This Event: Wed 4/04 Willy's Smokehouse BBQ, Newark CA Coming Events: Sun 4/08 KW 2nd nite Passover seder. Email strata. Wed 4/11 Mandarin Gourmet, Palo Alto Wed 4/18 Kim's Vietnamese, Mountain View Wed 4/25 Thai City, Palo Alto Wed 5/02 Afghan House, Sunnyvale Wed 5/09 Jing Jing, Palo Alto Wed 5/16 Hobee's, Sunnyvale (Mathilda & 101) Wed 5/23 La Fiesta, Mountain View Wed 5/30 Paradise, Mountain View Wed 6/06 Swagat, Palo Alto Wed 6/13 Man Bo Duck, Mountain View Wed 6/20 Kabul, Sunnyvale Wed 6/27 Peking Duck, Palo Alto ALT: Wed 6/27 Mary Chung, Cambridge MA [Usenix in Boston] Thu 7/05 Suraj, Redwood City ALT: Thu 7/05 Newick's, Dover NH [Rose Family Reunion] Wed 7/11 Cha Am, San Francisco Chris Hull maintains a Kabuki web page at http://remarque.org/kabuki. Time: Wednesday, April 4th, 7:30pm Place: Willy's Smokehouse and Bar-B-Que 36601 Newark Blvd. Newark, CA (510)794-7236 Corner of Newark Blvd. and Mayhews Landing. Description: True barbecue isn't a grilled meat with sauce, but is meat that has been smoked slowly over a wood fire. Willy smokes all his own meats, and serves them with Carolina style tomato based sauces, or with no sauce at all. Chicken, pork, beef, ribs, and links are only some of the items on the menu. Beans, corn on the cob, and other traditional Carolina dishes are all to be had in this funky, neighborhood sort of place owned and operated by a former IBM electrical engineer. The appeal here isn't atmosphere but food. [review by nadja] KW has never been to Willy's. Directions: ]From the Peninsula, SF, and other points west of the Bay: Take US 101 to Hwy 84. Take Hwy 84 eastbound across the Dumbarton Bridge. Exit at the second exit, Newark Blvd./Ardenwood and follow the signs southward onto Newark Blvd. See directions for Newark Blvd. ]From the Back Bay (East Bay), Santa Cruz, and points convenient to the Richmond Bridge: Take Hwy 880 to Hwy 84. Take Hwy 84 westbound to the first exit, Newark Blvd./ Ardenwood. Follow the signs southward onto Newark Blvd. See directions for Newark Blvd. Newark Blvd. Once you're heading southward on Newark Blvd., drive out of the major peripheral business district. You will drive through a zone of apartment houses, and then into a single family residential area. There is a traffic light at Lafayette, where the middle school will be on your right. The next traffic light is at Mayhews Landing. On the corner, at the front of the strip mall is a building containing Marv's Liquors. Willy's Smokehouse and Bar-B-Que is on the back side of that building. The best way to get into the parking lot is to cross Mayhews Landing and turn into the driveway on the far side of the building. Park behind, close to Willy's. [directions by nadja]