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| - Look for the "Sampson Academy" sign because the "Paul & Sandy" Red sign can be so easily overlooked right underneath. Side-street parking but Sunday is Free, however because of the side-street parking their is a bit of bottleneck driving here. Drive patiently because it's all about low and SLOW!
I was here early Sunday afternoon so the back-of-house LCD wasn't even turned on yet. Greeted warmly and sat near the front. Wine and Beers are offered here but no house-made Lemonades or Iced Teas. The decor is minimal Southern Jazz but has a slight Swiss Chalet feel.
BBQ Sampler Platter for 1 (Pulled Pork, Beef Brisket, Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Chicken, BBQ Meat Loaf - $23.95) came with choice of 2 sides. Pulled Pork, Beef Brisket, Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Chicken can all be summarized together by saying smokey, juicy, moist. Any Meat Loaf is hard to use juicy as the description but was pretty good like a big Meatball with smokey.
It was definitely a MEATFEST enough for 1 enormously hungry individual or 2 average couples. All the Meats showed some smokey outside crust while specifically the Meat Loaf and Ribs were sauced more so. Blistering Hot or Premium Hickey BBQ Sauce were given to the table where Blistering is necessary as the juice of the Meats mellow it as you eat.
Paul's BBQ Baked Beans, I can't say I'm expert enough to notice any difference to others. Be glad I'm not a big Baked Beans fan or else this place would smell GASY rather than smokey. The Creamy Cole Slaw wasn't all that great as it tasted like Packaged Slaw and a slight letdown compared to everything I had. Even the complimentary Buttered Bread starter was nice.
Btw, the TIP % on the Merchant Terminal uses the value Tax-in but the difference is really in the Pennies. You can do Value entry rather than Percentage otherwise Cash is always good but I only had $5.00 with me as usual. :P
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