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| - Elliott's leaves me super conflicted. Like a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, different aspects of my experience were like they were with 2 different restaurants.
The Good: I've eaten my weight in BBQ many times over, and Elliott's serves up some of the best ribs and pulled pork I've ever had. They also have extremely reasonable prices, and ample seating, which is something many quality home made BBQ joints lack.
The Bad:
WRONG ADDRESS: It's not easy to find with the address listed on Yelp and their website. The N Lewis Run Rd address took me and several independently driving friends to a residential neighborhood a half mile away. If you want to get there, punch in the address of the (also very exquisite) Italian place across the street on Route 51.
Ciccanti Ristorante
1206 Route 51
Clairton, PA 15025
That works on all the GPS's and Smart Phones and you'll see Elliott's big sign across the street without any problem.
There's virtually nothing healthy on the menu, even the salads are covered in cheese and fries, but that's forgivable and almost expected at a BBQ joint. The inside is weathered, old, and falling apart, but that's fine, BBQ joints are supposed to be cozy and unpretentious. The down to earth, sincere atmosphere is what makes soul food, soul food. Unfortunately, at Elliott's as good as the food was, I was not feeling the love, which really tainted the overall experience for me.
We unnecessarily spent about 20 extra minutes trying to find the place because the address they list online doesn't work on GPS's. When we tried to give them a heads up about this when we arrived, they dismissed us and said they knew about, but the place had been open for years and the regular's didn't have any trouble finding it.
While this may be true, the fact that they knew about the problem, and were unapologetic about leading everyone in our party, and any future new customers on a wild goose chase when they could easily update their address or add a warning disappointed me.
Our waitress was consistently negative, terse, glowering, slow, and unhelpful, even though the place was almost empty and we had a large friendly group ordering plenty of food. I'd give the food a 5 and the service a 1, so a 3 overall. As good as the BBQ was, the glaringly nasty service left a bad taste in my mouth. If I go back again, it will be for takeout, I think Elliott's would be best as a long distance relationship.
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