Helpfully for my food show a new restaurant has just opened up in Lincoln. Ribs’n’Bibs wants to bring the American food and dining experiencing to the city. I met up with the manager Adam Wallhead to talk about how they came up with the idea of the restaurant.
Also a number of the places I have spoken to for the show are based on Burton Road, so I went to find out more about this food community in Lincoln.
Listen to this week’s show via the player below:
[audio:http://clreid.com/food/FOOD%20FOR%20THOUGHT%20FEB%2013TH%20PODCAST.mp3]If you have ever watched Man vs Food, then you would have had either one of two reactions. You’ve either looked at the amount of food that the host Adam Richman is attempting to eat and changed the channel. Or you’re getting hungry and planning that road trip to America. Well if you live in Lincoln there is no longer a need to travel far. In fact just to the bottom of Steep Hill. They even have a food challenge.
Ribs’n’Bibs is a real American smokehouse restaurant providing something a little bit different for the city. I met up with the manager, Adam Wallhead, a week before they opened to find how the idea of the restaurant came about.
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I visited the restaurant a week before it was due to open and although people were working hard to make sure everything was going to plan, they were quite relaxed about it. I was even given a quick tour and got to see the decorating taking place as well as the chefs trying out the smoker ovens.
The surprising thing about Ribs’n’Bibs is how popular the idea of the restaurant is to the people of Lincoln. I first found out about the place opening on Twitter, and their first few nights were booked up using their influence on Twitter and Facebook. But when things have calmed down I definitely need to try it out.
I have been quite organised recently and the next few episodes of Food for Thought are already planned. Next week I find out about a cake takeaway company in Lincoln and visit the Ellis windmill to learn about how flour is made.
Also coming up on Food for Thought, hopefully, is an interview with the celebrity chef James Martin. So don’t miss out and listen to Siren 107.3 FM on Wednesdays at 2pm.
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