The original BRUStory & Photos by Bradley Hawks Exposed brick walls, a mix of candlelight and the warm amber bar, taking full advantage of the proximity to the dozens of taps glow from the filaments of enormous, cartoon-sized featuring craft beers, flat-screens broadcasting sports, and lightbulbs on the ceiling, and an über-attractive the temperature-controlled tequila dispenser. staff styled in denim and plaid, like tequila-wielding Gap models, make Besides the craft beer selection, MexiBBQ feel like a hip, sexy, a colorful cocktail list boasts urban cowboy saloon. inventive concoctions with a myriad of tequilas and Overhead, a refreshingly bourbon. diverse and enjoyable playlist croons tunes ranging But perhaps some of the from Regina Spektor to most exciting bites and the Eagles that harmonizes drinks come at brunch. pleasantly with the low MexiBBQ was one of the hum of laughter and banter trailblazers on the brunch scene throughout the room. In a corner, a in Astoria, and its patio has been large group shares assorted guacamole a beacon for the popular weekend dips jazzed up with chicken cracklins and midday meal for the past five years. spicy crab at a Mexican picnic table. The table sits under an abstract, luminescent, wagon-wheel chandelier by a The French toast, one of the tastiest renditions in the flat-screen television mounted behind a waterfall that runs from neighborhood, is crusted with frosted cornflakes and adorned with ceiling to floor. Just beyond a row of intimate, dark-planked fresh berries. booths with steel-plated tabletops, singles mingle at the main (continued on page 34) 32 | BOROMAG.COM | MAY 2015 FOD & DRINK BBQ Brisket Benedict MexiBBQ Burger
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