All right, already...We're ready for Summer!  I know, maybe if we roll out some BBQ for the July 4th weekend, or maybe plan a big Pickle Festival for July...maybe then the Summer Gods will smile upon us!  Well, read on, 'cause you're in luck.

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We're all about tradition, and one of our favorite traditions is one we started our first Fourth of July - and now we're looking forward to our 4th Fourth of July BBQ.  We'll fire up the smoker and fix up the fixin's and put on a great feed for eat-in and take out.  In addition to our regular menu.

Menu
(all plates come with 2 sides)

                                                                                                                                             Plate          Family Feed
Texas-style 12-hour Smoked Beef Brisket with
          Our Chipotle BBQ Sauce                                                                                        $12.75            $13.75/lb.
Carolina Pulled Pork with Peppery Vinegar Sauce                                                           $11.75            $12.75/lb
Q'bano: Pulled Pork Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Zucchini
          Pickles & Russian Dressing, Grill-pressed Cuban-style                                         $11.75
Fall off the Bone Tender Pork Spareribs                                                                           $12.75           $25.00/rack
Slaw, Potato Salad, Lon-cooked Greens, BBQ Beans                                                      $2.75             $5.75/lb
Cornbread                                                                                                                         $1.75/piece
 

BBQ Menu Available Monday, July 4th starting at 11 AM until we run out.  Please place advance

take-out orders by noon on Friday, July 1st.

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KENNY & ZUKE’S HOSTS 1ST ANNUAL PICKLE THROWDOWN,

BENEFITTING THE OREGON FOOD BANK

Portland’s top restaurants and picklers gather on July 23rd to see who makes the favorite pickle

Kenny and Zuke's is throwing a street party for their first annual Pickle Throwdown on Saturday, July 23rd from noon until 6 p.m. at SandwichWorks on NW Thurman St. Admission is $5 and includes tastes of all pickles. The all day tasting event includes voting for “People’s Choice Awards” and “Judge’s Panel Awards” in each category and will feature a celebrity panel of judges, including Portland icon Storm Large. Portland's top restaurant’s will submit their finest pickles in four categories- Classic Cucumber, Sweet Pickles, Not Involving a Cucumber and Portland Weird. Admission costs will be donated to the Oregon Food Bank to help them meet the skyrocketing need for emergency food during this difficult economic time. Guests can pair their pickle samples with barbecue and microbrews, which will also be sold at the event. For more information visit, http://www.kzsandwichworks.com/events2/.

WHEN

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Noon – 6 p.m.

Tickets: $5 for day event

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS AND PICKLERS:

Sunshine Tavern........Metrovino........Ned Ludd........Biwa........Garden State Cart........Gruner........Kenny and Zuke's........Olympic Provisions........Picklopolis........Spints Alehouse........Toro Bravo

WHERE

Kenny & Zuke’s Sandwichworks

2376 NW Thurman St.

Portland, OR 97210

Tel: 503.954.1737

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A word to all you Vegetarians out there:  I've heard it said occasionally that Kenny and Zuke's Delicatessen - being the haven of all things meat that it is - is not the most hospitable place for a Vegetarian diet.  Au contraire!  In fact, I would say that not only do uphold the traditional Jewish dairy restaurant respect for non-meat dishes, but I'd venture to say that - save for strictly Vegetarian restaurants - we have as good a selection of dishes as most places in Portland.  We've generally got two Vegetarian soups, Knishes, Pickle Plates, Potato Latkes, Blintzes, an assortment of Salads that can all be made without meat, a variety of Omelettes and Breakfast Potatoes, a Vegetarian Reuben, and a Veggie Burger that we make ourselves.  You could make it work!

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We at Kenny and Zuke's hope you all have a terrific Summer!