Hadley's taunts me every time I leave the YMCA, so it was about time I checked it out. I had stopped several time before to read the menu posted in their window but it's not until we step inside that it hits me: this a BBQ restaurant... albeit one with some nice variety on the menu.
The service is kind and prompt, all 6 (or so) of the tables are busy so we're escorted to the bar where we just have time to look over the menu before another table leaves and we claim a booth.
Our server is quick to bring over the absolutely enormous caesars we've ordered and informs us that the ribs and smoked chicken lasagna just came out of the smoker/oven. Sold! We order one of each plus corn meal hush-puppies and sides of coleslaw and mac n' cheese.
The hush-puppies are okay, fried on the outside and dense in the middle, served with some sort of spiced mayo and an unidentified green sauce (tomatillos? I don't know...)
The ribs and lasagna arrive -- both are delicious. The mac n' cheese is awesome but the coleslaw is shredded to oblivion... simply not my thing.
On the way out the YMCA stares me down and it doesn't help that for the rest of the night I swear I smell like a BBQ smokehouse.
UPDATE: Brunch is absolutely the best meal Hadley's does, if only they served it all day. The pulled pork benny is amazing, sweet and tangy with perfectly poached eggs on biscuits no less.