Front yard grilling etiquette
Greetings all. I live in an apartment in Carroll Gardens — one with a deep front yard. With the weather finally turning and with no direct access to either the backyard or the roof — I’m looking for some guidance on front yard grilling etiquette. I can’t recall ever seeing anyone doing this on my…
Greetings all. I live in an apartment in Carroll Gardens — one with a deep front yard. With the weather finally turning and with no direct access to either the backyard or the roof — I’m looking for some guidance on front yard grilling etiquette. I can’t recall ever seeing anyone doing this on my block however with so much front yard space and so little grilling options I’m wondering if this is kosher. I’d be using a smallish weber charcoal grill. I’m even willing to share with neighbors to buy some good will!
I think as long as they do veggie burgers and tofu doggies and be sure to use that chimney coal lighter thingy . . .
yawn.
Rajin,
Only difference, I think the gated communities let you f’ing BBQ.
Too high on the fun-o-meter and nix; someone doesn’t like it.
victim, victim, who is gonna kick ’em?
Sounds like some of you people should move to a gated community in Arizona and put up wooden privacy fences and seal your windows shut so smoke doesn’t get in your eyes.
Wannnh.
If I owned a building with limited or now back space and a front “yard” that deep and it was within the law, you’d bet your ass I’d be grilling out there. And if anybody wanted to pretend to be in some sort of fake home owners association and tell me that “it’s not allowed,” I’d politely invite them to go jump in the Gowanus.
Or my yard! Seriously. Sheesh, this place.
No, it’s not ok. If you don’t have access to the back yard, no grilling for you except at ta public park, where permitted.
Do it! There’s really nothing better than BBQ. You can grill in my yard. Come on over.
I was in your shoes several years ago on Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights. Decided to go for it but used a small gas grill to limit the charcoal smell. It worked great when I grilled low fat meats like chicken, but when there were burgers on you could see the noxious smoke cloud all the way down the block. Nonetheless, never had a problem with the neighbors as I only did it about 1x/month and offered beers to any neighbors who popped by the check out what was going on. I say try it and gauge the reaction.
mopar, i was thinking the same thing! it’s cute that the OP cares enough to ask, but can you imagine the looks on the faces of our neighbors if somebody said to them “did you ask your neighbors if it was okay to grill out here?” 😀
it’s way easier to ask forgiveness than seek permission right? life is too short to sit around and worry about theoretical worrywarts who are grimly sitting indoors on a nice day, looking for something to whine about (and yes, sometimes it annoys me too).
Why not just try it and see what reaction you get? If your neighbors are seemingly racist, certainly nimfys like jfss, then it should be quite a ‘fun’ experience.