New BBQ Eatery Has Ties to History
By DAN SULLIVANRICHFIELD SPRINGSOur area’s newest barbecue restaurant, Maplewood BBQ and Spirits, takes its name from that given by original owner John Tunnicliff to the mansion built on his estate in 1760, which included a huge tract of land covering what is today parts of Otsego and southern Herkimer counties. At that time, Maplewood was in Tryon County; Otsego would not be formed until 1791.
Restaurant owner John Yule, also a partner in the Knotting Hill Farm wedding venue in Jordanville, has done his research on the mansion that houses his new eatery.
“The fireplace was part of the original kitchen. And the crane to hold pots is also original,” he pointed out.
