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| - So 3 of us went in today to check the place out. It was decently busy for a Thursday night. Straight-forward layout. The first room you see is the "family dining" area I would say. Well-lit, country music playing but not too loud. To the right is the bar area, with a bar and with dining tables, also. It's darker and a little louder in there, but by no means a hopping, energetic place. As soon as you come in the door, there is a giant barrel of peanuts that you help yourself to, which is nice to take to the table and munch on.
We were sat after a few minutes of awkwardly standing in the entrance--way, wondering "Do we seat ourselves?" "Is anybody here?" "Why did that lady walk by us?" Then it took a bit of time for our waitress to come and take our drink order. I got unsweetened green tea, which the waitress said they had- but they only have sweetened. She didn't realize that, so I got water- no problem there, she didn't put it on our tab or anything (just a novice mistake by people who don't quite know the menu yet). The menu is fairly basic- a few salads, some fish choices and pasta choices, but then your bbq basics- beef brisket, pulled pork sandwich, ribs, traditional sides. Sandwiches are all around $9 with one side, meals are around $13 with 2 sides.
I got the pulled pork sandwich. I wanted a side salad, but they only had a variety of creamy dressings and Italian and I prefer a viniagrette, so instead I went with the mashed potatoes. They had too much gravy for my taste, but they were good- looked homemade. The pulled pork sandwich wasn't really "pulled". The chunks of pork were big- too hard to bite and eat in sandwich form. I've been to a few different bbq places and they all do pulled pork differently- some really shred it and mix the sauce, some give you plain chunks of pork that you sauce. This place is the latter. I prefer the former (a la Dinosaur BBQ). The seeded bun was toasted, though, and very fresh and tasty. There was a good amount of pork on the sandwich, and it was also tasty. There's 3 different types of bbq sauce on the table- an apple one (too sweet for me), the regular one (just right), and then a hot one (which I didn't try, but the waitress said had bite to it). The sauce was good and pork was good, overall. I was full after the sandwich, which is a good thing.
One of my dining mates also got the pulled pork sandwich, but with fries, which looked NOT homemade- frozen probably :(. My husband got the half chicken dinner. His chicken was juicy and had a really strong flavor without any bbq sauce added. The breast was kind of on the small side, though. He got green beans as a side, and they were pretty good- looked like they had been cooked on a skillet or something with garlic.
Overall, a decent experience. But it's very clear they have some kinks to work out- at the tables around me, several mistakes were happening. There was an old couple next to us that had many things go wrong, including the wife's meal brought out about 10 minutes before the husband's. They were really patient about it, and the restaurant sent someone over to apologize and to offer them a free dessert. It seems like they're trying, but I think I'd wait a few months until the kinks are worked out to go back.
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