PERMANENTLY CLOSING
NOMRAL BUSINESS HOURS UNTIL THE CLOSING
LAST DAY OPEN FOR SERVICE:
Sunday, March 2nd, 2025 4pm to 10pm.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to come here.
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When I look at these two pictures, I’m forced to ask myself two simple questions. Which one of these need me more? And which one is getting more of me? The answer is a simple one; sadly, I’ve been making the wrong choice, for far too long. It’s time to make better choices, get back to having fun, loving what I’m doing. Time to worry about making memories NOT money.
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We would personally like to thank this community for the opportunity to be a part of it, through the good times and the bad… We’ve learned so much and are grateful to have had this opportunity. Unfortunately, it’s with a heavy heart that we must now close this chapter and begin a new one; more on this in a moment, but first…
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As the post says; “If Likes, Love’s, Shares, Follows, Ratings and Reviews could keep these doors open, we’d be here forever”! Sadly, I cannot run this place on any one of those.
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Being rated the top restaurant in the county, one of the top BBQ (if not the top) in Northeast Ohio means very little when the foot traffic belongs to the big corporate chains that have the purchasing power to keep their prices low. We cannot compete with that. Making scratch made food is much more labor intensive, you have to be able to pay for that added labor and thus inherently more expensive. I cannot and will not cut corners; sacrifice my product, in order to serve and sell an inferior product. I’d sooner close than do that.
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Over the last five years, we’ve gotten to know a lot of you, some more than others and some less; but all have become near and dear to our hearts. We’ve made friends, watched families grow, witnessed the loss of beloved family members and the birth of new generations. We’ve witnessed engagements and even had a few “divorce parties”. We too were blessed, after 23+ years together and thinking that it wasn’t possible to have a child, yet watched our little family grow by one.
To our loyal followers/fans: … From the very depths of our hearts, we THANK YOU!
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To our critics: … THANK YOU; you made us try harder!
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To my employees, past and present: THANK YOU! This decision wasn’t easy and those of you that have held out, stuck it out and hopped that things would eventually get better, you know who you are….I can’t thank you enough and I LOVE YOU, for all you’ve given to me and this community.
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Covid wreaked havoc on the entire country and many places just couldn’t survive. Uncle Bo’s suffered almost $800K in lost revenue, due to the mandated shutdowns. That’s an astronomical amount of money, especially for a family-owned small business, to lose. It has certainly proved far too much to overcome.
Then came the decimating inflation, which crippled our foot traffic. As we adjusted (raised) our prices, in order to maintain costs, our foot traffic slowed even more. We’ve tried thinning our margins, but that’s caused even more of a struggle. You’ve seen the prices at the gas pumps and grocery stores, over the last few years, I’m not telling you anything you haven’t felt for yourself.
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While we’ve fought the good fight and did everything within our power to find a way through it. The last 3 years have been brutal and a perpetual loss. It is only through an enormous amount of sacrifice and the love of our loyal followers and fans that we've made it this far. But we cannot justify continually falling further and further behind; only being busy for two days and slow for two days just keeps us breaking even or falling behind. I’m not willing to sacrifice so much and see no reward. I’m fairly certain that nobody reading this would be willing to do that either. We own this building outright, so it's time to put the shovel down and stop digging; time to put it up for sale.
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While owning our own brick and mortar was once our dream; on July 6th, 2022, that all changed, with the birth of our son, Bodie Lee. We owe it to him to be the best version of us that we can be. We signed up for this, he did not! We can longer justify giving this place all we have, in an attempt to keep it alive, while he gets to see us for just a few hours a week…FAMILY FIRST! It’s time to start focusing on that. I can ALWAYS make more money, but I CANNOT get this time back with him. When asked, Buddha once said the biggest mistakes, we humans make is thinking we have time…
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The NEW CHAPTER…
Is this the end for Uncle Bo’s BBQ? No, not even close! We will be relocating back to Las Vegas, NV and operating out of our kitchen trailer; simple, efficient and certainly profitable. We’re simply going to go back to doing it in a much simpler fashion and one that’s less stressful ~ I didn’t say stress free, just LESS stress. Less overhead, the ability to sell year-round, not dependent on the weather (snowing or raining us out), not reliant on anyone else; it only takes two to operate the trailer. Also giving us the ability to close for a week and nobody get upset that we took a week to enjoy our family time together, like we used to do.
If you’re ever out that way, just look us up, we’ll be more than happy to offer you the very best product we can produce. Until we meet again, God Bless and again we thank you.
Warmest Regards,
Uncle Bo
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To our loyal followers/fans that love what we do:
We will be taking PRE-ORDERS for a few of our “BY THE POUND” items that we know you’ve fallen in love with, over the years. We’re doing this to give you an opportunity to “stock up” on a few of our more popular items, before we head back west. Here’s how it will work.
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All orders must be placed NO LATER than Sunday February 23rd, 2025, at the close of business. We must have our orders in, with our suppliers, for the products, by the following day, Monday the 24th, before 4p. So, this deadline is FIRM…. I’m sorry!
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You can begin placing orders this coming Thursday (the 20th) at 4p, when we open.
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3. When placing your order, we will take a 50% deposit, with the balance being due, when you pick it up. The deposit is non- refundable, because we are not able to send the product back after we cook it and since we’ll be closed, we cannot use it. So again, the deposit will be non-refundable, should you decide to change your mind for any reason.
Date the PRE-ORDERS will ready for pick up
We will open our doors at 12pm sharp on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. We will close the doors at 7p.
If you’re not able to pick up within this timeframe, just have someone pick it up for you. You will only need to give us your name and order number and pay the balance. So, we will have ALL orders ready to go, before you arrive.
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The reason for a Tuesday pick up is simply because we will be cooking the brisket throughout the night, on Monday and into Tuesday, after we’ve closed the restaurant.
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We WILL NOT be able to have your order ready any earlier than the 4th, because we will need to have a weight scale available to show you the balance and we cannot do this, during our “normal” business hours, on the last week we’re going to be open. If this doesn’t work for you then we completely understand and we’re very sorry we couldn’t help you with it.
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Now items we’re going to offer and the prices.
Whole Smoked Brisket $21.99 per pound. That’s $4.00 per pound off the menu price. 50% deposit when placing the order.
We will NOT be offering “Burnt Ends” we’re sorry!
The WHOLE Smoked Brisket average 7 to 11 lbs., but are normally about 9lbs, when they come off the smoker.
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We will NOT be slicing it, as it will be plastic wrapped and have warming instructions included. It is a WHOLE uncut brisket. You can then take it home and divide it into as many meals as you want, simply hang onto the warming instructions.
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There is NO WAY, we can guarantee you a five-pound brisket, without cutting it up, and again, this is not what we’re offering. Simply because we do not want to find someone to buy the rest of it. I hope you understand.
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So, for example, if you want one of these you will place a deposit for a 9lb brisket, which totals $197.99. When you divide that by two it’s $98.95 for the deposit. When you get here, to pick it up and it’s actually only 7lbs, well then, you’ve already paid for 4.5lbs, so you would only owe for only 2.5lbs. If it’s 11lbs, then you would owe for 6.5lbs.
You can request “a smaller one”, or “a bigger one” when you get here to pick up, but it will be on a first come first serve basis, so we cannot guarantee any specific size.
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Whole Rack Baby Back Ribs (4lb average) $25.99. That’s $2.00 off the menu price. They are a MEMPHIS DRY RUB RIB, which means they’re done just like we do in the restaurant, with NO SAUCE. There is no limit on how many you can preorder, but it is a 50% deposit on the order. They will be plastic wrapped and have warming instructions included.
Whole Smoked Ground Brisket Meatloaf (4lb average). $30.00 and no limit on the amount you can preorder, but again it is a 50% deposit on the order. They will be plastic wrapped and have warming instructions included.
These are the ONLY ITMES we will be offering for preorder. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and do hope you understand.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this. We hope that you understand, and we truly hope that you, our loyal customer, take the opportunity to do a little “stocking up” before we head back west.
We thank you for all your love and support throughout the years, but as I’m sure you understand, we now must focus on what’s best for OUR LITTLE FAMILY.
We love you!
Bo, Tanya & Bodie!
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