Snowed in today, I also added a page about Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Kansas, which was built in 1903 and is quite handsome. Kansas Artist John Steuart Curry is buried in church cemetery.

The chicken pieces were quite large. This is an excellent choice for someone who likes smoked dark meat. I enjoyed the strong smoky flavor, but my favorite part of BBQ chicken is the skin and this skin was so tough that it required sawing with a serrated knife and there was little flavor. They do not serve white meat.

The juicy smoked pork belly was wonderful! I cut it into small pieces so I could savor every morsel.

They still do not offer French fries and I had the beans and cheesy corn the previous time, so I ordered Potato Salad and Cole Slaw for my sides. These are dishes which have a lot of variation and different people's opinions of what is good have a lot of variation. One bite of the slaw and two of the potato salad were enough and I did not take the rest home with me. The slaw was neither sweet or vinegary, it just tasted like cabbage. The large pieces of potato in the salad seemed far undercooked and it was lightly seasoned.

You order and pickup food at the counter, so there is minimal service, but the woman at the register was friendly and ready to answer questions or make suggestions. She was good about refilling Coke products when I took the glass back up and on the second time offered a to go cup as well.

There are (presumably house made) hot sauces next to the silverware, as well as two sizes of boxes for carry out. I took a small sample of each of them home to taste later and liked the Chipotle Hot Sauce and Habanero Hot Sauce. The Fresno was kind of fruity. OK, but not one I would use again. None of them are excessively hot.

Hot sauces

Three of us had supper at Paulo & Bill's in Shawnee, Kansas, though only one of us chose one of the four meal specials offered for Restaurant Week. They were happy with their $28 Grilled Bone-In Pork Chops, served with Yukon gold mashed potatoes, green beans & red peppers, topped with brandy mushroom cream sauce. They were permitted to substitute roasted red potatoes for the mashed potatoes and they ordered the sauce (which they enjoyed) on the side.

The meal also came with with a Mini Triple Chocolate Cake or Mini Tiramisu. The serving of cake was bigger than expected, chocolaty and light. Customers could also order the same dessert special as part of the Restaurant Week menu for only $5.

Pork Chops

We had a $15.99 Kalua Pig sandwich and $13.99 Loaded Baked Potato Meal.

The Kalua Pig is a fabulous sandwich. Pulled pork & pork belly with pineapple salsa on a brioche bun. I had already had and enjoyed the pork belly, but I'm not a bug pulled pork fan and hadn't tried it before. I enjoyed the  pulled pork more than any I have had before. It is most and has a good smoky flavor. The combination is great. It wouldn't have needed sauce, but I lived it even more with some of the house made habanero hot sauce.

The Loaded Baked Potato Meal is the potato and the choice of pulled pork, brisket, turkey, ham, or sausage. We asked if ribs were an option and the cashier said it wasn't an option on the register, but they would do it. It was a generous serving of ribs with great flavor and texture. The potato could have used more cooking and loaded was cheese, sour cream, butter, and green onions,

We passed Sar-Ko-Par Trail Park in Lenexa after dinner. The moon was rising and looked spectacular through the beautiful Christmas light filled trees around Rose's Pond in the park and we pulled off into the parking lot at the fire station to take photos from my phone. I had to go out into the snow covered field, but the surface was fairly hard from melting and freezing of the surface and I was able to walk without getting my pants and shoes wet.

Loaded Baked Potato Meal

Sar-Ko-Par Trail Park

All of the meats were good. Neither of us are big pulled pork fans and although it was most and well flavored, we preferred the other meats more. The sausage is very well seasoned. The ribs had a great flavor from both rub and smoking. They managed to walk the fine line of making them very tender, but not committing the sin of falling off the bone.

The burnt ends were less fatty than many places and did not have a smoke ring. The sausage was the favorite meat for both of us.

Our sides were fresh cut fries, house made onion straws and BBQ pit beans. The fries were my favorite. The onion straws are good, but more salty than either of us would choose. The mixture of beans is not one I would select, either, but they were still good.

I added a new page devoted to three small attractions in Cuba, Kansas. They are the Cuba Country School Museum, Cuba Heritage Center and historic Blacksmith Shop.