Black Dog is definitely one of my favorite places in Champaign. I've been here too many times to count and honestly crave it from time to time after graduating college. There is the problem of sometimes food running out, especially their burnt ends, but I'm one of those people that is very gungho about eating food in general so I will be the first person here on a Saturday morning if I must eat Black Dog. My general go-to in terms of food is the two meat combo platter with burnt ends and ribs and some combination of the potato casserole, mac and cheese, fries or sweet potato fries. The Hot Georgia Peach is my favorite sauce as its sweet and hot and tangy and in my opinion the most flavorful of the sauces.
Recently visited Champaign and was here on a Sunday morning for their brunch! Had never had brunch at Black Dog for all the times I've been there, I didn't even know they had a brunch menu. Had the pork belly platter and their brisket hash. A great deal of food, and the pork belly was fatty and delicious and fell apart when you eat it. Yum. The brisket hash was also so amazing, so flavorful and great. Would recommend people to come for brunch as well. A great place for meat lovers, a great place for a dinosaur eating all the cows like me.