I have to admit that I'm excited. You see I live in the little town in that that is completely surrounded by Kansas City called Raytown. Small businesses come and go really fast in Raytown. We don't have many good restaurants here and I have not found any good barbecue in Raytown, other then the barbecue I cook. But I am very busy and don't have much time to cook. I often skip meals because I am so busy I forget to eat.

There has always been this little business located right on the corner a few blocks from my house. In the beginning it was the Church's Fried chicken if I remember correctly. Later it became a Pizza Hut and most recently it was a fried fish joint. There's been other businesses there but, I can't remember exactly what they were.

But for many many years I have always thought that this would be a perfect location for a carryout BBQ. I dreamed of opening up a carryout BBQ in that location at one time. Well it wasn't just one time I thought about it for at least 15 years. But I never had the time or the the money and so is this was one of those dreams that come and go by as I could never do anything about it. But every time I drove past that little building, which is many times a week, I thought "this would make a great location for a carryout BBQ spot."

Well, that dream is about to come true, but not by me. Someone else is opening up my BBQ barbecue dream. Ritter's Barbecue and catering restaurant will open Thursday of this week. I can hardly wait. Even though I have nothing to do with the restaurant I feel like I'm got an investment in this business. After all it was my idea even though nobody knew of the idea except my wife and son's and they thought I was crazy.

Just a few minutes ago I drove past a building I saw people working on it there's a lady outside washing windows. I pulled up, in my car and leaned out the car window to say hi. She said they were to open up this Thursday and I told her I really hope your barbecue is good because I'll be here Thursday. I'll report back here after I try it out and I hope I can give a really good recommendation as I want this bbq joint to be successful.

Ray Basso

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