Labor Day weekend was a bitter sweet one.  On Saturday hte family and I joined several members of the BBQBrethren.com for a farewell parking lot bash at Willie B's restaurant in Bayshore, NY.

Opened a couple years ago by my good friend Will Breakstone, Willie B's has been a welcomed spot for good food, a cold beer and some good laughs.  Unfotunately the ability to run a takeout spot, or any restaurant for that matter, has gotten extremely difficult in a down economy and Will decided to shut the doors permanently as of today. 

So Saturday was the finale hoorah, complete with some tasty Frito Pie, a wide selction of sausages, smoked Prime Rib, and my created-for-the-occasion Willie B's Bourbon Rubbed Buffalo Style Blue Cheeseburger Sliders.
  More pictures can be found at www.smokeindaye.com.

Sunday was a bit of a lazy day, though I was able to get the trailer cleaned out and got some chicken trimmed for our next outting September 20-21 in Westport, CT.

And true to tradition, Labor Day was spent enjoying the great outdoors around the grill.  Celebrating my dad's birthday, my brother, John and I cooked up a feast that Dizzy Pigs rubbed rack of lamb, tomato pie, bratwust, procuitto wrapped scallops, grilled corn, pulled pok baked beans, and on and on.    Ain't nothing better than a fridge full of leftovers!!