BBQ Ribs & B-Boying

The recently debuted Irving St. Kitchen has just what you need this summer with their outdoor curbside BBQ lunches.  Their menu is simple but effective and quite tasty I might add. They offer a few different sized house smoked St. Louis ribs (1/4 slab for $7 and 1/2 slab for $12), chicken or pastrami sausage sandwiches ($6 each)  and a few other box lunch fixings to satisfy your midday hunger.

Today, I had the opportunity to swing by and sample their ribs.  Since the weather has been so gloomy, I wasn’t looking forward to walking the ten blocks over to 13th and Irving but I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived.  The BBQ masters were very friendly and I was even able to convince one of them to bust out some breakdance moves.  I was debating on whether or not we should have a mini dance battle but b-boying is tough in a collared shirt. Once the dance party wrapped up it was finally time for some ribs.

Even though it has been a few years since I’ve had some BBQ ribs, I thoroughly enjoyed Irving St. Kitchen’s house smoked St. Louis ribs.  It just rolls off your tongue, doesn’t it?  The best part about their ribs, in my opinion, is how they are able to slather them with their sweet and tangy St. Louis BBQ sauce and yet still manage to keep that smoky meat flavor in every fall-off-the-bone bite.  They were so good in fact that I forgot to take a picture of them before I inhaled them.  I guess on your next lunch break you will need to check it out in person.  Make sure you bring your dancing shoes!

Check out the menu attached below for food offerings and prices.

Irving St. Kitchen

703 Northwest 13th Avenue

Portland, OR 97209

(503) 343-9440

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