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    A Different Type of BBQ Restaurant

    Here is a link to the article about this BBQ restaurant:
    Barbecue Fast Casual Plans Global Expansion
    Inspired by Chipotle, the New York-based franchise is gearing up for major growth.

    #2
    Thanks for sharing! Please remember- General Discussion (Off Topic), as its name implies, is for posts off the topic of BBQ. "BBQ" topics include food, cooking, gear, and even restaurants. Thanks!

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      #3
      I have been to Mighty Quinns before. The food was quite good. I had the beef rib and it was well cooked and seasoned.

      But their concept doesn't seem that different from a lot of other barbecue restaurants. It was similar to Chipotle in that you go down the counter and get your meat, sides, etc. but I don't see that as a unique concept. I am hoping they can make this expansion work though. It would be nice to have a decent chain of barbecue restaurants out there.

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        #4
        Only time I went, they were too crowded for us to eat. My NYC co-workers like them a lot. On the other hand, they also said the pulled pork I fed them was the best ever. ;-)

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          #5
          I'd take a whack at it...

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            #6
            Come all without, Come all within.... you'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn?

            Like Joe Sousa, I am a bit cynical about their invocation of Chipotle. The real miracle of Chipotle is being able to offer now 5-6 protein options (Chicken, Steak, Barbacoa, Carnitas, that soy thing, and occasional chorizo), and have like a billion possible combinations of menu items... the nigh infinite customizability, without the stress of parsing a million item menu.

            MQ might make great Que. They can serve it like lunch ladies, and call it Chipotle-esque, but a quick review of the menu doesn't seem to have the same flex of Chipotle. I get it. It's a fast casual lunch spot. I guess that's Chipotle Enough.

            When they get multiple outbreaks of norovirus, and I still go back, then they've reached full Chipotle.

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              #7
              They will be like all other franchises and vary greatly from location to location.

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                #8
                Also like JoeSousa and Potkettleblack , I don't see what so different about this. Dickey's has been around for a long time doing this format and many other regional chains, along with more BBQ places like this than I can count or remember. To claim they invented this format is kind of like Apple saying they invented the personal computer.

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                • BriggsBBQ
                  BriggsBBQ commented
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                  I think the uniqueness is they cater the flavors to the local palate to a certain extent. Not a pure KC or Texas style.

                • EdF
                  EdF commented
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                  Ah, that's what ruined Thai food in America!

                • Potkettleblack
                  Potkettleblack commented
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                  There are places here in Chicago that do that, places in St. Louis... it's really not that unique. It's the counter service franchising that I guess is novel, but they're still regional, to the NY area so far.

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