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| - The food is really good, and although our service started out bad (ignored for the first ten minutes after we were seated, ordered drinks, then watched them sit on the bar and melt for twenty minutes while our server was in the weeds) it recovered really well!
The deviled eggs and dry-rubbed wings were on point - really tasty starters. The brisket - my word - like butter - seriously. Pork belly good, but nothing could beat that brisket. Sausage of the day was just OK for me. The greens were tasty and the potato salad was also yummy but I am not sure it wasn't the broccoli salad- it was mostly broccoli and just a few potatoes. The sauces, which are out on the tables for you to add as you see fit, are nothing to write home about - underwhelming but fine.
The reason for three (probably 3.5) stars has nothing to do with the food, and only a little to do with the service - it's the atmosphere. The seating and the set-up is just plain uncomfortable. I realize it's a BBQ joint and not fine dining, but to be seated at a bar along a wall when you have reservations, so you can't even look your fellow diners in the eye, is not my idea of a night out. The tables seem to be communal, mostly, and they are wide, and it is loud, so unless you sit next to your companion you won't be able to hear them - it's a choice between hearing and seeing. I know this restaurant group tends to go for the louder, more crowded vibe, and I totally get that some folks like that - it creates a scene, and I guess enough people are ok with not having a conversation at dinner that it works. Like Tako, I would go back on a weeknight when it is less crowded - the brisket is that good.
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