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Firstly, I don't believe they take reservations on weekends during dinner time on OpenTable so I expected a wait in any case. We arrived around 7:30 on a Saturday and were told that it would be 1 hour. We strolled around and grabbed an ice cream at Eds Real Scoop. After 30 minutes, we were pleasantly surprised with a phone call stating that we had a table on the patio.
We were greeted with the nicest waitress (we tipped 20% just because she was so nice!). She told us about how everything worked, gave me a great beer recommendation (Belle Gueule Lager for the summer night). The patio had a great ambiance to it with lights hung around, which would make for a cute date place. We had complementary BBQ flavoured popcorn that was waiting for us. It was a nice snack, pretty flavourful in certain sections - while a little bland in places with less flavouring. A cute gesture nonetheless.
We decided to start with their sweet heat wings and a small arugula/tangerine salad. Their wings were really good - flavourful with a small kick and tender meat. One of my favourites of the night. Salad was good - nothing too fancy, exactly as it sounds topped with a vinaigrette. Given this is a meal of all meats, it was a welcomed starter.
In terms of our main, we ordered a half rack of ribs (their classic sauce), 7oz of brisket and 7oz of pulled pork. It came with a honey mustard and BBQ sauce on the side to spread our meats with (with a brush). The brisket and the pulled pork were good - BBQed pretty well but definitely needed the sauces to give it that extra kick. The ribs were very well seasoned, I expected it to fall off the bone but it was a little less tender than that. However it was still delicious. It was more than enough for the two of us for dinner - we probably could have gotten the smaller servings of pulled pork and brisket.
Overall, I'd recommend the wings the most. The rest are staples to southern BBQ and it's worth trying. Barques does what it does well - but after a while it was definitely a whole lot of meat to handle. It was kind of the same taste over and over. The bill came out to $70 for two people (including a beer). It was a reasonable meal for the amount of food that we got.
If you would like a restaurant with a great atmosphere and serving great Southern BBQ, this would be a great place. Really good to bring a big group or come here as a date. Roncey also is just such a cute neighbourhood to stroll around in before or after your meal.
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