In 2022, pitmaster Michael Keskin closed his Eater Award-winning Portland barbecue cart, Bark City, and moved to Flagstaff, Arizona with his family. His intent, at the time, was to start serving barbecue in Arizona; when he hit a few speed bumps in the reopening process, he focused on recipe development, experimenting in his new home with pickles, high-elevation smoking, and his barbecue sauce. “I wasn’t working the whole time, so it was a nice break,” Keskin says. “I like my barbecue sauce so much more now.”
Soon, he’ll debut these new recipes, but not in Arizona. Keskin has moved back to Portland, and will reopen Bark City on Northeast
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