Brook's BBQ Oneonta, NY

I can't believe I do not see this place on here unless I missed it. Brook's is located right off I88 on rte7 in Oneonta, NY just outside of Cooperstown. Any trip to Cooperstown is a waste unless you go to Brook's. It has got to be the best BBQ in NYS let alone the Northeast. They have chicken, ribs, beef, pork and a very good salad bar, plus hot bread. This place is the Shiznit, check it out.

The only time I was in the area was a Monday and they were closed, so be sure to check their hours.

Still trying to get back there.

we stop each year returning to IA from Maine---love the grilled chicken--the "chicken sauce" sold at Brook's lets me have that unique Cornell style grilled chicken at home--grab a bottle or two on your next visit!

With all due respect to Brooks, which is super, you can easily make your own Cornell BarB Q sauce. We do it all the time.

Wally
Cornell '67

Do you have a recipe or has it been posted on another thread? TIA

Go to Glenn Wells' site "www.RoadsideFans.com" and look for the section entitled "State Fair Chicken Year-Round" The recipe is there.

Good eating

Wally
Cornell '67
Plattsburgh, NY

Wally, thank you for the link. I have been making a variation of this for years, and never heard it referred to as Cornell Chicken. It is always delish.

I often buy chicken breasts when they are on sale, like $.99/lb. as they were for this holiday weekend, and freeze the breasts in the marinade. Easier than FF. Thaw, and bake/grill.

Thanks for responding.

I knew Prof. Bob Baker while I was an undergrad at Cornell--1963-1968. I never took a course from him, but I think that he was pretty impressed that I knew of his being sort of the "founding father" of the Bar B Q chicken as we know it today. I first became aware of the sauce ( the recipe for which was published in a Cornell Extension Bulletin along with other guidelines for doing chicken in this style)when I was in high school and was "drafted" by my Dad to help with a chicken Bar B Q at a local Methodist Church.

Wally
Plattsburgh, NY
Cornell '67

I have sung the praises for Brook's on this site for some time, its on one of the archived sections.

Always excellent Oneonta chicken. Always stop there if I am in Albany or Binghamton.

Also don't forget the Southern-Tier Spiedie's (Lupos, Salamida's, Sharkeys etc)These are also unique and outstanding regional roadfood.