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| - This place is very much a chain. Corny decor, unimaginative menu, bland food, servers devoid of personality. Still, the booths in the bar are comfy and so we had a good time dining here with friends a month or so ago and watching a playoff game.
They try very hard not to be nailed down to a particular style of barbeque. Of course this means that they don't do anything particularly well but it also means that you could take a big group of people here from all different parts of the country and they would each be able to find something they wanted to eat on the menu (isn't that the reason for having chain restaurants in the first place?). A lot of the dishes were served dry and then you could add your own sauce - they had 3 different bottles on the table. And this is one of the few places we have found in Phoenix that serves Texas style beef ribs so that is a big plus. We also tried the fried green tomatoes and the okra for appetizers. Neither was very good (seriously, stay away from the tomatoes) but I haven't had either of them since we lived in the south so even a lousy version of the dish is better than nothing. What was really amusing is how the server obviously had never had good BBQ in her life; you could really tell by the way she described the dishes. Anyone who can't answer how long something was smoked and whether it was seasoned with a dry rub or a mop does not deserve to be working at a BBQ joint; even if they are only 16, that is no excuse. Oh wait, this isn't a BBQ pit, it's a chain imitation. Sorry, I forgot for a minute.
Overall, the food and service probably should have been one or two stars if I compare it to other barbeque restaurants I have eaten at nationally but compared to what I have had in Phoenix it is a solid three, sadly. Another thing that gave them an a-ok was the fact that they had a really good selection of beers on tap and even offered Micheladas. I never thought that drink would go with BBQ but it was a pretty good pairing with the spicy Texas-style sauce they offered. Too bad they couldn't even do this right; though they did have some Mexican beers on tap the ratio was off (it was like half mixer at least) and they charged $7.50 a pop for them. I also thought it was cute how the waitress mispronounced the name of the drink and then corrected me when I pronounced it right. Just priceless.
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