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I had a hankering for bbq, especially with some good southern sides. While I was out running errands the craving hit me again so I looked up bbq places near me. This spot popped up less than 2 miles from my location. The reviews were mid but not everyone has the same taste buds so I decided to give them a chance. Well, here's how my taste buds responded eeeeeyuck... The atmosphere was nice, the staff was kind and the service was quick. The food,.... I ordered the brisket sandwich and got greens, collard, as my side. I was hungry and wanted to satisfy my entire craving so I also ordered the yams, Mac and cheese and potato salad. I was given a choice of lean, juicy ot fatty for my brisket and I chose juicy. I remembered one of the reviews said that their brisket was dry so I chose juicy. I was offered sauce and I chose the water based versus vinegar option. Once I got home I got my Texas Pete and prepared to dive in. I tried the Mac and cheese first and I agree with other reviewers that it tasted a small step above the box version, it was cheesier but had no flavor unless you include that powdery boxed taste. To get the taste of Mac and cheese out of my mouth I tried the yams. The yams were..... powdery too. The yams tasted of too much cinnamon and brown sugar. Extremely sweet. I thought let me clear this taste with some greens. Before I added Texas Pete I tried a small bit of greens and literally spit it out. I pushed Pete back because he couldn't help this bowl at all!! There was absolutely no flavor, straight from the can. I tried the potato salad, because I absolutely love potato salad! It was meh, needed a little bit of salt but was far better than all the other sides so there's that. Finally the brisket. I tested the sauce, it was decent so I put it on the brisket and took a bite. The chewiest of chewiest of bites. The brisket was juicy but also extremely fatty. The bite immediately made me wonder what was the fatty option and pondering if I should've gotten the lean option and settled for a bunch of sauce. I ended up closing the lids on all the items and immediately went to my kitchen. I cooked and seasoned the greens, fixed the yams as much as possible and seasoned the potato salad. I airfryed the brisket for a 15 minutes and an hour or so later the meal was more tolerable. For $33 and 2 cooking hours later the meal was ready for review. The greens finally got to meet Pete and with everything in one bite the food was better. If I want a headstart on cooking I'd go back here, it's like buying a pre-made Thanksgiving dinner that you know will need doctoring but at least you didn't have to cook it from scratch.
The atmosphere was quiet. The seating was comfortable. The service was quick. The staff was nice. The parking was easy and plentiful. I went at approximately 230p on a Thursday.
Hope this review helps.