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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Jeff Richardson, the proprietor of Obi's Barbeque, stopped by Studio B for the weekend Saturday.
Richardson's journey into the barbecue enterprise started with a singular alternative by way of a neighborhood contest.
Town of Marion, together with a constructing proprietor, hosted a Shark Tank-style pitch occasion, providing house for a brand new enterprise. Richardson offered his imaginative and prescient to a panel of 5 judges and round 200 attendees, finally successful the viewers award.
“We ended up successful the grand prize, which was a one-year lease on the constructing, however we got here to an settlement to increase into all the house,” Richardson mentioned.
Situated at 402 S Washington St, Marion, Indiana, Obi's Barbeque affords quite a lot of smoked meats together with brisket, ribs, pulled pork and rooster.
“We open at 11 a.m., six days per week, Tuesday by way of Thursday,” Richardson mentioned.
The menu additionally consists of quite a lot of tasty sides similar to smoked beans, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, inexperienced beans, loopy potatoes, and collard greens.
For dessert, friends can take pleasure in apple or pecan pie.
The restaurant can be recognized for its supply service inside Marion County for orders over $50. The identify Obi's Barbeque is a tribute to Richardson's love of “Star Wars,” with the identify impressed by Obi Wan.
“My spouse got here up with that. It sounded higher than 'Jeff's Barbeque,'” he joked.