Left Coast Smoke = BBQ Sandwiches + Bars

New To The Bay, a Mission residing Kansas City native bent on bicycle justice, gives her review of Left Coast Smoke, a Mission bar-hopping BBQ sandwich troupe:

I was sitting inside Shotwell’s, my regularly mentioned favorite bar, when one of the bartenders, Dean, mentioned that he was thinking about starting a food cart. Barbecue, he says. Pulled pork sandwiches to start, with slaw and a couple of different sauces.

I became entirely too excited. Way, way too excited. The barbecue options – good, solid sandwiches with pulled, well-smoked meat, drenched in sauce – are few and far between in my neck of the woods. There are a couple of restaurants on Mission that call themselves barbecue, and I certainly mean no offense to their establishments, but they haven’t been what I was looking for. I wanted barbecue, and Dean was offering me my chance….

I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. A sandwich with a generous portion of meat, your choice of sauce and a side of slaw will run you $6. You can track them on twitter at @leftcoastsmoke. Good guys, good food. And my answer to beer+barbecue in the Mission.