Fourth City BBQ Shows Off Wood-Smoked Meats on Cherokee Street

By on Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 4:49 pm

Fourth City BBQ offers something difficult to find in St. Louis: all-wood smoked meats. With this kind of cooking, customers get a concentrated taste of meat, kissed with a gentle backbeat of sweet smoke, as opposed to the more smoke-forward product that gas produces.

At Fourth City Barbecue, which serves its barbecue inside Fortune Teller Bar, that means diners can experience a subtle sweetness from the rub, some caramelized bits and pure, succulent meat that feels like a dictionary entry on what smoked meat should taste like.

Read Cheryl Baehr's review: "Fourth City Serves Extraordinary All-Wood Smoked Meats in Fortune Teller Bar."
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One-meat sandwich with pulled pork on a Damn Fine Hand Pies bun, pictured here with jalapeño-cheddar sausage and broccoli salad.
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Pastrami special with baked beans and cornbread.
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Vegan seitan brisket with broccoli salad and white bread from Delish Emporium.
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Two-meat plate with brisket, turkey, cornbread and cheesy potatoes.
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Broccoli salad.
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Cheesy potatoes.
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Fourth City Barbecue features barbecue inside The Fortune Teller Bar.
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Astral Projector cocktail from The Fortune Teller Bar.
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The concept is located at the back end of the bar.
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The bar.
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The seating area.
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The entrance.
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The Fortune Teller Bar's owner Ryan Schepers behind the bar.
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Greg Mueller and Erica McKinley.
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Greg Mueller demonstrates the cooking process.
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The meat is slow cooked.
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Greg Mueller and Erica McKinley.
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Located on Cherokee Street.
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