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| - Location & Aesthetics - Located in Tempe just adjacent to the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Parking is limited. I wouldn't advice parking on the street besides I don't even think you could as the road is busy with traffic. Parking is limited as the lot is small and gets filled up quickly. This is a popular joint and many people come from all over to eat here. If the parking lot is filled, my suggestion would be to park in surrounding businesses parking lots but only on the weekend as I did. When I did so, the businesses were closed and their lots were empty except some of the restaurants customers had also parked in the lots as well.
When you arrive, there's a staff member who directs traffic in the parking lot and will let you know what's finished and what isn't. That's right, you heard me correctly, if you don't get there early enough, their meats will finish which I hadn't known.
More often than not, when you arrive you will encounter a line unless you ordered your food online and just came by to pick it up.
Be forewarned, the line moves snail-pace slow as there's only 1 carving station so be prepared to spend some time in the line. Thankfully there's chairs to sit if you're in line and there's free bottles of water. I even saw a bottle of sunscreen though I wasn't sure if that was for everyone or if someone left it there by mistake.
Menu - Unfortunately there aren't any menus available to view but you can see what's available online. Alternatively you can ask the gentleman who's directing traffic and he'll take you out of the line and let you go inside and take a pic of the menu with your phone as I saw someone did who was in front of me. You can order your meats by the pound, by the plate, or by sandwich which is basically it.
Service - The staff was spectacularly nice, friendly, warm and welcoming. There's 3 behind the counter - the carver who individually cuts the meat and weighs it for you, a guy who serves you the sides, and the cashier. There's another guy who walked around with an apron that looked like the cook so I assumed he must've owned the place.
You can eat inside which is small or outside that has long picnic like tables.
Food - Now, despite the fact that the meats do run out because from what the guy who was walking said (the one with the apron), he only cooks 'x' amount of meat a day and don't reheat so when it runs out that's it, but I have to say it's really worth the wait in line. By the time I got to the counter, there was only brisket and turkey for my 2-meat plate combo.
The brisket is melt-in-your-mouth good! The turkey was juicy, tasty, and very well seasoned.
My sides - baked beans which has a little bit of kick to it, well seasoned with meat in it. My next side - cole slaw - vegetables were crunchy and seasoned well and it wasn't too sweet or tangy.
You can also get as a free option to adorn your plate - pickles, onions, and 2 slices of bread.
Definitely will be coming back here for more of their meats that ran out, e.g. the sausage, the pork ribs, and the short ribs. Guess next time I'll have to arrive a bit earlier!
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