Open for Business: Urban Roots Brewing & Smokehouse

Gary Gelfand reports

ROOTS BREWING AND SMOKE OUTONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACESAROUND GARY.

SO I KNOW YOUHAVE TO HAVE A PINT OR ATLEAST TO.OR AT LEAST 2 EXACTLY YESSPEED RIGHT ON YOUR FREQUENTTHE PLACE IT'S UNBELIEVABLYOUR ROOTS WHAT A GREAT PLACETO COME AND HANG OUT OF THEBEST PART ABOUT IT IS OFCOURSE THEY ARE NOW OPEN FORDINE-IN YOU CAN COME IN ANDENJOY YOUR PINT RIGHT HERE INTHE HOUSE THEY GOT SOME GREATTHINGS WITH THEM AND YOU LOOKAT THE WALL THEY GOT ALL THEBEERS THEY POUR NOT ALWAYS ABREWERY, BUT IT'S A SMOKEHOUSEAND OUT OH MAN THEY'VE GOTSOME FOOD AND ALREADY MANYMILES AND STARTING TO WATERPETERS RIGHT HERE SHEP RATE ISOVER THERE.

BUT I DO IT I'MDOING GREAT.

THANKS FOR COMINGIN SO YOU'VE GOT THINGS UP FORUS RIGHT NOW TELL US BEFORE WEGET INTO THE FOOD, THE BEERSEVERYTHING HOW YOU KEEPEVERYBODY SAFE AS I EXITAROUND HERE AND YOUR LITTLEBIT BUSY OVER THE WEEKEND ASPEOPLE LOVE YOUR PLACE RIGHT,I MEAN OFTENTIMES THERE'S ABIG LINE IF YOU'VE BEEN INBEFORE TO COME AND GET FOODPICK YOUR SO WE'RE ENCOURAGINGPEOPLE TO SPACE BY PUTTING THEMARKERS ON THE FLOOR.AND WE'RE REDUCING ALIGNEDBY SEATING TABLES AND THENHAVING THEM SAID ONE PERSON UPTO THE TO THE PRESSURE TOORDER FOOD.I LIKE THAT THAT'S GOOD ARTSHOW YOU'RE KNOWN FOR YOURBEERS AND OF COURSE THAT WECAN SEE JUST KNOWN FOR THISJUST APPEARS JUST THE FOODBODIES WILL YEARS THAT I KNOWWHICH ONE YOU KNOW FOR MORETHE BEERS KIND OF STARTEDFIRST, BUT TELL US ABOUT YOURSYET WE WANT TO PUT MY MASK ONBECAUSE I'VE GOT MY BACK WE'VEGOT A COUPLE OF GOOD BEERSTODAY SO JUNE WITH EVERYTHINGGOING ON IT'S EASY TO FORGETJUNE IS STILL PROUD MONTH.

SOONE OF OUR FUNDRAISERS WE DOEVERY YEAR IS GUYS GALS ANDNON-BINARY PALS.

IT'S A LOVELYUNFILTERED PALE ALE AND WEHAVE 2 NEW BEERS RELEASINGTODAY AT NOON A DOUBLEDROUGHT, UNFILTERED A DOUBLE IP A AND WEST COAST, A DOUBLE IP A THAT WE LIVE WITH OURFRIENDS WITH PARENTS LIKESPRING AND LINCOLN THAT'SGREAT.

I LOVE IT SO PEOPLEYOUNG PEOPLE ARE COMING HERETO YOU KNOW GET THE AWESOMEFLAVORING THEY'RE ALSO COMINGFOR THAT TO THE THREATS COMEPREPARED THERE TOO SO.TELL US WHAT YOU GOT OVERTHERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSERIGS THAT THOSE OR IT EITHERSEE STUFF LIKE THAT AND MUCHOF THAT SANDWICH ANY COME OUTWITH WHAT WE HAVE ARE SO WE'VEGOT PORK SPARERIBS WITH A NICESWEET AND STICKY CASEY SAUCEON IT.THESE ARE SLOW SMOKED RIBS.WE DO ALL WOOD SMOKE FOR A BIGSMOKER IN THE CORNER THERE SOALL I FIRE BARBECUE.OUR PULLED PORK SANDWICHWHICH IS ONE OF THE MOSTPOPULAR ITEMS ON THE MENUSTACKED HIGH WITH FRIED ONIONRINGS COLESLAW AND A NEW ITEMTHIS WEEK THAT WE'VE BEENAROUND AND IS OUR SMOKED RIGHTHIP.

SO I SMOKED RIGHT IF YOUCAN ORDER BY THE QUARTER POUNDPOUND IN A SANDWICH SO UH YEAHTHAT'S A GOOD SMOKE MEATS HEREWELL ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS INTHIS AWESOME TO SEE THAT THECOUPLE COUPLE FLAVORS OF SAUCERIGHT, YEAH, YEAH WE DO ALLHOUSE MEAT SAUCE WE HAVE CASEYWE HAVE A SPICY BBQ HOUSESAUCE AND MUSTARD SAUCEUNBELIEVABLE BECAUSE FOR MYCANDIDATE IS GOING TO SHOWLOOK AT THAT.

WHY HAVEN'TYOU GOT TO SWITCH THAT DOWN ALITTLE BIT BUT THIS LAW ON THEBOTTOM AND THAT THAT LOOKSGOOD MY MOUTH IS WATERING UPINSIDE THE MASK.THAT'S KIND OF GROSSIMPRESSION YOU DID NEED TOKNOW THAT BUT THAT'S KIND OFWHAT'S HAPPENING AND OH BY THEWAY THE TABLE SUGAR ALL SET UPREALLY NICE I GUESS 6 TO THETABLE NOW NOT 10 LOOK EASYRIGHT.

YEAH SO WE'RE KEEPINGTHE NUMBERS DOWN KEEPING NOTBUSY DOWN HER HEALTH CODE ANDALSO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKERESERVATIONS RIGHT AT OUR WEBSITE AT URBAN ROOTS BREWINGDOT AND THAT WILL GUARANTEEYOU GET A SEAT YOU CAN GET INAND HAVE A PLACE IN EAT ANDDRINK TIME VERY NICE.ALL RIGHT.

PETER, THANKS ALOT OF US SAID IT BACK TO YOUNOW THERE YOU GO YOU'VE GOTBEERS HERE YOU'VE GOT FOODTHERE YOU GOT URBAN EATS.ALDRIDGE SAYS EXCUSE MEREADY TO ROCK AND ROLL IT'SGOING TO BE AMAZING YOU GUYSGOT A CALMING DOWN OF COURSEAND CHECK IT OUT.LISTEN I'LL TELL YOU ONETHING I'M VEGAN AND I JUST GOFOR THE BEER MAN AND THAT BEERGETS ME ALL THE TIME THATWONDERFUL WONDERFUL BRUISETHERE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T DOTHE BARBECUE YOU CAN DO THATIF YOU LOVE THE BARBECUE, IT'STHE BEST PLACE TO GO TELL YOUTOO RIGHT GARY, THANK YOU SOMUCH LOOK AT THAT SAID THEYGOT THERE FOR US RIGHTCONFEDERATE CONTROVERSY, WE'LLTAKE A LOOK AT THE POLITICALBATTLE OVER STATUES OF CIVIL