Harold Mann, 80, was the drummer in the Howard Theatre orchestra from 1957 to 1962. He remembers taking his grandfather to a show starring female impersonators. “He said, ‘Harold, those are some of the best-looking women I’ve ever seen.’ But he knew they were men,” Mann says.

“Fatty ’Cue, which has locations in Brooklyn and in the West Village, is a trailblazer in the new hybrid cuisine that pairs slow-smoked meat — the foundation of barbecue — with unlikely flavors.” -Jim Shahin, The Washington Post