Smokies BBQ

For the last several years, owner Janet Bonser has been trucking her mobile log cabin trailer to cater weddings and backyard barbecues. She’s still in the catering biz — she’ll do on- or off-site service. But when a drive-through coffee shop closed on East Trent last year, she parked her trailer behind it, reopened its windows and set up shop. Open weekdays for lunch and dinner, Smokie’s took home top honors at the 2010 Inland Northwest Barbecue competition, a distinction you’ll be reminded of upon biting into their beef brisket. (March 2012)