Top Stories of 2011: T-Bob's Smoked Bar-B-Q

This week we’ll look back at some of the most-read stories published on Des Plaines Patch in 2011. Each day we’ll add to this list of the top 10 stories.

In his column, Going Back Downtown, historical preservationist and Patch contributor, Brian Wolf shared his first impressions of a new barbecue restaurant in town, published April 10. occupies the same building the first Counsins Subs restaurant occupied in Illinois. of our No. 4 pick in the top stories of 2011.

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An honorable mention goes to another Going Back Downtown column about . Learn how it appeared in a 1980’s television commercial for candy, and other tidbits of local lore about one of Des Plaines’ oldest businesses.

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