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| - This is a stand out in a city full of wankers that prepare garbage like shitty roast beef sandwiches and claim it is "southern BBQ". I'm still amazed that a city like Calgary has inhabitants that think about crappy hamburgers and hotdogs after the letters "B B Q" are uttered.
Again, with BBQ, I like to just order a bunch of meats and some bread by the pound, but that is not done here. I made a scene but the staff were really cool with it and even asked why I do that. Which was a first for me in this city. They were curious and it shows they are passionate about what they do, which is rare for this city. The layout of the place is ok and not very good for efficient BBQ serving as the cafeteria style is SIMPLY THE BEST as the customer knows what he is getting. And it's an efficient way to freshly serve brisket and ribs.
ANYWAYS....so I calm down and get a brisket sandwich. I ask for the moist cut and they happily comply, although a little confused as to why I may want the greasiest, most delicious slice of the brisket. Whatevz. I also ask for it neatly sliced, but I am told they only shred it here. Uh oh. Everything was going so well. This is a bad sign: at MINIMUM a BBQ place should slice from the brisket to order. If the person carving has some sort of skill, you won't lose much time. But even it takes longer, who cares? What are you in it for? Money, or serving good food?
Out comes a decent sammich. Bread was a burger bun and impeccable. As it should be. There are tons of sauces, too many actually. We're talking about at least 12.
The cut of meat is amazing, the brisket is great buuuut... slightly over smoked. Not terribly over smoked, but just slightly. Oversmoking the brisket gives it that super salty taste. There's also an immense amount this weird clear watery grease that prevailed in my friends' lean sandwich. And I mean immense. Puddle on the wax paper plate immense. This suggests it was held in a heater for a bit instead of taken off the cut and served to us. Which is a sin. It was probably sliced and held for a few hours. I know that BBQ is hard to serve fresh during the not-so-busy times, but there is no excuse for serving it out of a heater during a lunch rush. I wouldn't mind waiting a few more minutes to get a fresh cut...and I doubt many Calgarians would mind either. Actually, Calgarians would because most do not know what good food is.
I tried the chili, which was great although it lacked spice. I paid $2.50 and got a little urine sample sized cup. I found the portion size hilarious but I forgot that I'm presently in west scandinavia.
It is obvious that the owners here have been to BBQ places down South and they are trying to bring that quality up here. They got some ways to go, but they got 80% of it down. I will return without doubt, and I look forward to this place moving into a building more suited for a BBQ establishment. Like a shack in a parking lot near a church in an industrial park. Ahhhhh Texas.....
I suspect (sadly) that this is the kind of place that would cook a brisket 3/4 and store it so that way they can quickly smoke another one instead of turning customers away because there is no food left.
By TX standards this is a 2 star BBQ place, but by Canadian standards it is for sure a 4-5 star.
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