Santa Maria BBQ Bureaucracy

Tue, Feb 14, 2006

The Santa Maria Times tells a story of how the city is trying to regulate barbecue, but by doing so it is destroying years of tradition. For those of you unfamiliar with Santa Maria, it is the epicenter for barbecued tri-tip.

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2 Responses to “Santa Maria BBQ Bureaucracy”

The Survival Gourmet Says:
15. February 2006 at 8:54 am

Some people just ain’t bright. Your city is know for one thing. It’s what draws in tourists and makes money for the city. Now your going to regulate it out of existence?

Pitiful.

caferay Says:
16. February 2006 at 10:36 am

Catch that recent outbreak of hepatitis A here in Los Angeles? The recent studio catering food service outbreak was traced to dirty “organic” salad greens. Is it so bad to require that food handlers have clean hands, use gloves and have access to hot and cold running water? If your gonna sell a ton of barbeque out of a mega bbq pit trailer, you owe your customers safe handling and I’m betting that the Santa Maria Valley Christian Acadamy pit trailer arrives self-contained, with hot and cold running water, waste water holding tank, food handler gloves and, best of all, a great plate of ‘que, all people pleasing even permit pleasing, as well.