Mr. Jim Business
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Rolling down the street I came across a freshly painted white building with cloud of bbq smoke bellowing out from a single smokestack as my nose led me to what looks to be an old service station. I pulled up on google maps to find there was no info or ratings for this shop, so I figured I’d be the first. The front of the building has no door so you enter on the right of the building next to the two outdoor patio tables. You walk in and I was quickly greeted and the rather small menu I found myself there to try the namesake…the ribs. I opted for the plate which incuded 2 sides, I chose the Mac and cheese and slaw. $19. He also sells “the fried pie shop” brand pies so I chose a cherry to round out my meal, to go. The condiment station includes warm sauce, pickles, onions, and the like. Coke products on tap all self serve. When I got back to my room I opened my box to find a half slab of ribs, some mediocre mac and cheese, the frozen kind you find in the supermarket you bake, and the slaw, although a bit of a rough cut on the veggies, was quite tasty, and sweet, like I like my slaw. The two sauce containers, I popped open and stuck my finger in and it was a generic over the counter sauce he might have doctored up a bit to thin it out, sweet and a little bit smoky. I like a sweet sauce so this sufficed. Now comes to the meat of the review (like that pun?) the ribs were small and dry, not a lot of meat on these baby back ribs, not a heavy coverage of dry rub either. A nice pink smoke ring penetrated the meat, but another hour in the smoker would have made them more tender. They weren’t quite jerky, but they weren’t the most fall off the bone. I didn’t like the fact that they pulled them out of the hot box, but alas. It’s an honest review. BBQ is aplenty in Texas, everyone has their favorite spot, this might be yours. Unfortunately it isn’t mine.