It is my considered opinion - and I have many - that Whiskey Barrel Meats was never intended to be merely a butcher shop.
The 1920's aesthetic was not chosen by accident. It was chosen as a reminder - that there was a time when life moved at a pace worth savoring, when you knew your butcher by name, when a custom cut was not a luxury but simply how things were done. We have not forgotten that time. We have rebuilt it.
Step through the front door and you will notice three things immediately. The scent of rosemary drifting through the air - deliberate, not accidental. The faint suggestion of smoke from the production room beyond. And the sound of music from another era, which personally selected and which I will not apologize for.
This is the Smokehouse Lounge. Sip. Shop. Stay a while. Time is not rushed here. Our fine patrons linger here, and we find that perfectly acceptable.
And should you find yourself lingering near the vestibule where you enter - as the discerning often do - you may hear the soft clacking of a Corona typewriter atop an old whiskey barrel. That is me. I am Mr. Foxworth, Editor-in-Chief of The Rare Edition, Mapleton's most distinguished publication. The typewriter recovered from that very barrel during the restoration of this building; I consider its return long overdue. The next edition is already in progress. You just might be in it.
Yours in Smoke & Style,
Mr. Foxworth, ESQ.
Editor-in-Chief, The Rare Edition.
