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| - My wife and I ate here a couple of weekends ago when we had alone time from the kid. It was dinner time and the place was empty at first, but filled up quickly and had a positive buzz and a number of other happy people like ourselves. Next time we will bring the kid. I had the two-meat platter with sliced brisket and shredded pork. My sides were the potato salad and green beans. I had the sweet and smoky BBQ sauce and my wife had their shredded pork sandwich with a spicy BBQ sauce. Both were great, tasty, solid BBQ. You could see the smoke rings in the meat and it had just enough char to enhance the flavor without overpowering it.
We enjoyed out meal, the sides were good. The potato salad was standard, decent, nothing to write home about but was good with the meal. The special veggie was garlic green beans and were also good - could have been cooked a little more. We had the huge chocolate chip cookie for dessert, which was just crispy enough on the edges and chewy in the center.
Also, to the reviewer who lamented that this place was the "The gentrification of BBQ continues in N. Scottsdale with Naked BBQ", check yourself. How pretentious, and at the same time stupid, can a person be? Are you sure you know what the word "gentrification" means? Scottsdale is, in the scope of all things, a new town. Up until a few years ago you had to go to downtown Phoenix for anything resembling BBQ outside of the McRib.
Naked BBQ is my new favorite place. I wanted to like The Thumb, but they keep tripping up on customer service. Their food is comparable, but the price is higher, and the counter help couldn't be less friendly. The staff at Naked BBQ welcomed us, talked us through our selections. I look forward to going again, soon.
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