce Reilly