Rib City opens restaurant in Missouri Des Peres location is 15th franchise

Fort Myes-based Rib City, a southernstyle barbecue restaurant, celebrated the grand opening of its 15th franchise location in Des Peres, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, on Oct 31, announced company President Craig Peden.

The restaurant is the first Rib City franchise to open in Missouri.

"It's exciting to expand the reach of Rib City's tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs to Missouri, especially with the fame of other styles of barbecue from around St. Louis" said Mr. Peden. "We think that our ribs can stand up to the competition, time and again."

Rib City will continue to expand into 2009. Founded in Fort Myers in 1989, there are currently 12 Rib City's in the state and 15 franchise locations throughout the United States, including restaurants in Washington, Utah, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon and now Missouri.

Rib City offers a menu of barbecued meats, specialized sauces and complementary side dishes such as made-fromscratch baked beans and coleslaw. Rib City achieves authentic backyard barbecue flavor by slowly cooking baby back ribs and chicken over selected hardwoods — including red oak — carefully balancing heat and cooking time to seal in the distinctive Rib City Bar-B-Q taste.

Meats can be topped with one of four secret recipe sauces: brown-sugar-based sweet sauce, vinegar-based tangy sauce, Carolina mustard sauce or hot sauce. For more information or to view a complete menu visit www.ribcity.com