Hometown Catches the Brooklyn Barbecue Wave

[photo: alan neuhausar] Chris Miller and Billy DurneyStephen Starr and Joe Carroll were about five years ahead of the Brooklyn barbecue movement when they opened Fette Sau in Williamsburg in March 2007.  The restaurant's success was further legitimized last week when a second location opened on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown, Philadelphia.

Since the original Fette Sau opened in Williamsburg, Carroll Gardens got Char No. 4, Fort Greene got Hot Bird, and Park Slope got Fort Reno Provisions and some BBQ from Dale Talde via his menu at Pork Slope in the same neighborhood.  Gowanus is next.  Fletcher's Brooklyn Bar-B-Cue is ready to open any day now on Third Ave and upstate-BBQ heavy-hitters Dinosaur BBQ are scheduled to open at 604 Union Street in March.

As the wave gets bigger, Red Hook wants in.  After a successful meeting with Community Board 6 to acquire a liquor licenese, it's all systems go for longtime friends Chris Miller and Billy Durney.  The two will bring Barbecue to Red Hook via Hometown, which will occupy 454 Van Brunt Street sometime next spring and boast 100 seats and a 4,000-pound hickory pit.