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| - This is an okay place somewhat ruined by all the hype surrounding it. I'll just do a "pro/con" thing:
PROS
-The beef brisket was pretty badass.
-The homemade root beer was pretty nice, especially after not having root beer for a long time.
CONS
-The lines. We went on a Tuesday night and it was packed. I know there isn't much to do in Old Town Gilbert and maybe this place is the highlight, but geez. By the time you get all the food on your plate, it's cold from waiting in line so long.
-The sides. While the meat offerings all seem super-tasty and well-seasoned and all that, I think they kinda got lazy with the sides. The mac and cheese surely comes out of some frozen package, and other offerings that my table mates had weren't much better. The cornbread was really the low point for me, as it was more the northern "sweet" type and was dry and crumbly.
-BUTTA. Yeah, this is just a pet peeve of mine, but the "butter" they offered was not butter, I'm pretty sure. I'm anal about hydrogenated oils and polyunsaturated posers, and it had the consistency and look of one of those tub margarines, so let's call a spade a spade.
-The seating/atmosphere: Since half of the area is taken up by people waiting in line, you have to sit on the far and dark side of the place (or outside) to avoid people standing over you while you eat. Guess you can't blame a place for being busy, but that doesn't really give any consolation. The place is also so dark, and not in a charming Italian restaurant way.
All-in-all, I'd say this is more of a 2.5 review than a 3. It really just feels like a soup kitchen with a bunch of starving homeless people, but hey: The meat's good.
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