Gastown is bringing new menu options and a new chef to town.

Gastown BBQ Eats and Treats will serve smoked pulled pork and brisket, along with a rotating menu of fresh sandwiches out of its long-standing food wagon on Old Airport Road.

The new project comes after Gastown owner Jamie Pye bought the business and Gastown Grill from a relative in September of 2019.

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Gordon will be the new head chef. Pye is also hiring two full-time and two part-time line cooks.

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If the weather cooperates, he hopes to begin serving hungry customers by mid-May.

There is even the possibility of starting a 7 a.m. breakfast service, he said.

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Eats and Treats is scheduled to open before PyeSA国际影视传媒檚 new ice cream shop and bakery, which he aims to have running in June or July. That venture has been on his agenda for a few years. He began the permit process with the city in January.

It will operate out of an Atco trailer that sits on the north side of the shop. It contains a commercial kitchen with an oven and grill.

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