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| - I've been meaning to try Highway 61 for a long time, but never had a chance. Finally, after a somewhat underwhelming experience at Barque Smokehouse, I decided to give ribs another go and Highway 61 was my first choice.
After reading many positive reviews on the pulled pork, I ordered Mississippi-style baby back ribs and pulled pork combo, served with tasters of coleslaw, baked beans, cornbread and 61 sauce. The pulled pork was described as "tender hand-pulled pork shoulder barbequed low and slow for 14 hours." Unfortunately, there was nothing tender about the pulled pork. The meat was dry, tough, and under-seasoned. After two bites, I left the rest of it untouched.
The ribs themselves were decent. In addition to the baby back ribs, I also ordered half a rack of House Signature pork side ribs. These were actually more tender than the baby back ribs. However, I'm not a big fan of the 61 sauce.
I also ordered a basket of homemade onion rings to share, and it was served with chipotle ranch dip. The onion rings were humongous and extremely greasy (but in a good way). The exterior was very crunchy and I couldn't stop eating it even though I could feel my arteries clogging up with every bite.
All in all, I thought the food here was decent, but not quite worth the journey to midtown. One thing that infuriated me was that they charged us when we asked for extra sauce without warning, and I didn't even enjoy the 61 sauce at all. Had I known, I definitely would not have gotten more sauce!
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