Randi B.
Yelp
My husband and I had lunch here a couple weeks ago. We walked in and could smell smoke and meat and we were excited! We were the only ones in here, and the entire time we were there, only one other person came in. Service was great, our waitress was a sweetheart and very helpful. The decor is very on theme, it looks nice. They blast country music, which my husband absolutely hated, but I was able to tune it out.
Their breakfast menu looks really good, would love to try their Biscoff Butter Cookie pancakes and some of their omelettes sometime, but they stop serving breakfast at noon. I will have to get there a little earlier to try those!
One of their appetizers is Cowboy Caviar, which we have never had. We asked the waitress what it was, she said lots of beans, corn, tomatoes...then she stopped herself and said "I can just bring you a sample for free if you want to try it." We did. LOVED the Cowboy Caviar! The "sample" was a very decent portion, perfect for two people. I can't imagine how large a normal serving is! It was served cold with tortilla chips, like a pico de gallo, it's an excellent mixture of beans, other veggies, and a somewhat sweet vinaigrette on it.
We both went with their craft meats, which oddly do not come with sides. I had their brisket and a hot link and added mac & cheese on the side. He had their St. Louis ribs, a house link, and a cornbread muffin. It was all hit or miss for us.
Brisket was good, but not mind blowing. Tender, but didn't seem too fresh, was brought to me cold. I really enjoyed my hot link, it was slightly spicy, very cheesy, and had a great flavor. But the casing was SO tough and very difficult to cut through with the dull butter knife you are given. I also got a small piece of bone in my first bite, which grossed me out. Mac & cheese was AMAZING.
Hubby's ribs were ok. I personally hate spare ribs, but these were better than others I have had. He was just whatever about them. His house link tasted strongly of licorice, neither of us liked the flavor, it also had that super tough to cut through casing. Cornbread muffin was dry and crumbly, difficult to eat. The maple butter served with it was absolutely delicious, but hard as a rock, so it was impossible to spread it on the falling apart muffin. Not sure why they aren't using thawed whipped butter on this bread?
They have four BBQ sauces, we asked to try all of them. Only three were brought to us, we didn't complain about the missing Alabama White sauce. Out of the ones we had, we both agreed the Carolina was the best.
If I came back at lunch again, I would try their chicken, or maybe a sandwich. Honestly though I would rather try their breakfast than revisit the BBQ again.