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| - For a hole in the wall derelict looking building standing lonely on the 51 next to a bunch of seedy motels, this place is alright. Matter of fact, its the best BBQ I've had since I moved to Pittsburgh.
Service is usually pretty friendly. Always a nice, older waitress with a name like Margie or Kathy. They all have that super-thick Pittsburgh accent and chew gum and call you names like Hun and Sweety. Their shirts usually aren't tucked in and they might sneak in a swear word or two but they're the best waitress you could ask for. Ours last night was just one of those ladies. Super sweet and pissed off at herself that she kept sneaking glimpses of Survivor before she could get home and watch it on DVR.
They had two beers of the month. Blue Moons and Sam Adamses. They were out of the Blue Moons so I had a Sammy and my friend got a Mic Ultra.
The food? The menus decent sized. A handful of apps, some salads and stuff. But this is a BBQ restaurant, you're here for the slow cooked meat, right? They have ribs, chops, sausages and chicken. The backpage has about a dozen sandwiches on them, several of which include more BBQ. They have steaks and seafood, too. Plus some diner classics like the hot roast beef. Finally, and favoritely, they have whole wings, $4.95 for six, which comes to $5/dozen. I love wings.
We usually always get a couple things and share them. They have a combo where you pick three meats, a starch and some cole slaw. Its like $13 and its a good choice. One warning....the wings are not BBQed, they're deep fried. Last night, we got the smoked kielbasa, 2 chops and 3 ribs. It was towards the end of the night and they actually gave us 5 ribs. I love ribs.
Aother warning....ask for your meat dry. For some reason, the cooks like to slather everything down so that its literally dripping sauce. Maybe you could try asking them to lightly sauce it, but we've always just kept it safe and asked for sauce on the side. We also got an order of wings and a side of celery sticks. Yeah...you gotta pay for the celery.
You get plenty of food for what you pay for. The meat is pillow soft with just enough char and smoke to get you going. They have several types of BBQ sauce. I always get their hot and spicy. She always gets their mild sauce. She said the mild just tasted like ketchup, but I disagree. The hot and spicy sauce has a nice kick in it, but its not very hot.
I've never had smoked kielbasa before. It was good but not something I'd try again. The chops are great. Each is probably 5 oz or so. The ribs literally just fell apart by touch. The wings were fried just how I like them...well done and extra crispy. You get a pile of fries and slaw, too. The fries are those delicious Pittsburgh double dippers that fatty foodies like myself just love to death. The cole slaw is simple...just cabbage and mayonnaise. But its quite nice.
All in all, I really like this place. The service is great. I like the food, alot. The sauces could use a little bit of work but everything's always tasty and you get a good bit of food for the price. Until I've found a better BBQ place, this is my spot.
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