Tweaked Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 For the hot heads on the board, next time you are on the Hill, check out Uncle Brutha's (Eastern Market area, on 7th Street, SE very close to Montemartre). Large collection of hot sauces, spice rubs, BBQ sauces, and other hot head related products...his house made Uncle's Brutha's hot sauces are award winning for bringing the heat AND the flavor. Uncle Brutha and his family are one of those cool small business success stories. He started making his own hot sauces at home, then started selling from a stand outside Eastern Market and has now opened his own store. And he and his family are super nice to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I've found some good products there. My favorite hot sauce find is Hula Girl chipotle-habanero sauce. I like to use that in my turkey chili. I can also get the Dave's (of Dave's Insanity) dried chiles/chile powder collection (6 sections in one canister). They have it cheaper than Dean & Deluca, and it's a lot shorter trip . I usually keep a bottle of the Uncle Brutha's sauce on hand (fire sauce #10), but I find its usefulness limited. It's good when I use it, but I don't use it that often. A hot sauce shop was a brilliant idea for that block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 I tend to go with Uncle's green hot sauce, which I believe is #9...smoked turkey sandwich with a smear of mayo and #9 very tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I tend to go with Uncle's green hot sauce, which I believe is #9...smoked turkey sandwich with a smear of mayo and #9 very tasty!I've tasted the green but have not purchased any. Turkey sandwich sounds like a good for use for it. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I use the green in eggs, chilli, guacamole and on top of steak. #10 is also great with steak and to spice up tomato sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I use the green in eggs, chilli, guacamole and on top of steak. #10 is also great with steak and to spice up tomato sauce.Guacamole sounds like a good use for the green. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'm sad to report that Uncle Brutha's has become the latest victim of the Eastern Market fire a year ago. It's just so depressing how the effects of the fire continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngfood Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'm sad to report that Uncle Brutha's has become the latest victim of the Eastern Market fire a year ago. It's just so depressing how the effects of the fire continue. That's too bad. Do you think the market is getting significantly less traffic? That surprises me now that the new building is and has been open for a good while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 The excellent Ezra Klein talks about it here. If y'all don't read Ezra's blog, you probably should. He's our hope for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsadler Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Uncle Brutha's is going to be open until the end of the month, so there's still time to go pick up some hot sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I'm sad to report that Uncle Brutha's has become the latest victim of the Eastern Market fire a year ago. It's just so depressing how the effects of the fire continue. Gosh damn! That really sucks to see. Admittedly, I don't make it down to Eastern Market that often - it's quite a hike on the Orange Line. I'm lazy, I only rarely make it to the Falls Church farmer's market and that's right down the street. But every time I went to Eastern Market I'd go to Uncle Brutha's and I've even made it a point to drag out-of-towners down there for perusing his wares. I love the green #9 - we put it on tacos and, honestly, I put it on lots of other things too (hamburgers, for instance, with a bit of mayo). I'm glad to see we'll still be able to get it but I'm going to miss going through all the other stuff checking out what he has. Guess I'll be traveling down there before the end of the month to stock up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 There is an article in this month's Hill Rag that cites something along the lines that while weekend traffic at Eastern Market is at pre-fire levels, the weekday traffic is way off...and now there is even more competition with the opening of Harris Teeter. But honestly, as much as I love Uncle Brutha's hot sauce, I always thought the Hot Sauce Emporium was an extreme niche store. The article makes references to him have a stand at the Market, like pre-emporium days...and he will make way more money marketing his own product to super markets and restaurants etc. It is a shame though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 The article makes references to him have a stand at the Market, like pre-emporium days...and he will make way more money marketing his own product to super markets and restaurants etc. It is a shame though I bought a few bottles of sauce before the store closed, figuring that he'd be back at the market with his stand again subsequently. I'm almost out of my No. 9 and haven't seen a stand at the market at all. Have they been there and I've missed them, or have they stopped coming to Eastern Market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimbap Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 There has been a Uncle Brutha's table at the Sunday Brookland Farmer's Market for the last few weeks. We picked up a bottle of the No. 9 there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hill's Kitchen also carries the Uncle. I love #9! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCo Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Does anyone know if Uncle Brutha's is still being produced? They've stopped carrying it at Whole Foods, and their website says orders are unavailable. Do they still have a table at Eastern Market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCo Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Does anyone know if Uncle Brutha's is still being produced? They've stopped carrying it at Whole Foods, and their website says orders are unavailable. Do they still have a table at Eastern Market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acgator Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 I've seen bottles at the Takoma Park coop if you're still hunting. I have no idea about production though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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