Canadian owned and operated, and permeated with a distinct sense of expatriate perceptions and values, this is the restaurant most likely to be visited by all-inclusive clients at the nearby Sun Village Resort. It's one of a chain of barbecue joints operated by Ontario-based Ted Reader, who GQ magazine described as "a crazy Canuck Barbecue kingpin" whose barbecue is virtually a household word north of the U.S. border. Part of the reason for this restaurant's popularity, other than its good barbecue, derives from a location directly astride Cofresi Playa, midway between Sun Village and its neighbor, Ocean World, within an easy beachfront walk from either. Another reason is based on ribs and deep-spiced meats that spend a full 12 hours in a smoker prior to being served as part of an urbanized, big-city version of what comes out of lesser smokehouses. In the words of its staff, "We provide an absolute taste of North America that's an attractive alternative to a week of all-inclusive buffets. Come and get sticky with us." Menu items include grilled grouper, wrapped in banana leaves, served with French-cut fries; "pork sliders" (three mini-sandwiches prepared with smoked pork and barbecue sauce); burgers and chicken club sandwiches; Teddy's lettuce-wrapped nachos; and an array of oversize salads. And then there are those "mamajuana smoked ribs" that anyone who's familiar with St. Louis-style barbecue will recognize as just a wee bit different from the original. (Coconut shells and scented, legally available herbs known locally as "mamajuana" are added to the wood chips.) Despite the availability of a rainbow of party-colored drinks, the libation of choice here is Presidente beer.
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