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  • I've always raised an eyebrow at white-table-cloth barbecue restaurants, because everyone knows the best que meat comes on paper plates, served on old formica-top tables in cinder-block buildings, at least ten miles from the center of town. But, this place is close to the movie theatre, and we were hungry, so... We chose poorly. As a concept, I'm sure that this place is working really hard to put independent barbecue in chain-dominated South Charlotte. Sadly, for all of the decor and all of the really tasty-looking cocktails on the menu, it misses the mark on the most important aspect of running a barbecue joint- barbecue. I'm not going to debate regional styles, or anything like that, but if you are going to put brisket and chicken, and "pulled pork" on a menu with a Cuban sandwich, then you should do those things pretty well. The brisket was, sadly, dry, the first time around. So dry, in fact, that the server took one look at it and took the plate right back to the kitchen for a few fresh slices. The side of baked beans was also, literally, dry on top, and the slaw was a tad warm and wilted (heat lamps wreak havoc on a long shred of cabbage). The pulled pork was pretty good, a little lean, and much better if you didn't try to put any of the "carolina-style" sauce on it. The one thing this place has going for it- great service, and a front-end manager that took our complaint about dry brisket that had been sitting in the window too long very seriously. The second service of brisket was right on- decent smoke, decent level of moisture, and obviously plated just a few seconds before. As in any presentation, plating and the timing of plating can be unforgiving, especially if you don't time all of the entrees on the ticket correctly. I think that this place is working pretty hard to dial it in, and I hope that they get it figured out. I think that they are trying to figure out the "smoker" that they have installed in the open kitchen, and maybe need to start thinking about limiting the proteins on the menu (they have an extensive mac-and-cheese selection- perhaps I need to explore that, next time). TLDR; A safe place for people who don't subscribe to a particular barbecue tradition, and don't have any southern friends who are willing to take them to a barbecue restaurant.
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