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Article posted: 10/19/2012 6:00 AM

A tip (or two) from Chicago’s barbecue playbook

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While Chicago is home to several four-star fine dining restaurants, it also boasts some of the best smoked rib tips in the country.

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Chicago restaurant-goers feast at some of the world's finest tables. But on a particular August day, the front of a 14-year-old Toyota Camry is the best table in town. Writer Jim Shahin, his wife, their son and his girlfriend dine standing in the parking lot of Leon's BBQ, a small takeout joint on Chicago's South Side. We've been advised to eat our barbecue elsewhere. But the wood-smoked aroma is too seductive, the glistening meat too alluring.