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| - I've pondered my star rating for Smokin' Bones for several minutes before writing this review--I want to be as fair and accurate as I possibly can be. One one hand, I've only tried one main dish here, the pulled pork sandwich, which was very good and deserves a high rating. I'm really not sure if anything else is as good, though. And while the décor is somewhat miserable and the service can be as non communicative (or uncomfortably over-communicative--one worker keeps telling my friends and me that he's been nagging at the owner to charge more for everything...hmmmm) as you get, it's all worth it because at any given time--say right now for example--I find myself craving their food.
So, to be fair, I've taken off one star for décor (I'll just pretend I'm in Bon Temps hanging with the locals eating Lafayette's home cookin'), and the service (I'll just pretend, yet again, they're Bon Temps locals who are edgy about vampires and such, but mean well). Three of the four stars go to the pulled pork sandwich with hot bbq sauce and a heap of coleslaw piled on a kaiser bun. This is what dreams are made of. At least my dreams anyway. I am SO happy they opened up in the downtown core, which frankly is void of good'n'cheap food options.
I've tried a few of the many, many sides options. The baked beans are sweet and tangy and are loaded with lots of pork! The mac'n'cheese is really good, too--much better than the tasteless goop I was served at Ceili Cottage once. One thing I'd love to see on the menu, though, is a dessert option like peach cobbler or pecan pie. We were informed by our over-communicative server that the reason they don't have dessert yet is because their oven doesn't heat up properly... tmi!
Did I mention the prices? The mere fact that the pulled pork sandwich is $6 is enough to earn a whole star on its very own, bringing the total up to four.
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