I am a regular at the stockyards simply because I haven't had anything that I didn't like and want to try every item on the menu.
So far I've had the porchetta sandwich (fantastic herbed taste), the pulled pork and chicken sandwich (deliciously rich bbq sauce - the pork is better than the chicken), the burger (my favourite in the city), the beef brisket (HUGE and definitely one of my favourite items) and the ribs (I couldn't get through the half rack order).
Now they have a brunch menu I need to work though. So far I had the smoked meat hash and the smothered biscuits.
I haven't seen smoked meat hash served anywhere in the city other than my mom's house. This was a great treat! It comes with two deep fried poached eggs. I was skeptical because I like how my mom serves her hash with an oozing sunny-side egg on top; but this works because they leave just enough runny egg yolk in their poached egg to seep into the hash to make it perfect!
As for the biscuits with house sage sausage gravy, I was surprised at the strong sage taste. I was expecting a darker gravy but the menu does spell out that its a "sage" gravy. I suppose I still expected a dark gravy. The sage sauce is still good but I wonder if it could be better.
The biscuits alone are worth the brunch with a side of the lemony butter and fruit jam (I doubt its called a jam because whatever that fruity goodness is in the cup its wildly good).
Can you believe I haven't tried the fried chicken yet? I've never had the patience because it takes 20minutes to make (fresh per order).
If you go - make sure you get the onion rings - just do it!