Roscoe's BBQ - Edwardsville, Kansas Roscoe's BBQ is located in a small restaurant in a sheet metal building sharing a parking lot and sign with a gas station in Edwardsville, Kansas. Roscoe's opened in late 2009, but closed when the owners retired in 2022. Their sons reopened the restaurant in 2024. It has always been open limited hours, but I can understand a small family business wanting hours that lets the family have a normal life. It is open for lunch Monday through Friday. The menu is shorter than many. There are pork ribs, burntends (their spelling), and four smoked meats (turkey, pulled pork, jalapeno sausage, ham). They also offer a pork tenderloin and pork pie. There are 6 sides. The ribs taste pretty good, smoky with a good flavor. The cheesy corn is some of the best I have ever had. The beans are sweet and have just a slight bit of meat. The Frankies Taters are like scalloped potatoes topped with a layer of corn flakes which adds to the flavor and provide crunch. I found them surprisingly good. The crinkle cut fries were cooked the way I love, golden and crispy. The burnt ends are just what I like - tender, with a lot of flavor from the rub and with a nice level of fat marbling. Order them without sauce as their is no reason for it. There are two thick, sweet sauces, regular and spicy. I didn't notice much difference between them unless I took a really big bite of sauce. During my most recent meal, the woman who comes from the kitchen to take orders at the counter, came out to the next table with a little girl who sang Happy Birthday to one of the diners. Later, they came out again and went to each table asking people how their meals were.
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