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You could hear Jason Sheehan crying back in Philadelphia: The last outpost of Big Papa’s BBQ, the place that inspired his “I Believe” essay on barbecue that became a segment on NPR’s “This I Believe” series, has closed on East Evans Avenue. Back in 2005, in his review of that Big Papa’s location, Sheehan wrote this: “I believe in barbecue. As soul food and comfort food and health food, as a cuisine of both solace and celebration. When I’m feeling good, I want barbecue. And when I’m feeling bad, I just want barbecue more. I believe in barbecue in all its regional derivations, in its ethnic translations, in forms that range from white-tablecloth presentations of cunningly sauced costillas, to Chinese takeout spareribs that stain your fingers red, to the most authentic product of the tar-paper rib shacks in the Deep South.”
See also: Big Papa’s closes its last location, but lives on for true barbecue believers.
Says ScubaSteve:
I fell asleep about a third of the way through reading Jason’s essay. I just woke up. Sorry, Jason. We still love you anyway. I’m always disappointed when a BBQ joint closes, being the BBQ fan that I am.
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