Revival BBQ - Review - Fishtown - Philadelphia - The Infatuation
"Revival BBQ is a window-service spot in Fishtown that shares a kitchen with Saint Lazarus Bar. It usually has a line of buzzed, hungry guests out front, and that’s who it tastes like it’s made for. Nothing on the menu is recommendable, from the cornbread with a mealy maple filling to the brisket cheesesteak, which is packed with dry chunks of meat and congealed globs of provolone. If you’re in the mood for smoked meat, head to Fette Sau nearby. This place only works if you’re at least three shots of whiskey deep, and desperate to eat. Food Rundown Fried Deviled Eggs If anyone ever wants to interrogate us, they don’t have to intimidate us with extreme tactics–they can just threaten to make us eat one of these. We think they should apologize to chickens everywhere, because this combination of an oily egg, cardboard-like bacon bits, and mealy deviled filling is an abomination of their creations. Run far away. photo credit: CANDIS R. MCLEAN Mac and Cheese Dry. Overcooked cornbread bits on top. No. Just no. photo credit: CANDIS R. MCLEAN Jalapeno Cornbread They were cruising to an edible finish line with the sweet jalapeno cornbread, which has no kick from the pepper. But once they went with the super sweet and frosting-like filling in the center, they ran out of gas. photo credit: CANDIS R. MCLEAN Brisket Cheesesteak The best thing about this cheesesteak is that nobody will make you eat it again. They pack a seeded roll with floppy, saggy, dry meat and congealed cooper sharp that kind of reminds us of dried Elmer’s Glue from a project in grade school. But we’re sure even our third-grade art projects looked better than this. photo credit: CANDIS R. MCLEAN" - Candis R. McLean
