Mary Jane bourbon + smokehouse + Cape

Mary Jane Burgers & Brew in Perryville, Missouri, is working to open its new restaurant in Cape Girardeau as Mary Jane bourbon + smokehouse.

Daniel Stewart, manager of Mary Jane Burgers & Brew, said Saturday there is no concrete opening date for the Cape Girardeau location at 1107 Broadway, but �it�s definitely going to be before the beginning of next year.�

Stewart said the former Courtesy Cleaners building will undergo a complete overhaul and will be remodeled �from the ground up.�

The menu at the Cape Girardeau site will differ slightly from what loyal patrons of the Perryville joint may be used to, he explained.

�The intent is that we are going to do smoked meat. Currently, we�re working on our finished menu, but we�re looking at things like smoked pastrami, smoked prime rib and smoked porterhouses,� Stewart said.

He said the restaurant is also going to �try to skew away from the burger menu� that�s in place in Perryville and will lean more toward a delicatessen during the day, while offering a full dining experience in the evening.

Even though the menu will be customized more to fit Cape Girardeau, Stewart said the new restaurant will have a very similar atmosphere to the current Mary Jane location.

�That�s the thing that�s not going to change,� he said. �We will continue to have the same fantastic service that we have here.�

Stewart said Mary Jane bourbon + smokehouse would continue to uphold its �same great standards for quality food and quality service.�

The main goal, Stewart emphasized, is �making sure everybody is happy.�

�That�s always our prime thing, that our guests and employees are having a good time,� he said. �I think one of the things we do extremely well here, and is something that we will take with us to the new restaurant, is that we exceed expectations.�

Stewart said customers may stop by and expect to get a burger and beer, �but you don�t expect to have one of the best times you�re ever going to have out in a restaurant.�

�We�re just going to wow people,� he said.

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