Saturday, May 2, 2009 Oakfield Alabama High School
Varsity Track Team Fundraiser
Chicken BBQ Dinner
1pm - 5pm
In front of the school
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Greece Athena High School
Senior Drug Free Bash
Pork Sandwich Platter
3:30pm - 7:30pm
Long Pond Road
Saturday, May 9, 2009 Pittsford Mendon High School
Pittsford Community Lacrosse Fundraiser
Pork Sandwich / Pork Sandwich Platter
11am - 5pm
Saturday May 9 Holy Trinity Church
Boy Scout Troop 206
Chicken BBQ Dinner
4pm - 7:15pm
1460 Ridge Rd, Webster, NY
Back Parking Lot
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Gananda High School
PTSA Vote Day
Half Chicken Dinner
3pm - 7pm
3195 Wiedrick Rd Walworth, NY
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - Vote Day West Irondequoit High School
Junior/Senior Drug Free Bash
Chicken Barbecue
3:30pm - 7:30pm
260 Cooper Road
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Greece Athena High School
Pork Sandwich Platter
3:30pm - 7:30pm
Long Pond Road
May 23 - May 24, 2009 Roc City Rib Fest
Ontario State Park, Charlotte Beach
Saturday 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday, May 27 Greece Athena High School (Front)
Greece Thunder Hockey Fundraiser
Chicken and Pulled Pork Combo Dinner
3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
800 Long Pond Road
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Greece Arcadia High School
Sophomore Class Fundraiser
Pulled Pork Sandwich Plate
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
120 Island Cottage Road
Saturday, June 13, 2009 School #46
P.T.A. Chicken BBQ
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
250 New Castle Road
Friday, June 19, 2009 Christ the Good Shepherd
Chicken Barbecue
3:30pm - 7:30pm
1000 Winton Road South
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 Christ the King
Youth Group Trip
Chicken Barbecue
3:00pm - 7:00pm
445 Kings Highway South
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Greece Athena High School
Greece Eclipse Soccer Club
Chicken / Pulled Pork Dinner
3:30pm - 7:30pm
800 Long Pond Road
Friday, July 3rd - Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Irondequoit Town Hall
4th of July Celebration
10:00am - 11:00pm
1280 Titus Avenue
Thursday, July 9 - Sunday, July 12, 2009 The Big Rib
Higland Park
Lunch and Dinner
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Joy Community Church
Youth Group Fundraiser
Chicken Barbecue
10:45am
890 North Goodman Road
Sticky Lips BBQ is home to THE SMOKE HOUSE
Customer testimonials
Just wanted to send a note of appreciation. My boyfriend and I love BBQ ribs so we decided to check out a few places, compare and choose which place we thought had the best ribs in town. Sticky Lips won! Your ribs are awesome! Your sides are great! Besides your food, the service was prompt and the employees were friendley. There is no reason for us to continue on our hunt for the best ribs in town, you got it going on!!
Sincerely,
T. Tauriello and
B. Bigelow
Rochester, NY
Just a short note to say what a great meal my wife and I had at your restaurant on Friday, May 18th, 2007.
Jessica was our server and she offered just the right touch of welcome and interest in our first experience
of your offerings. I wanted to say that we enjoyed our menu choices and look forward to coming back many
times for the rest of that menu. We shouldn't have waited so long the first time but with two kids in school,
the time to adventure was limited. Now that our daughter works around the corner at Channel 8 as a news producer,
I can see where we'll have the time to get out to your place a bit more often. Congratulations on a great theme
and staff, and a memorable menu. And best of luck with your video projects. Maybe Channel 8 should stop by to
do a local story on your efforts!
To know the real story behind the success of STICKY LIPS PIT BBQ, it's necessary to go back to 1982, when Irondequoit native Howard "Howie" Nielsen opened his first restaurant. Having spent time in Chicago, Nielsen learned to love the city's stuffed pizza. At the young age of 21, Nielsen brought the dish to Rochester, and opened THE PIZZA STATION on June 10th, 1982.
In a short four year period, The Pizza Station grew to four locations and 75 employees. However, after a name change to CHESTER CAB PIZZA, there were some problems to overcome. A restaurant fire was particularly devastating, and Nielsen's early attempts at franchising did not work out well. By the end of the decade, Nielsen was close to going bankrupt.
The Entrepreneur
In the mid 1990's, Nielsen had scaled back his operation to the one Chester Cab Pizza on Park Avenue. He decided to try his hand at becoming an inventor. While credited with the inventions of the Santa Cruz Sit-Up Board, Earth Jam Basketball, and America's Most Unwanted Dart Board Game, Nielsen's efforts were unfortunately more educational than money making.
As a father of two young sons, Nielsen's creative mind next drew him into movie making. The release of WHEN FOOTBALL WAS BIGGER THAN LIFE in 2000, followed by the 2006 release of IRONDEQUOIT: LACROSSE TOWN U.S.A. were well-received locally. "When Football..." even won a Telly award. Once again, these ventures were more gifts to the community than money earners.
A New Beginning
On opening night, April 22, 2004, the marquee read "I just spent my life savings, please eat my food." After eleven months of renovation, the building at the corner of Culver and Atlantic was transformed. What was once an automobile showroom (and later Carvel's Ice Cream) was now the two story STICKY LIPS PIT BBQ. Remembers Nielsen, "People must have felt sorry for me. We had a line out the door and it hasn't stopped since."
What keeps customers coming back is a simple philosophy: make the best BBQ in town. The decor is handpicked original signs, magazines, photos and antiques from the 1940s and 50s. The walls read like a museum of Rochester and national history from the time period. The girls of the friendly wait staff are the new "Rosie Riveters" of today. Sticky Lips BBQ is truly a Rochester original.
Our staff at Sticky Lips works hard, and we will continue to do our best to keep you coming back again and again.
