| rev:text
| - Being from Texas, and having moved to the Phoenix area about a year ago, I am always on the hunt for good bbq. "Back home" we are blessed with the most amazing bbq of Rudy's. A friend of mine from Tennessee, who has lived in Phoenix now for about 4 years, introduced me to Kinfolk's and I was pleased. Everything that the 5 star reviews say is true of this place. The portions are huge, the prices are decent and whether you like the brisket or the pulled pork (sorry, never tried the ribs), this bbq is the best I've had in Arizona. If I had written a review for this place just a week ago, I would probably have given it 4 stars.
After my second attempt to take my girlfriend here and not getting to eat, we will not be going back. I was always impressed with the older guy running the place, pretty much solo, other than the cooking. He takes your order, he brings you out the food and he rings you up. The problem I've always had is his grumpiness. Well, on Saturday he went a little too far. When we arrived at 7:45 p.m. and saw the closing time on the door, I wasn't particularly certain what it read. Plus I was craving some Kinfolk's. We went inside and there were still a lot of people eating so I thought we were safe. When I began pouring my own drink (as you do), the older man told me they were about to close and that it "better" be to go. I apologized for coming in so close to closing time but explained that it looked like the 8 on the door was scratched to look like a 9 OR that the 9 looked like it was filled in with liquid paper to look like an 8. Either way, I wasn't sure but I was hopeful. He then began to argue with me. He was totally out of line. He could've politely told me that they were about to close and that I could get something to go and I would've been happy. Instead he chose to be a shithead and in turn, drive me to go to a chain bbq restaurant (Famous Dave's, not too bad plus they serve beer). I've since sought out another decent place in Dickey's BBQ, off Shea in Scottsdale.
Sadly, Kinfolk's is still the best bbq I've had here in the Phoenix area. I will not, however, give my hard earned money in this tough economy to a grumpy, broken body, old man that cannot be bothered to be polite. Good luck keeping your small business going during this recession when people like myself are being more choosy about where to spend our money.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)