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| - The best overall BBQ i have in Calgary. This place is great! good, honest and simple food, served up very authentically (unlike their BBQ baron competitors COUGH COUGH) and for the first time in Calgary I have eaten at a BBQ joint that is ONLY a bbq joint and NO nonsense menu.
So I dont wanna hype up this place too much but as far as Calgary goes I am gonna go out on a limb and say that FINALLY their is a place that does REAL bbq in the right setting and with the right attitude and respect for the tradition. None of this pretentious sheeshi stuff you see at other places, and holy smoke is comfortable for what it is and not ashamed for what it isnt.
The food??? This place is all about the basics, ribs, Chopped brisket pulled pork, and then some sides cornbread (loved the cornbread) coleslaw, beans, macoroni salad ect. So you can design your own meal any time you come here.
The ribs were great, really good smoke n pork flavor with a not to salty rub charred and smoked into the meat. so the rub has a more mild flavor and normally its a very bad idea to under season pork BUT! at holy smoke you add your own seasoning with the wide variety of sauces that they make in house and (I actually love it done this way! it makes for a more dynamic eating experience)
The ribs were tender yet retained their meaty texture and chew (just the way I like it) and the smoke flavor was not shy at all, very nice smoke ring in the ribs.
The brisket sandwich I got was also very good, the brisket was chopped fine and bathed in a little sauce and had a pickle in it. It had the classic bbq taste, the beef flavor came through and it was just plain great! Really great!
The sides I got were great, cornbread n slaw. The slaw was light but flavorful,( it actually tasted a lot better than It looked and was a nice contrast to the potent flavor of the meat), and the cornbread was soft and sweet! almost cake like! next time I will have to try some more of the sides!
perhaps I am being a little to generous with this review, and sure you could tour texas or north carolina and find a whole bunch of places that do it way better but you know what? when I go in a place and see that the workers are actually proud of the product they are serving me and also they are happy to working at a place its a VERY good sign! these guys are on to even bigger and better things and will improve with time ( i am sure of it)!. It is so inspiring seeing people like this trying to do something good for food culture it just makes me happy! Go check out this place, its got the goods!!!!
I will be back FOR SURE!
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