Every man has a time in his life when he finds that the dreams and plans of the younger years are finally achievable.  For athletes, if successful, this comes early in life. But even athletes, after they are no longer able to compete, have the same feeling. Swank, Reggie, Tim, and Greg have all reached this point. Let me explain:

The dream of Big Beef and Beer began while Swank lived in Alaska. After making a few steaks and some chicken wings, on separate occasions, Swank, in a discussion with Reggie, decided that the both of them could start a restaurant. This restaurant as you might imagine was named Big Beef and Beer. Now I know it is a reach from being able to make a couple of meals to a running a restaurant. But never fear, Greg and Tim arriving on the scene, having worked as cooks in restaurants ranging from fast food, to short order, to true cuisine making this reach less of a reach and more of a reality. They brought the smarts to the dream. The food the two could cook was of unsurpassing…well…very good. Therefore…Tim’s Big Beef and Beer.

The dream developed in this manner: All servings would be family size, with large helpings of just about everything. The menu would include steaks that, beside being delicious, would be the size of roasts. Roast pork served one day would be made into barbequed pork sandwiches for lunch the next day (nearly heaven). Salsa would be made fresh everyday. The menu would contain a staple of good solid fair mixed with those experiments that the cooking staff would come up with daily. The environment would be all wood with wide-open ceilings and beams; a tractor would hang from the ceiling and would be started every Wednesday night. Waiver’s supplied. Of course, it would be an old John Deere tractor.

The dream extended… Reggie was into music so it was decided that music must be a part of the product. Music would be OK in the restaurant, but would be best just as background music. So a facility had to be added to the Big Beef and Beer dream. The facility became named Greg’s Techno Barn. It was going to be a real barn with plenty of dancing space. The band would play in the hayloft or in a stage at the back of the barn between the two haylofts. Over the stage would hang a huge Jumbotron. (Now you know why we continuously talk about Jumbotrons.) There would be Techno night, local band night, and just great music night. Bands like Free Beer, Cowboy Mouth, and ClabberGirl will play regularly. Monday night football would be displayed on the jumbotron and when football season was over, Monday night would be country night, but we won’t show. The Cider Nationals would finally find a site that could be legally trashed.

This is the dream.

When the Internet became popular and Reggie became an expert at it and websites, the foursome realized they had, short of winning the lottery, a chance to fulfill their dream. This site is the first step in that dream. We are trying to bring honest information to an honest public. We currently make very little money and have found that, we really like doing the website. We still have our dream but believe in providing you with the best information and entertainment that we can offer.  Our pledge to you is to keep honest and never put money ahead of serving our readers. Please support us in this effort by merely visiting this site often and providing much feedback. We appreciate all feedback, negative or positive. 

We are not a Dot.com business we are a movement. We stand for honesty, straightforwardness and dreams, and cannot wait to bring you great food and awesome music.

The techno barn will rock at its foundations…