Bottleneck Expands with Secret Sauce Barbecue
With over 13 years of experience owning and operating brick-and-mortar restaurants, Bottleneck launches Secret Sauce Barbecue, our first “virtual brand” or “virtual kitchen.” Secret Sauce is a delivery and pickup-only barbecue concept, operating out of existing City Works* and Old Town Pour House* kitchens around the country. *Secret Sauce does not operate out of Old Town Pour House in Chicago or City Works in Disney Springs.
Barb’s Pulled Pork Sammich
Secret Sauce is a tribute to ownership’s love for smoked meats and barbecue. The barbecue concept also lends itself to a versatile menu, large portions for families, and it travels well in a takeout format. “There are so many nuances that go into pick up or delivery, and barbecue allows us to execute the food at a high level each and every time we take an order for Secret Sauce,” says co-owner Nate Hilding. Secret Sauce prides itself on serving traditional and flavorful barbecue at a fair price, crafted with high-quality ingredients.
The Menu
Secret Sauce offers the ultimate barbecue experience with shareable appetizers such as Papa Dale’s Brisket Queso Dip and Cousin Christy’s Crispy Fried Smoked Wings with a choice of housemade BBQ sauces including Carolina Mustard BBQ, Buffalo and Nashville Hot. A variety of meat is served hot off the smoker, with options including Blake’s Baby Back Ribs, Papa Dale’s Hot Links, Barb’s Pulled Pork and others, served with white bread and spicy bread and butter pickles and a choice of sides such as Creamy Grits, Mashed Potatoes, Creamed Corn, Chipotle Coleslaw and Maple Bacon Baked Beans. The menu also features a variety of entrees such as Barb’s BBQ Pork Tacos, Auntie Ida’s Southern Mac N Cheese, and Grandpa’s Grilled Cheese.
Papa Dale’s Brisket Queso Dip
● Cousin Christy’s Crispy Fried Smoked Wings – Patience is a virtue, and these wings are evidence. These jumbo chili-rubbed wings and drumsticks are slow-smoked to perfection and served with your choice of BBQ: Carolina Mustard BBQ, Buffalo or Nashville hot.
● Papa Dale’s Brisket Queso Dip – A family twist on a classic dish. Made with pepper jack cheese sauce, queso fresco, green onions, white corn tortillas, micro cilantro and Dale’s secret ingredient, smoked chopped brisket!
● Smoked Brisket Flatbread – Papa Dale’s words of wisdom? Everything’s better with brisket. He starts with a blend of pimento, smoked cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, adds a sprinkling of red onion, jalapeños and green onions, then finishes things off with a hearty helping of his smoked chopped brisket. Just one bite and the grass will be looking greener from right where you stand.
Cousin Christy’s Crispy Fried Smoked Wings
● Chet’s Pulled Chicken Sammich – If you’re looking for Chet, he’s the guy who smells like woodchips and every meat lover’s dream. Manning the smoker, he’s whipped up some hand-pulled, house-smoked chicken breast on a kaiser bun. This sandwich is piled high with housemade BBQ sauce, cider mustard, coleslaw, spicy bread and butter pickles and crispy buttermilk onion strings.
● Barb’s Pulled Pork Sammich – Barb’s back again with a cookout classic. Hand-pulled and house-smoked pork shoulder smothered in BBQ sauce on a toasty kaiser roll. Stacked a mile-high with coleslaw, spicy bread and butter pickles and squirt of cider mustard.
● Grandpa’s Grilled Cheese – One thing about Gramps, is that he’s gonna grill it. We’re talking American cheese, smoked provolone and beer cheese sauce on Texas toast with a chunk of smoked chopped brisket and BBQ bacon onion relish. As if that weren’t enough, you have your choice of a house salad or fries on the side.
Place Your Order
Guests can order directly from the Bottleneck Rewards app (App Store or Google Play) and earn $20 when they spend $200 across any Bottleneck restaurant. Guests can also place their delivery and pickup orders directly online here by selecting their preferred location, or on Uber Eats or Door Dash.
Secret Sauce operates out of existing City Works and Old Town Pour House locations, aside from City Works in Disney Springs, FL, and Old Town Pour House in Chicago, IL.
Meat and 2
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Our team worked hard to bring this new virtual barbecue brand to life. We’re excited to share it and hope everyone enjoys it as much as we do. Cheers!
Grandpa’s Grilled Cheese
More About Ghost Kitchens and Virtual Brands
The restaurant landscape has changed quite a bit in recent years, especially so with the Covid-19 pandemic. Faced with what seems like a demand for restaurants to adjust their business models, we knew it was the perfect time to take a chance on a new idea that meets the needs of guests today.
A “ghost kitchen” is a professional food preparation and cooking facility set up for the preparation of delivery-only meals. It may also be referred to as a delivery-only restaurant, virtual kitchen, cloud kitchen, etc. However, a ghost kitchen differs from a virtual restaurant in that a ghost kitchen is not necessarily a restaurant brand in itself and may contain kitchen space and facilities for more than one restaurant brand. Ghost kitchens have emerged as a business model in response to the rapid growth in consumer demand for restaurant delivery meals, and the lower costs incurred by using kitchen facilities located outside of high-rent, high-foot-trafficked urban locations (source: Wikipedia). This idea supplied inspiration for our concept, which is to turn all of our existing restaurants into “ghost kitchens.”