{"id":11948,"date":"2010-09-01T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2010-09-0901-003\/"},"modified":"2010-09-01T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:05:11","slug":"2010-09-0901-003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/2010-09-0901-003\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky&#8217;s Best Barbecue: Moonlite Bar-B-Q Hosts Employee Reunion to Celebrate Multiple Victories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OWENSBORO, Ky., Sept. 1 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Moonlite Bar-B-Q, a household Kentuckian name, is excited to share its many successes with its loyal employees. That&#8217;s why they are hosting an employee reunion on Sunday September 5 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden, 25 Carter Road, Owensboro, Ky. 42301. Since 1963, Moonlite Bar-B-Q has been a Kentucky tradition. In 2008, it was inducted into the Kentucky Monthly&#8217;s Best Hall of Fame after having been previously voted Kentucky&#8217;s best barbecue by &#8220;Kentucky Living.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> In 2010, these readers voted again and Moonlite once again rose to the top and was selected for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonlite.com\/index.php?php&amp;dinein\" target=\"_blank\">best barbecue<\/a> in Kentucky. Additionally, USA Today reported that Moonlite is, &#8220;One of the 10 best places to fill up your plate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Moonlite Bar-B-Q has also been featured in Gourmet Magazine, Southern Living, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and on the Food Channel.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;These successes have been such an honor and I am overwhelmed by our employees&#8217; loyalty throughout the years,&#8221; says Patrick Bosley of Moonlite Bar-B-Q. &#8220;So, there&#8217;s simply no better way to celebrate these successes than to share them with our valued employees who have worked so diligently to keep the fires burning and the plates full.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;It&#8217;s the people who make it all come together,&#8221; says Patrick. &#8220;Treat your customers and employees like friends and family, add a pinch of luck, mix &#8217;em together and get out of the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/10-0901-moonlite2_72dpi.jpg\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:20px;\" alt=\"\" \/>Patrick Bosley is the youngest grandson of Pappy and Catherine Bosley, who built the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonlite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kentucky Tradition<\/a> from a 30-seat roadside stand to a 350-seat, award-winning, world-renowned dinner destination.<\/p>\n<p> Meats are personally selected for quality and then placed in the restaurant&#8217;s custom-built, hickory-fired pits. Meat is cooked low and slow, giving it that distinctive, hickory flavor.<\/p>\n<p> For those employees who cannot make the trip, Moonlite has a new Facebook page: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/MoonliteBarBQ\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/MoonliteBarBQ<\/a>. People can view photos, learn about the event and more. <\/p>\n<p> To shop Moonlite&#8217;s online store, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonlite.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.moonlite.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> * Moonlite news feed RSS;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/send2pressnewswire.com\/topics\/moonlite-bar-b-q-inn\/feed\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/send2pressnewswire.com\/topics\/moonlite-bar-b-q-inn\/feed\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>News issued by: Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/10-0901-moonlite1_72dpi.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/10-0901-moonlite1_72dpi.jpg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/10-0901-moonlite1_72dpi.jpg<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p> # # # <\/p>\n<p><small>Original Story ID:  (6252) :: 2010-09-0901-003<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Original Keywords: Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, Moonlite, barbecue, BBQ, Bar-B-Q, Kentucky, Owensboro, barbeque, smoked, dining, eating out, travel, stops, road side, ribs, pork, Bosley family, top ten, best of kentucky, Patrick Bosley, Pappy and Catherine Bosley Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn Owensboro Kentucky OWENSBORO, Ky.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>Alternate Headline: Moonlite Bar-B-Q Hosts Employee Reunion to Celebrate Multiple Victories with Kentucky&#8217;s Best BBQ<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><strong>NEWS ARCHIVE NOTE:<\/strong> this archival news content, issued by the news source via Send2Press Newswire, was originally located in the Send2Press&reg; 2004-2015 2.0 news platform and has been permanently converted\/moved (and redirected) into our 3.0 platform. 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