What's with all the hype about this place? I know there's general scarcity of decent BBQ places around Toronto, but seriously this is nowhere near the level all the reviews will lead you to believe.
My personal experience consisted of a pulled pork sandwich and a pancetta wrapped smoked trout (with fries on the side for good measure). First the pulled pork. The meat itself was nothing special, a little bit on the dryer side, lacking tenderness and could definitely use some more smoking time. And no, I could not detect any of the apple/hickory flavours (and none of my friends could either). The sauce was quite a disappointment too. A character lacking thin sour-sweet mixture. You want to feel the difference try some of the sauces from our neighbours south of the border, or even go to one of the local rib fests and you're bound to encounter way better options. The trout sandwich on the other hand could have been a nice idea, had it not been for a crazy amount of salt they put into it (and into everything else for that matter). Is that salt on my fries or fries on salt? Keep going to this place on a regular basis and pretty soon you'll be feeling dryer than King Tut on his 20th birthday. So I don't know, it's either that I don't know squat about BBQ or my palate is queer, but either way I'm not going back.
P.S.
In case salt doesn't finish you off, try Boylan's Black Cherry pop. The amount of sugar in that one ought to do the job.