{"id":23361,"date":"2018-10-24T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mouthbysouthwest.com\/?p=23361"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T21:40:06","slug":"after-20-years-joes-real-bbq-in-gilbert-applies-for-liquor-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mouthbysouthwest.com\/2018\/10\/24\/after-20-years-joes-real-bbq-in-gilbert-applies-for-liquor-license\/","title":{"rendered":"After 20 years, Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ in Gilbert applies for liquor license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is<a href=\"http:\/\/joesrealbbq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00c2\u00a0Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ<\/strong><\/a>, a family-friendly downtown Gilbert landmark for the past 20 years, finally going to start offering beer and wine?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the way it appears after the Arizona Department of Liquor&#8217;s website\u00c2\u00a0confirms Joe&#8217;s has applied for its first-ever liquor license.<\/p>\n<p>Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ has made no official announcement, and owner Joe Johnston hasn&#8217;t responded to MXSW&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Such a move, however, would seem to make sense, given the competitive nature of downtown Gilbert&#8217;s ever-crowded food-and-nightlife scene.<\/p>\n<p>And in the past 18\u00c2\u00a0months, the town has welcomed several new barbecue joints with liquor licenses, including\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azbbqcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arizona Barbecue Company<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/waldosbarbeque.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Waldo&#8217;s BBQ<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rudysbbq.com\/location\/menu\/gilbert-az\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rudy&#8217;s BBQ<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the pastoral-themed Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ only has offered sodas, including\u00c2\u00a0its own house-made root beer,\u00c2\u00a0and a few other non-alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is\u00c2\u00a0Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ, a family-friendly downtown Gilbert landmark for the past 20 years, finally going to start offering beer and wine? That&#8217;s the way it appears after the Arizona Department of Liquor&#8217;s website\u00c2\u00a0confirms Joe&#8217;s has applied for its first-ever liquor license. Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ has made no official announcement, and owner Joe Johnston hasn&#8217;t responded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-craft-beer","category-food-drink-roundup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After 20 years, Joe&#039;s Real BBQ in Gilbert applies for liquor license - MOUTH BY SOUTHWEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mouthbysouthwest.com\/2018\/10\/24\/after-20-years-joes-real-bbq-in-gilbert-applies-for-liquor-license\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After 20 years, Joe&#039;s Real BBQ in Gilbert applies for liquor license - MOUTH BY SOUTHWEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is\u00c2\u00a0Joe&#8217;s Real BBQ, a family-friendly downtown Gilbert landmark for the past 20 years, finally going to start offering beer and wine? 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