Bogart's In St. Louis Is Taking BBQ Experimentation To The Next Level

Bogart's In St. Louis Is Taking BBQ Experimentation To The Next Level

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Bogart’s earned a lot of early buzz when it opened because the team behind it — pitmaster Skip Steele and general manager Niki Puto — were veterans of Pappy’s Smokehouse, one of the most well-known barbecue spots in St. Louis.

But the place has since earned its keep, thanks to Steele’s ability to both master the classics (don’t sleep on the apricot-glazed baby-back ribs), while also experimenting with new ways to serve barbecue. The Sausage Fatty, a spicy, flavor-filled take on breakfast sausage, is a perfect example of this.

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The storefront is simple and relatively unadorned, allowing you to focus on what matters — the insanely strong smell of apple and cherrywood smoke drifting into the restaurant from the backyard smoker. If there’s a line (which there probably will be), wait in it — chances are, someone from the restaurant will come out with free samples of brisket.

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