April Pig Roast Saturday 16th, Toons Bar & Grill With G WIV!

Hey Folks,

Thanks to all that made it to our Crawfish Boil recently. PhilW will be bringing his hog cooker down on Saturday the 16th and we will be roasting a hog. With that we will smoke up 30 lbs of Uncle John's hot links, rib tips and some sides. Mac and cheese, pit beans, green bean salad with bacon vinaigrette, potato salad as well as slaw. Several sauces and a guaranteed good time! We will have an excellent bluesman Keith Scott performing from 4-7. So stop on by!! $20 get's you all you can eat as well as the first drink on the house. Hoping to see some new and old LTHer's...We are now adding a few special guests! G WIV is bringing his WSM down and doing some lamb ribs for the crowd to sample, also DaBeef will be making Texas Armadillo eggs and Philw's friend Chef Sven the Swedish chef from the LIttle red Smokehouse is bring a Vertical Smoker and doing a fresh ham! This will be feast for the ages and you will leave smiling and full!

Danny

Sounds like the perfect hangover cure for WhiskeyFest, which is taking place the night before. I'll be there, probably with a few family members in tow. Really looking forward to it!

=R=

jhawk1 wrote:$20 get's you all you can eat as well as the first drink on the house.

Damn!!!! That sounds almost too good to be true. Gonna try and make it out for this one.

Ronnie looking forward to seeing you. Seamus hope you make it as well.

Just an update, G WIV is coming out now with his WSM and going to smoke some Lamb Ribs for the guests to sample, DaBeef is making Texas style Armadillo Eggs and philw's buddy chef Sven the Swedish Chef from the Little Red Smokehouse is bringing a vertical smoker and doing a fresh ham! Possibly more special guest's manning the pits to come so stay tuned! This will be a great party folks...

What's a good time to get there?

Sorry, 3:30 to 4. The Music will start at 4 and the full buffet should be ready about that same time. Thanks
Danny

jhawk1 wrote:Just an update, G WIV is coming out now with his WSM and going to smoke some Lamb Ribs for the guests to sample, DaBeef is making Texas style Armadillo Eggs and philw's buddy chef Sven the Swedish Chef from the Little Red Smokehouse is bringing a vertical smoker and doing a fresh ham! Possibly more special guest's manning the pits to come so stay tuned! This will be a great party folks...

really wish I could make this one Danny-got the facebook invite but for some reason these pig roasts and crawfish boils are always on a day i have a demo going..this time down in Pekin

Sorry you cant make it Bill! We will have events all summer. Good luck on demo. Just for the record the regular menu will be available for folks not wanting to do the Pig roast.

Danny

jhawk1 wrote:Sorry you cant make it Bill! We will have events all summer. Good luck on demo. Just for the record the regular menu will be available for folks not wanting to do the Pig roast.

Danny

Then I may make it for the camaraderie. I heard there was a great mushroom soup on the menu at the start of March Madness & I was very happy with my Boca Burger & all of the toppings + the onion rings.

can not wait , all sound so good

This sounds like fun. I'm planning on attending, but am not quite 100%. Looking forward to meeting some of you.

Jeff

Where is Toons? I'm guessing the event starts around 4 p.m.?

Bruthsmirnoff wrote:Where is Toons? I'm guessing the event starts around 4 p.m.?

Newly minted GNR Toons:

Toons Bar & Grill
3857 North Southport Avenue
Chicago, IL 60613-2823
(773) 935-1919

Unfortunately we can't make it this time, but we really enjoyed the pig roast we attended at Toons.

Thanks The GP! Yes 4 pm it is! Sorry we won't see you this time around.

Hi Danny,

I'm going to be there! With a friend or two, hopefully, and also I'm going to try to drag the wife along

See you Saturday

John and I will be there. Can't wait!

Danny,

I was bummed to miss the crawfish boil, but ecstatic that I am going to be there for the pig roast! See you Saturday, and congrats on the GNR!

Glenn

Thanks Glenn, Looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday. PhilW showed up this evening with the guest of honor and it is a 155 lb Beauty!! The prep is under way and we have 2 different batches of homemade pickles working, 3 different sauces as well as tons of bottles of commercial sauce we need to get rid of. Corn Bread is now on the menu as well. Going to be plenty of food and the only one outside will be the pig so come on over folks!!

My 20-racks of Lamb Ribs hitting the smoke around noon.

Looking forward to the meat line-up, Phil W with a whole pig on his Alveron cooker, Danny smoking Uncle John's links and tips and Da Beef doing his soon to be famous Armadillo Eggs.

Going to be a good time at Toon's Saturday!

definitely looking forward to it!

Just found out about this last night. Will be there with a few friends.

Wow! What a fun afternoon, in spite of the ultra-crappy weather. I listened to some great live music, enjoyed several beers I'd never tried before (A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale, Sierra Nevada Glissade Golden Bock), sucked down a few signature pineapple shots, chatted with what seemed like 2-dozen fellow LTHers (some of whom I'd never met before...nice to meet you! ) and stuffed my face with a all sorts of delicious bbq and side dishery (whole pig, ham, sausage, lamb ribs, armadillo eggs, pit beans, mac & cheese, pickles, green beans, etc). I think we spent about 4 1/2 hours at Toons and it just flew by. The only thing that could have made it better was today's sunshine. Oh well; nothing anyone could do about that.

Thanks, Danny, Annie, Kevin, Tommy and everyone at Toons, for hosting such an enjoyable event.

=R=

it rained but it was a great day for bbq,music,friends

Had a great time seeing everyone, met a few new people, ate some fantastic food! The roast pig, the lamb ribs, the meatball-looking things--were those the armadillo eggs? tell me more about them DaBeef!--some of the best pickles I've had, and some rib tips fresh out of the smoker that blew me away, far after I'd already had too much to eat, but I couldn't help eating a few. And so many other great things. Not to mention good beer and even a pineapple shot, which was delicious. And I managed to remember to bring my (smudged, greasy, and well-loved) copy of Low & Slow to get it personalized.

Thanks to everyone involved!

Yep!
Thanks, Danny.
I was thoroughly entertained.
It was nice to meet Gary and give jimsw a bit of a hard time. Sorry I missed you Ms. BouD, Ronnie and, no doubt, so many others. There will be a next time. It was nice to make a bunch of new friends.
I, also, am curious about the meatballs--they were great--nicely spiced and woke my mouth up. More info?

Great spread as always--Toons handles both the little details (nice pickles!) and the big (152 lbs of PIG!!!!!) exceptionally well. And kudos to the special guest chefs who contributed--Sven's succulent ham, GWiv's perfectly rubbed and juicy lamb ribs, DaBeef's spicy balls--for those of you reading this who didn't make it, you won't want to miss the next one. Thanks Annie and Danny for another great Toon afternoon!

Thanks to all for a great time! Good thing there was enough cheek left on the other side to sample...
Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcabal/sets/72157626410124617/

kanin, great pics .you can tell a story with them

Great time at Toon's featuring Mr. pig, tips, Uncle John's links, lamb ribs, Da Beef Armadillo Eggs and Annie's sides. Tip of the hat to Danny, Annie, Olivia, Phil, Titus, Kevin and Tommy.

Guest of honor



Dr Phil



Lucky Sven has a sturdy grip on Olivia



Annie Beck



Danny w/Mr. Pig



Julie_S, MsWiv



jvalentino, Danny, Jimswside, boudreaulicious



White bread, Uncle John's links, thin stripe of sauce, house made pickle.