When we started producing GeekBrief.TV, we were living above a store we opened for Extra Space Storage in Highland Park, IL. At the same time we opened our store, Jim Lederer and Chef Dave Teichman opened Bluegrass, a neighborhood restaurant with beyond words amazing food. Jim and Dave fed us well, served us great martinis and kind of turned us into food snobs (in a good way). Chili’s and Red Lobster is awesome until you know better. Thanks to Jim and Dave … we know better.
This morning we got a dire notice in the Inbox about a BBQ Emergency:
Bluegrass Restaurant is having a BBQ Fest to combat the constant construction on Old Deerfield Road. Chef Dave has decided to get out the BBQ and do some real smoking with his grills. We will be BBQ’ing for two weeks straight to get the word out that we are still here. If you see smoke please be aware it is only our smoker smoking the Ribs.
You don’t have to know us very much to know THIS kind of humor is OUR kind of humor. We’re rallying around our friends, packing our bags and heading to Chicago. This is a BBQ emergency and we can’t resist.
We’ll be blogging about the trip here and at BigTrip.TV. There will be video and if you can make it to Highland Park to join us, there will be meat.
The official meetup will be at Bluegrass in Highland Park, IL at 5PM (July 27, 2008). Please leave a comment on this post so we can let Jim and Dave know how many people to expect. I’m going to try and get my sister to come!
