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| - I'm always a fan of some good barbeque, and since moving to Champaign, I've been hearing tons of good things about this place. Fairly certain I also saw it had won some "Best Barbeque" awards for the area. My hopes were high, but after trying it, I was terribly let down.
The barbeque this place serves reminds me of very average cafeteria style food. I'll say I definitely thought the meat was very good.. (I have tried the chicken, pork, and beef) and it has a nice smoked taste to it. Unfortunately, everything else that makes the sandwich fails. The barbeque sauce, perhaps ultimately the most important ingredient, pretty much is what ruins the sandwich in my opinion. Like a lot of other reviews have said, the sauce is unduly sweet, and extremely watery. It almost tastes like drinking liquid sugar in some regards...
The bread is not much better. Sandwiches are literally served on tiny hoagie rolls like the generic ones you buy at the grocery store for $1. Probably the most generic, cheap type of bread anyone can afford...
Sides were also generally unimpressive. Baked beans were nothing special, and I also had a potato salad side that seriously had almost NO taste to it. It tasted like eating raw potatoes.
All and all, definitely a huge let down for me, and very sub par barbeque and sides. Really a surprise they keep winning the best Barbeque award for the CU area, but I guess there's no other competition? Sad to say, but this was probably one of the worst barbeques I've ever had.
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