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| - Man - I was really pulling for this place. Unfortunately, while parts of the experience were great, the overall feeling was exactly meh. We heard about Fat Casual through various internet outlets and decided to give it a shot. There really is a lack of solid eat-until-you get meat poisoning BBQ joints in the CLE area so we like to try any new ones we hear about.
Sean got the brisket dinner with the yam salad and cole slaw. I got the 'BBQ pork dinner' with fried potato salad (sounded super interesting), and baked beans. I will address each in turn.
Brisket: Fatty and greasy, not enough of that yummy brisket smokiness.
Yam salad - interesting and not too bad. Has a vinegary flavor to it.
Cole slaw - just ok - kind of soupy which I hate in a cole slaw.
BBQ pork: Not so much. First of all, I was expecting pulled pork (I admit, the menu does not say this, but I've never been to a BBQ place that didn't have pulled pork. Basically, it was small chunks of pork, many, many of which were quite fatty and chewier than they needed to be.
Fried potato salad. WEIRD. Just weird. I can't really describe it. You could tell it was fried something. Had a strange I've-been-sitting-in-the-fridge-too-long stale flavor. Not so much.
Baked beans - of the food we tried, I'd say this was the best thing. Clearly home-made and very tasty.
Also they have a large selection of sauces - some of which are house-made. Pretty tasty.
I was so sad about this place. I wanted so badly to get meat poisoning here on a regular basis. And the owner is such a nice guy - he spent a bunch of time chatting us up. Unfortunately, we probably won't be back. :(
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