{"id":310049,"date":"2019-10-16T06:06:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=310049"},"modified":"2019-10-16T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:06:30","slug":"bitoys-barbecue-moves-to-sugar-king-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bitoys-barbecue-moves-to-sugar-king-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue moves to Sugar King Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue owner Reynaldo Faustino, left, poses with staff at the stall\u2019s new location at the Sugar King Park in China Town. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filipino barbecue is known for being on the sugary side of sweet. So Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue couldn\u2019t have picked a better place to relocate its business when it moved to the Sugar King Park in China Town.<\/p>\n

Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue enjoyed sort of a cult following in the south of Saipan where Reynaldo Faustino opened the food stall in October 2017 with $3,000 of his own money.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a small stand located in San Antonio. I decided to open this business because it is always my passion to provide good products to customers. In 1998, I worked for a barbecue company that was selling at the Street Market,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Faustino, who everybody now calls Bitoy (an affectionate Filipino nickname) because of how popular his business has become, said he was motivated to be an entrepreneur when he surprisingly made the front page of one of the local newspapers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne time, there was a journalist who came at the Street Market to cover an event. The next day, I saw my picture in the newspaper busy barbecuing and surrounded by tourists. That inspired me to do the barbecue business.\u201d<\/p>\n

A year into the operations of Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue, however, disaster struck when Super Typhoon Yutu leveled a large portion of Saipan, especially its south side and one of the casualties was Faustino\u2019s barbecue stall.<\/p>\n

It was a total loss, as Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue was reduced to kindling and all the meat Faustino was marinating had to be thrown away.<\/p>\n

Faustino was ready to move on and even applied for a job at Joeten-Ace Hardware, but his loyal customers kept egging him on to reopen Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey kept saying, \u2018Reopen your barbecue business again. You already have a loyal following and it would be a pity if you give up because your barbecue was really tasty,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Good thing, the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office had several stalls open at the CNMI-Japan Cultural Center in China Town and, for a relatively affordable monthly rental, Faustino decided to make it Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue\u2019s new home. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe used to average 150 sticks of barbecue a day and now we\u2019re selling more than double that,\u201d he said, overjoyed by Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue\u2019s success at the new location. <\/p>\n

The barbecue stall\u2019s bestsellers continue to be its roasted pork belly or liempo and roasted whole chicken. It also sells a variety of barbecue such as pork stick, chicken stick, pork ears, pork intestine (isaw), hotdog on a stick, and chicken leg quarters. <\/p>\n

Faustino\u2019s customers also like his grilled tilapia, grilled milkfish, and grilled squid that are stuffed with fresh tomatoes, onions, and other spices. <\/p>\n

\u201cBitoy\u2019s Barbecue serves customers with a passion. We make sure that customers are happy with our services and products. We always talk to them personally and reply to their messages, making sure we hear each and every one of them. That\u2019s how we value our customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue is open every day from 12:30pm to 8:30pm. For orders and for more information, call (670) 286-2370. <\/p>\n

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Reynaldo Faustino is still hands on when it comes to grilling Bitoy\u2019s Barbecue\u2019s offerings. (Mark Rabago)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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