Located in Oneonta, NY, Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q is more than just a restaurant. Brooks' also provides off-site catering for groups of 100 people or more, large order deliveries for 100 dinners or more, catering on-site for parties from 30 to 90 guests at the Brooks' Roost Banquet Room and we have our own line of specialty sauces, marinades, seasonings and grillin' rubs.

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Brooks' Facts:

• Brooks' has a seating capacity of 300.

• During the peak of the summer season, approximately 100 people are employed for the restaurant and catering service.

• Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q also houses the largest indoor charcoal pit in the East, and possibly in the country (38 feet in length).

• The average number of customers on a week day is 600 people. The average number of customers on a weekend day is 1100 people. These numbers do not include our take-out and catering services.

• Mother's Day is Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q's busiest day of the year. Approximately 1,600 people are served in the restaurant. To be served both in the restaurant and through take-out, over 3,000 halves of chicken are cooked on Mother's Day.

• In order to accommodate our larger groups, we constructed the Brooks' Roost Banquet Room. Since our first banquet in the spring of 1997, we have served private parties as small as 30 people or as large as 90 people. Some devoted Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q patrons have even chose to hold their weddings and /or receptions in our rustic Brooks' Roost Banquet Room.

Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q's Catering Service has grown over the years.

• Our catering fleet includes 5 refrigerated trucks, one van and two pick-up trucks.
• Each year, Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q caters approximately 450 on-site barbecues. While the summer months are our peak season for catering, we do cater throughout the year.
• The average distance traveled to a catered event is between 75 and 90 miles.
  
• We have catered as far away as Sands Point Park and Reserve on Long Island and Saratoga Performing Arts for the Newport Jazz Festival.
  
• While most of our catered events serve between 400 and 600 people, we have served much larger crowds. At one outing, for the Kingston IBM Corporation, 4,500 people were served.
  
• In 1986, Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q participated in the National Rib Cook-Off. While we did not win, we did receive great advertising through television, radio and newspapers. Someday, we do hope to compete in the cook-off again.