Whilst the usual suspects were touting the gentrified smoked meats of a new Midtown food truck, I decided to follow-up on a tip I received from a reader regarding a heretofore hidden fortress of BBQ delights housed within an unassuming gas station in the Northeast part of town.
The joint is called the Corner Market, 1800 N. Martin Luther King Ave., and it is the foster home to Leon’s Bar-B-Q, according to the street signage. You can also pay your bills and cash a check or two there, but what I was interested in, at least this visit, was their much mythologized smoked ribs, which, I was assured, were some of the best in the city.