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| - Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que is decent but overpriced. Let's be real for a minute, this place is a chain, and as much as I like coming here for quick BBQ it's still turn and burn, get people in and get people out as fast as you can for as much money as you can. I wouldn't say that it's the fast food of BBQ that would be taking it too far but it really is as close as you can get to it without crossing that line. When I say it's overpriced i'm saying it's overpriced for what you're getting because it's not the best quality food or cuts of meat for the price you pay. For example, the Grilled Salmon here at Lucille's is $22.99 and one of my favorite items on the menu. It's a salmon fillet seasoned and hickory smoked or grilled. Served with New Orleans mustard cream sauce, Creole rice and fresh vegetables. It's good but it's not wild caught, and for $22.99 it should be. If places like Bone Fish Grill can sell Fresh Wild Caught Sockeye Salmon for $24.00, then so can Lucille's but they won't. I guess that's what happens when your business is solely profit driven. For these prices the meat should be grass fed with no hormones or antibiotics, the chicken should be organic free range, the fish should be wild caught. I'm not really trying to harp on Lucille's because I do enjoy their food I'm simply stating that they are absolutely overpriced for what you get that's all. Anyway back to the food the hot links are great and something I always order regardless of what entrée I order. One of my favorite things to order is the Lucille's BBQ Tri Tip Sandwich slow smoked, Certified Angus Beef tri tip, hand carved, tossed in mop sauce and piled on a soft brioche bun. When it comes to BBQ I like to order the Smoked BBQ Half Chicken which is a house favorite. Half of a fresh chicken, marinated in their lip smackin' BBQ sauce for 24 hours, slow smoked to perfection and finished on the grill. When it comes to ribs they offer three different types Baby Back Ribs, St. Louis Spare Ribs and my go to personal favorite is their BBQ Beef Ribs. My two favorite sides are the Cornbread and Garlic Mashed Potatoes and when the Cornbread is hot and fresh it's delicious. Lastly I wash everything down with a giant mason jar full of fresh brewed Sweet Tea!
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