For Bubba Bradley, it was always a dream of his to open a barbecue restaurant. That dream became a reality last week when Bradley quietly opened the restaurant, at 280 E. Frontage Road, next to the P & D Grocery store.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to open a restaurant for the last 26 years,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n
Bradley, a retired oil field worker, grew up in Texas, so he was practically raised on barbecue, he said.<\/p>\n
In fact, Bradley loved barbecue so much, he began competing in barbecue competitions \u2013 yes, that is a thing.<\/p>\n
Bradley would go up against some of the best barbecuers in the world and would often walk away with trophies and titles, such as the \u201cKing of Barbecue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love to barbecue,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cI grew up on barbecue, I started competitive barbecuing in the \u201980s.\u201d<\/p>\n
As an oil field worker, Bradley traveled all across the country, but fell in love with the Mancos area.<\/p>\n
\u201cI brought my motorcycle to the rally in 1997 and have been coming here ever since,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
One of the first things you might notice when walking into the new restaurant is the custom 15\u00bd-foot smoker, that Bradley custom built.<\/p>\n
In it, he makes pork loin, brisket, pork ribs, sausage and chicken.<\/p>\n
\u201cAround here, everyone loves my pork ribs,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n
In fact, Bradley sold out of his pork ribs in the first 40 minutes of opening.<\/p>\n
Bradley will be open from 5 p.m. until closing every day in the near future. On Saturday, he had a grand opening.<\/p>\n
Before Bradley transformed his restaurant into the barbecue spot, it was a real estate office.<\/p>\n
It took seven months to remodel the building.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lot of work, but worth it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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