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| - Old Hickory House is not very far from my work, so I decided to have lunch there one day. When I stepped in, I was transported back in time. The look of the restaurant, with its wood panel walls and Western Sizzlin-esque decor was definitely an interesting touch.
There were fewer than 10 people there, so a waitress immediately came and took my drink order while I mulled over the menu. I finally decided on the pork and beef plate (I requested the pork be chopped and the beef be sliced), with BBQ beans and hush puppies as the sides. Apparently you can request the BBQ sauce to be on the side, but I neglected to do so. Less than 5 minutes later, my food came out.
The beef was sliced between 1/8" and 1/4" thick, and the texture of it reminded me more of roast beef than a beef brisket. There was no smoke flavor to it whatsoever. The taste was okay -- not really overwhelming or remarkable.
The pork was finely chopped. The bites I managed to take without sauce on it were okay -- again, nothing really remarkable. The sauce didn't really do much for me. It almost seemed like a sort of tomato-ish gravy.
The beans were bland, and there were pieces of pork dispersed within the beans. That's all I'll say about that. The best part of the meal, in my opinion, was the hush puppies. With the exception of one rogue hush puppy (that was probably from a much earlier batch), the hush puppies were very crispy on the outside and just right on the inside. Plus they were round, unlike the tubular-shaped hush puppies I'm used to seeing here in the Carolinas.
To summarize: the service was top notch, and the food... well, not so much.
A similar review with pictures can be found at http://www.bigwaynerbbq.com/2011/01/26/review-old-hickory-house-charlotte-nc/
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