FiPS Preview: Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

The Future Home of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

According to esteemed barbecue archaeologists, our ancient ancestors believed that the tastiest part of the T-Rex is the ribs. Just ask Fred Flintstone. Measuring a few meters long, T-Rex ribs are the Holy Grail of barbecue. Pterodactyl wings are also supposedly tasty, as are brontosaurus burgers & many other dinosaur-based barbecue dishes. Don't bother trying velociraptor meat though. It's like a cross between lizard & pigeon.

These days, thanks to the Endangered Species Act & such impediments, dinosaur meat is sort of hard to get your hands on. Our research into amber/DNA revival of these tasty creatures has thus far been unsuccessful. As such, if we want to live like our hairy ancestors, who TOTALLY lived alongside the dinosaur, the closest thing we've got is the New York-based Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurants. Unfortunately for Park Slope residents, at the moment, the closest of the four locales is in West Harlem. That shit's at least an hour subway ride away.

Luckily, in a little less than a year, Dinosaur will be opening a new locale in an industrial space at 604 Union St, just across 4th Ave into Gowanus. With this announcement, last month's opening of Fort Reno Provisions & the general media buzz about Park Slope BBQ in the air, I traveled up to Harlem to chat with John Stage, the founder of the mini-chain of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que joints.

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A FiPS Guide To The Ultimate Super bowl Snacks

Patton Oswalt in Big Fan

Do you have SUPER BOWL FEVER? Are you ready to paint your face blue and/or red, white & blue and yell at the television? Giants! Patriots! Rematch! Skeletor performing at halftime! Get ready! This Sunday, it's SUPER BOWL XLVI baby!

Whether you're spending the game with a bunch of friends & getting drunk on shitty, NFL-endorsed beer, or planning to don your sharpest pair of NY Giants sweatpants & get whiskey blotto under the pale corner living room lamp all by your lonesome, you'll definitely need something to snack on alongside your beverages.

After all, Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest snacking day of the year, so while you're getting your yearly dose of over-the-top football grandiosity, you should be chowing down in style. In honor of the Patriots' impending 11-point win, here are eleven SUPER SNACKS you should probably be cramming into your piehole this Sunday.

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REVIEW'D: Fort Reno Provisions

For a while now, there's been absolutely zip in terms of true BBQ here in Park Slope. The closest option? Smoke Joint up in Fort Greene. As of today, shit done changed.

As we reported this past Friday, Union Street's getting not one but two BBQ joints—Fort Reno Provisions & Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. While Dinosaur Bar-B-Que & their four NY locales are already well known, Fort Reno is a brand new joint from Jacques Gautier, the owner & chef of Palo Santo, Lia Foreman of Colicchio & Sons and Anthony Laudato.

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[FIPS Was There...] Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Pop-Up Cocktail Hour #16

We here at FIPS spend a hell of a lot of time out and about in Brooklyn, attending outdoor concerts, comedy shows and various other events. So [FIPS Was There...] is where we're gonna' talk about all this shit.

If there's one thing that I truly appreciate, it's booze. If there's something I appreciate even more than that, it's free booze. If said free booze happens to be of high quality, I LITERALLY ejaculate right in my pants. In fact, that's exactly what I did when I got the email asking me to head over to Carroll Gardens on Wednesday night to check out a Pop-Up Cocktail Hour (PUCH) from some entity called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. I LITERALLY spooged all over the insides of my trousers.

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It Was a Black, Black Friday at Best Buy

Break out the pepper spray! Strap on your trampling shoes! IT'S BLACK FRIDAY TIME, BITCHES!

On this Black Friday eve around 7pm, after a day of PURE DEADLY SIN THANKSGIVING GLUTTONY with my three siblings, I found myself across the street from Atlantic Center at a friend's third floor apartment on South Portland, where we had an all-star view of the gaggle of bargain hunters that began at the front door of Best Buy. By the time midnight rolled around, the crowd was wrapped around the block onto South Portland, all the way down South Elliott & then down onto Hanson Pl.

Oh, what people will do for a stupid Black Friday deal.

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