Take away Traditional American Barbecue
Takeaway Food Shop Serving up American BBQ , Smoked Brisket , Pulled Pork , Ribs , Buffalo Wings, and all your favourite american sides and sodas.
Roasties
Hi Guys Leon here the owner from Roasties
Just thought I let everyone know a little about myself and my new business venture that my fiancé Temo and I began in November 2011.
We are a Little shop down the end of the main street in wellington point (number 354 Make sure u drive all the way down or youll miss us on the left). This is a first time for me in the food game. In saying that I have been cooking my whole life from a young age as a result of my Italian heritage and I love being in the kitchen.
That's right im not American and I don't claim to be in saying that I love American foods and have been into American culture from a young age having an American step dad for a few years when growing up.
I have a backround in Rail Construction were my highest accolades were Supervising some very large Projects for ABI GROUP Including a Sleeper Renewal Project in the Hunter Valley early last year were we changed over I believe the numbers were ninety thousand sleepers in 3 months. I was the head supervisor controlling over 100 men and 25 Heavy Machines (15 -20 tonne excavators, front end Loaders And small Cranes). I was very proud of my accomplishments on that job and very proud of every man who worked his but off on that job for me operators included (thanks guys). Man was that a challenge and without going through that I never would have been prepared for what the food game was about to throw at me. To say it has been a challenge so far is the biggest understatement of my life.
In saying that im not one to back down to a challenge and it is my goal to run THE BEST American bbq restaurants in Australia.
When I came up with the idea of an American BBQ food business I didn't want to provide my customers with a gimmick a store with a few American flags hanging up with an American name but selling plain old Australian bbq. Because that in my eyes is defeating the whole point of having an American BBQ. And would be a bit of a joke too.
So I took the knowledge and experience I had of smoking meats and combined it with endless hours of research and trial cooking to come up with the most tasty AUTHENTIC Recipes I could.
An EXAMPLE of our authenticity is
When we say we do Philly cheese steaks we do PHILLY CHEESE STEAKS not a rip off recipe. We use Provolone Cheese that is imported from Italy just like they do in Philly. We use A soft long white Italian roll Just like they did back in Philly in the 1930s when they first ever started makin em!!!, We cut our steak into thin slices then throw it on the grill with a bit of onion and tenderise the meat as it cooks just like they do in Philly!!!!!!!
I had a guy from Philly come back to my store one day just to tell me that the cheese steak he got from my shop made his top 5 cheese steaks ever and he assured me he had eaten a lot of them. I could tell many more story's like this but doubters probably wouldn't believe them anyway so I wont bother and its not what I'm about .
Some people leave comments that our food is not traditional and it really is disappointing after a massive day of work to come home and see people attacking the Authenticity and hard work we all put in by leaving reviews that our meat isn't even smoked or that the ribs are nothing like ribs in the states.
If we weren't cooking with traditional methods and slow cooking our meats for up to 12 hours and smoking them for approximately a 3rd of that time these comments wouldn't bother us.................. but the things is they do bother us because we know for a fact that we smoke our meat and we know for a fact that the meat is so tender u don't even have to bite it because its that hard to handle the meat as it falls to pieces as we try and plate it up that's how we know its cooked right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Others Leave comments that our Ribs are overpriced. I Take offence to this personally as I am a rib LOVER. Roasties Ribs I think are the best ribs in Brisbane call me biased but im just callin it how I see it. And I have eaten at just about every venue that boasts ribs as a specialty on their menu. I also know that the price on our ribs is far from expensive. I challenge anyone who thinks they are overpriced to find a place that sells u a whole kilo of ribs for less than 40 dollars when not on special. Our full rack of ribs is 1 KG of ribs weighed every single order to ensure u get a full kilogram,,,, weigh them when u get home if u don't believe me.!!!!!!
Some even say our whole menu is overpriced. Try and feed 4 big blokes down at say Nandos for less than 100 dollars. But I Gaurantee u bring 4 big guys down to Roasties and ill feed em up so good they'll stuggle to breath afterwards for 25 bucks each. Im not saying every 20 dollar combo on the menu will but I can definitely find plenty of combos.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and we always try our best to resolve any discrepancies anyone has. We work with every bit of feedback we get and every complaint our facebook page gets is brought to the attention of all senior employees so that we can rectify the problem even if we think the review or complaint was bogus it still effects us and our business and we do our best to fix the related issue.
What im trying to say is
Every recipe that is prepared at Roasties. Me and my staff do everything in our power to create the most authentic American flavours for our customers to enjoy right here in Oz. Every option on our menu has minimum mark up to ensure that it comes at the right price. And every complaint is taken on its merits. We here at Roasties are committed in everyway to ensuring your experience is a tasty enjoyable and authentic one.
And we are here to stay big things are coming from us this year and next so keep your eye on us cause soon it will be hard not to
hard work is rewarded and that's what we do at Roasties ................
WORK HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are always improving our systems and policies behind the scenes to ensure that the best customer service at all times is what our customers receive.
Thanks for reading guys I really appreciate u taking the time to here me out.
Leon Colosimo
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