OWENSBORO, Ky. – Sept. 28 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn, a Kentucky tradition in Owensboro since 1963, was voted the best Barbecue in Kentucky by “Kentucky Monthly” for the third straight year and the fifth out of the last seven years. <\/p>\n
“We have been slow-cooking our Moonlite Bar-B-Q over a Hickory fire in our custom-built pits for over three generations,” said Patrick Bosley, Manager of the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn. “We are most famous for our mutton. Not many people are aware of how good mutton barbecue is, until they come to the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn and try their first bite!”<\/p>\n
“Mutton puts Owensboro barbecue in a class by itself,” said “Gourmet Magazine.” “Cooked until pot-roast tender, it is set out on the Moonlite buffet two ways: chopped or pulled… The chopped mutton is nothing but flavor: tangy lamb and wood smoke in a bold hash duet. The pulled version is a textural amusement park… juicy chunks so supple they make us want to abandon all utensils and eat like happy cave dwellers.”<\/p>\n
For those who can’t make the trip in person, Moonlite has an online store where you can buy Moonlite Bar-B-Q’s award winning mutton barbecue, and other Moonlite Bar-B-Q family favorites. <\/p>\n
Patrick Bosley’s cookbook “Family Favorites from Moonlite: Recipes that Founded a Kentucky Tradition” ($18.95 ISBN: 097668960X) includes recipes for such Moonlite family favorites as their famous barbecue mutton dip, hearty burgoo soup, and banana pudding, is also available in Moonlite’s online store. <\/p>\n
Patrick Bosley is the youngest grandson of Pappy and Catherine Bosley, who built the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn into a Kentucky Tradition, from a 30 seat roadside stand to a 350 seat award winning, world renowned dinner destination. Moonlite Bar-B-Q’s has been featured in “Gourmet Magazine,” the “Wall Street Journal,” “USA Today,” “LA Times,” and on the Food Channel.<\/p>\n
“It’s the people that make it all come together,” said Patrick Bosley. “Treat your customers like friends and family…add a pinch of luck and a lot of family, mix ’em together and get out of the way.”<\/p>\n