[ May 18, 2012 3:00 am to May 19, 2012 3:00 am. ]
Manbque invites you to come take in a night of tasty meat, cold beer and loud rock n roll. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
$5 bucks gets you awesome, grilled food by the Manbque dudes and enough music to make your ears bleed. (in a good way, of course)
Great food, good music, somewhat ok [...]
You, readers and patrons of ManBQue, have questions about grilling. And honestly, it’s one of our favorite things to do to answer them. Especially because they’re often along the lines of “Can you grill X?” At one of the last events, a newer attendee was marveling at the variety of food, legitimately believing that the [...]
| March 29, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Captain Ken is docking his boat and moving out. This will be his last time hosting a Manbque MEATing at this spot, so come out and bid the urban captain a farewell.
Bring meat. Bring beer. Be a man.
Tags: Beer, grilling, grilling club, meat, meating, rock and roll
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| February 3, 2012 | to | February 5, 2012 |
Manbque Meat Stadium
The Meat Stadium is an homage to and modeled after the original Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, home to the elite grilling organization known as Manbque. The Meat Stadium was designed on Monday and completed Thursday. The consumption began shortly after the completion. Due to the sheer size of the Meat Stadium, only 25% of the stadium was eaten upon completion. Its design is modelled on the Greco-Roman architectural tradition, with doric columns made of pure beef hotdogs rising above the stands that were made of homemade sausage pieces.
The original concept was designed by renowned food architects, Magoo, Phlipadelphia, and The Godfather. Construction was completed by the Manbque Meat Architecture team of Eric Barker, Efrain Cuevas and Kenneth Tapling.
The Meat Stadium consists of almost 30lbs of meat.
The exterior walls were made of two, 7lb pork loins seasoned with an original Manbque pork rub:
The columns were made from 14 pure beef hot dogs:
The roof above the columns was constructed of 5lbs of beer marinated skirt steak:
The north side wall of the stadium was a 5lb sriracha-caramel meatloaf:
The south side walls are 7 3/4lb Manbque seasoned beef burgers:
The seating area was composed of 7lbs of hand-made Manbque sausage:
The actual field was a bed of romaine lettuce seasoned with a homemade dressing, sour cream lines and candied bacon end zones:
THE MEAT STADIUM!!!!!
Tags: Beer, manbque, meat, MEAT STADIUM
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The Band: Danzig
The Recipe: Jersey Breakfast Dog
CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
WHY?: Danzig is from Jersey and he would never eat bacon wrapped anything, so if we offered this to him he would get pissed off, shove us and then we would have to knock him out out. Right?
The Other Band: HELMET
The Other Recipe: Milk Toast
CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE
WHY?: It’s easy and awesome.
Tags: Beer, CHICAGO FOOD, DANZIG, HELMET, meat, riot fest
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The Band: Social Distotion
The Food: In-N-Out Double-double burger
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The Other Band: The Tossers
The other food: Irish Potato and Bacon Soup
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Tags: Beer, meat, riot fest, social distortion, the tossers
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The Band: X
The Food: Chicago-style veggie pizza with a spicy corn/avocado salad
DEEP DISH VEGGIE PIZZA RECIPE CLICK HERE
SPICY AVOCADO CORN SALAD CLICK HERE
The Reason:
A. Because I said so. If you don’t like it, fuck off. (Was that punk enough?)
B. Ok, so the band is synonymous with LA, so much so that X received an Official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles in acknowledgment of their contributions to Los Angeles music and culture. (Whatever the fuck that means) That’s all fine and dandy, but three of the original members of the band are all from Illinois. (Exene, John Doe and Billy Zoom. DJ Bonebreak is from LA) In fact, Exene, is from Chicago. So, there you have it. Chicago style pizza with veggies because veggies apparently are “California-style.” I chose the corn salad because John Doe is from Decatur, IL which is like the corn mecca of the world and the avocado was a shout out to California.
The Venue:
Bottom Lounge
1375 W Lake St
Chicago, IL
Where/What to eat:
1. If you’re a lazy slob, just stay at Bottom Lounge to eat, they have pretty tasty food. Try their beer battered onion rings and order a black bean burger, it’s my second favorite in the city. (Second only to mine, that is)
2. If you feel adventurous but you’re still a lazy slob, just walk next door to La Luche. It’s a perfect place for a date, but since you’re going to Riot Fest, chances are nobody would go on a date with you so that doesn’t matter. Regardless, this place has some of the best Italian food in Chicago. The servings are pretty large, so skip the appetizer, fatty and take it easy on their delicious bread. You have to order the cavatelli with vodka cream sauce, it gives Brooklyn a run for their money.
Tags: Beer, food, Music, riot feast, riot fest
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| August 25, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
it is time…….
The Collaboration beer – Chooch Brew- between New Holland Brewing Company, Three Aces, and Man B Que will be released August 25th.
The crews from Three Aces and Man B Que traveled up to Holland Michigan to work with the brewery in creating this special beer which they will be pairing with the Anarchy Burger!
THE BEER
Chooch Brew- a hardcore hopped up amber ale!!!
THE BURGER
Anarchy Burger – beef burger, pretzel bun, sauteed mushrooms, pickled fennel, wild boar bacon, grilled romaine,smoked tomatoes, grilled fresno chili aioli and pickled red onion with beef fat fries tossed with lemon zest and onion ash , roasted bone marrow and tomato jam, fried garlic and hops pickle black garlic aioli.
Elvis Presley will be making a special appearance to help pour beer!!
This specialty brew is limited and will only be available at Three Aces!!
Tags: Beer, burger, burger and beer pairing, deals, food deals, Man B Que, manbque, three aces
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| July 31, 2011 9:00 pm | to | August 1, 2011 4:00 am |
Weenie Birthday PARTY!!! This time we are celebrating Kelly’s birthday just the way she likes it! Weenies everywhere…
PBR hosted bar from 9-10 get there early or you will miss out on some sweet FREE stuff!!
Regular specials:
$3 PBR tall boys
$4 you call it’s
Free weenies on the grill till they’re gone
Birthday cupcakes!
Hotdog down a hallway contest with rad prizes
Rodney from the CMF and MANBQUE spin all night long!
See ya the 31st!
Tags: Beer, manbque, meat, meat beer rock and roll, THE EXIT CHICAGO
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| July 3, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
What says “Happy Fuckin Birthday, America,” more than loud music, cold beer and great food?
Come on out and get your face melted off with great tunes as your mouth thanks you for stuffing it with delicious food and your brain discovers how cold beer makes everything better.
10 bucks gets you in and fed. You’re on your own on the beer but there will be some specials, so take full advantage.
Tags: bbq, Beer, deals, food, Music
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| June 28, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
It’s that time again…Manbque! The REAL deal. We’re not fuckin around with frozen burger patties and Miller Lite. Save that shit for your boss’s weekend bbq.
Bring a recipe that’s worth eating and some of your favorite beer. If you don’t have a good recipe:
A. Be ashamed of yourself
2. Bring some damn good beer and enough of it to make up for your lack of culinary creativeness
Address:
2335 W. Lyndale, backyard
Chicago, IL (In case you’re stupid enough to not know)
Be there.
-Manbque
Tags: bbq, Beer, grilling, Man B Que, meat
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| June 18, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 am | to | 8:00 pm |
| June 19, 2011 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
This is not your run of the mill craft fair. This is a community gathering together to help a school in need. Local crafters and artists coming together in support of Madero Middle School.
Plus MANBQUE will be manning the grill. Do good, eat good!
Tags: art, Beer, chicago, craft fair, fundraiser, meat
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| May 31, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
It’s that time fire up the grill again. We’ve all been waiting like meat junkies waiting to get our fix. Well, it’s finally time to get down, Manbque style!
Efrain, aka “The Freshman,” opens the doors to his adult dorm ( A South Loop loft with a rooftop over-looking the beautiful Chicago skyline)and let’s the animals of Manbque invade. It doesn’t get much better than this.
As always, bring food and beer to share. You don’t have to be an expert chef to enjoy Manbque, we just ask that you contribute. If you’re better at buying beer than making food, well, we’ll like you just as much.
MANBQUE!
(This is a private event, if you need the address, you weren’t invited)
Tags: Beer, meat, rock and roll
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| April 26, 2011 | ||
| 7:30 pm | to | 11:30 pm |
Go buy some beer and pick out some meat because it’s Manbque time. Yeah, that’s right. Be a man and plan on showing up. No excuses, save those for when your old lady asks you to accompany her to a wedding this summer.
The Altier Brother open their gates and grills for this MEATing. Here’s your chance to try out that new recipe you’ve been waiting to make and if you’re not the culinary genius that we all pretend to be, come out anyway. (Just make sure you contribute some good beer. It’s America, nothing’s free)
Best recipe wins a kick-ass gift from Knob Creek.
Where: The Altier Brothers Compound, 517 W. Armitage. Chicago, IL (Come to the back)
When: April 26th, 7:30pm
Why: Because if you don’t your dad will think you’re his daughter.
Tags: Beer, manbque, meat, meating, rock and roll
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This is a great article. If you enjoy great beer, this is a must read. Help keep the HUGE beer companies from taking away our beer choices.
Illinois Craft Brewers Fight To Protect Right To Distribute
Tags: Beer, brew pubs, craft beer, manbque, meat beer rock and roll, microbrew, save the craft beer
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Great article on the Chicago beer scene, check it out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/us/20cncbeer.html
Tags: Beer, burger and beer pairing
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| February 17, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Can you handle this burger?
Tags: Beer, burger and beer pairing, chicago, Man B Que, manbque, three aces
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| February 28, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
This guy LOVES the sausage.
This winter Chicago has thrown everything, from blizzards, 6-foot snowdrifts and THUNDERSNOW, just to see fear in our eyes. We’re men, dammit, this doesn’t make us flinch. The only thing that scares us is a cold, empty grill. That’s why at MANBQUE on February 28th, we will face our fear and grill it away!!!
When: February 28th, 7pm-?
Where: Casual Friday’s Urban Cabin (If you’re invited, you know where it is)
Why: Because you need to start doing what men do; grill out in the cold.
Tags: bbq, Beer, chicago, grilling, Man B Que, manbque
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Came across this on Chicago Revealed and thought I’d share. Chicago has some pretty great beer and here is one of the breweries making some of that great beer.
Enjoy!
-The Godfther
Tags: Beer, chicago, chicago revealed, Man B Que, manbque, metropolitan brewery
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| December 16, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Great burger, great beer, great cocktail, great people. Seriously, there’s nothing more you could ever need.
Tags: Beer, burger, burger and beer pairing, chicago, imperial hatter, jim beam, Man B Que, manbque, three aces
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The original version of this recipe was actually given to me by my friend George Economos over at the Palatine Whole Foods. I added some love to the rub (Insert joke here) and gave it more of a spicy kick, just to call it my own. It’s really easy to make and it comes out unbelievably juicy and delicious. I think flank steak is my new favorite cut of meat!
Ingredients
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons finely ground dark coffee
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 1/2 pounds flat iron steaks, each 1 1/4 pounds
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for oiling planks
Combine sugar, coffee, chili powder, cayenne and salt. Brush steak(I use my hands because I’m too manly to use a brush) with 2 teaspoons oil; sprinkle all over with coffee rub and press to adhere. Set aside.
Prepare a grill for indirect heat cooking. When very hot, bank coals on one side of grill, leaving one side free of coals; if using a gas grill, turn burner off on one side.
Grill steaks on hot side of grill until just seared, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer steaks to side with no charcoal, keep them as close to the charcoal side with out being directly over; close grill cover and cook until steaks reach desired doneness, 8 to 12 minutes for medium-rare. Rest steaks 10 minutes before slicing.
Beer suggestion: This steak taste great paired with a coffee porter, it really brings out the coffee flavor in both.
Tags: Beef, Beer, chicago, chicago's best, flank steak, grilling, Man B Que, manbque, whole foods
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| November 24, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
It’s that time again where you eat too much, drink too much and probably upset those around you. No, it’s not your wedding night nor Thanksgiving with your in-laws. Nope, it’s the NOVEMBER MAN B QUE!!
As yearly tradition dictates, Joey Grease will be smoking a turkey (then air humping it. No contact will be made, it’s just for a phot op, trust me) and there will be a ton of delicious other meat on the grill.
You’re not in college anymore so it’s no longer acceptable to creep around over-crowded bars looking for a random hook-up or end up blacked out on your buddies couch. You’re a MAN now, come out to MAN B QUE!
Location:
Spider Ham’s Palace
1706 W. Ohio
Chicago, IL
Tags: Beer, chicago, grilling, Man B Que, manbque, steak
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