New patriotic-themed barbecue eatery coming to Dover
Mission BBQ, an American barbecue chain, plans to open its first Delaware location in Dover at noon on Aug. 29.
The eatery at 365 N. Dupont Highway will have a series of private benefits supporting local organizations, such as police and fire departments, leading up to the grand opening. A sneak peek at the restaurant from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26, which benefits the USO of Dover, is open to the public.
Bill Kraus and Steve Newton founded Mission BBQ, a patriotic-themed eatery, on Sept. 11, 2011. Dishes include North Carolina-style pulled pork, Texas-inspired brisket, ribs and jalapeno and cheese sausage. Every day at noon, the restaurants play the National Anthem.
Mission BBQ currently has 34 restaurants in nine states. They plan to expand to 40 restaurants throughout the East Coast by 2017. Restaurants are located in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida.
Doors to the Dover restaurant will open immediately after the Aug. 29 ribbon cutting ceremony.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; and 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sun. Call (302) 401-4506 or visit mission-bbq.com
Buckley’s is bringing back Twin Lakes brew
The verdict is in: Buckley’s Tavern in Centreville will soon start pouring Twin Lakes beer again.
Last week, Buckley’s general manager Chuck Lewis told The News Journal he wasn’t sure if he would serve Twin Lakes Pale Ale, formerly known as Greenville Pale Ale, simply because it hadn’t yet tasted the beer.
The brewery, formerly located at a family farm in Greenville, has moved to a renovated warehouse in a Newport industrial park. Beer production began last month and one of the new owners, J. Burke Morrison said he hoped to have the beer in area restaurants within the next two weeks. Canned beer should be in Delaware liquor stores by late September.
Twin Lakes beers were unveiled to the public at Buckley’s 10 years ago. And Greenville Pale Ale was once the Kennett Pike restaurant’s top selling brew.
“It out sold every beer we sold by 2-to-1,” Lewis said. But the water used to make the beer now comes from southern Chester County, rather than Greenville. Lewis said he wasn’t sure if the different water source has changed the beer’s flavor. He hasn’t had any Twin Lakes brews at the restaurant for more than a year.
Morrison brought some of the new Twin Lakes Pale Ale beer to Lewis to sample. And he liked what he tasted.
“It’s good and we are going to get a delivery,” Lewis said. It should be served at Buckley’s sometime this week.
Address correction for new Chipotle’s
Just an FYI, the folks at Chipotle Mexican Grill told us they gave us the wrong address for their new location in the Milltown area on Kirkwood Highway. It’s at the site of a former 7-Eleven convenience store.
“It looks like we got the address wrong,” a spokeswoman wrote in an email. “It’s 3700 Kirkwood Highway rather than 2699 Kirkwood Highway.”
But, eagle eye News Journal reader David McCorquodale, who said he is a retired clerk, who sorted mail for decades, had already spotted the error.
“I immediately knew that the address you gave for the new Chipotle’s, being located at the old 7-Eleven on Kirkwood Highway and Duncan Road, was wrong,” he wrote. “2699 Kirkwood Highway’s nearest location is LabCorp, which is at 2701. The old 7-Eleven location is 3702 Kirkwood Highway, the other side of the street and the equivalent of 10 blocks up the road.”
Thanks for the catch, David.
Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 orptalorico@delawareonline.com and on Twitter@pattytalorico