Somewhere in Red Hook, Brooklyn, behind a stack of real firewood and under a hand-painted sign featuring a very confident-looking cow, Hometown Bar-B-Que is quietly making one of the most extraordinary pastrami sandwiches you will ever put in your mouth.
People are not driving hours to get here because they have nothing better to do with their time.
They’re driving hours because someone told them about this sandwich, and they made the very reasonable decision that their life would be incomplete without trying it.
Red Hook is one of those Brooklyn neighborhoods that requires a little effort to reach…