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| - I felt compelled to write a review after seeing so many negative ones. I had ordered food once shortly after they openned to-go, and it took a while, but it was standard. When I took it home, I was happy with it, but it didn't particularly stand out. I wanted to try it again after seeing adds for the beef short rib on Sundays and told my sister about it. She almost didn't want to come after seeing the bad reviews, but we decided to go anyway. We went on Sunday (yesterday) around noon and ordered a large amount to share. I have no doubt some people have had their rough experiences there during this first month of being open. But, the following experience was ours, and it was exactly the opposite.
We walked in and asked questions of the menu and they were answered promptly. We asked for a suggestion regarding which dog the cashier liked best, but she hadn't eaten any. However, she asked another employee for her suggestion, and also told us the most popular ones. We ordered one dog, the short rib meal with hush puppies and collard greens, loaded fries, and smoked garlic parmesan wings. We sat down at a table and were settling in for a long wait, based on the reviews. Within 5, maybe 10 minutes, all our food was out to us, hot, and juicy. The short rib was impressive, with a good bark and nice size, very juicy, and not over smoked. The 2 of us split one rib, and took the other home. The Loaded Fried were huge w/ moist strands of pulled pork, crispy fries and bacon, shredded cheese and cheese sauce, scallions, and sour cream. The tangy taft bbq sauce went perfect with it. Whomever posted that all the sauces taste the same have no tastebuds. They were all pretty unique, and my favorites were the tangy taft, hot harding, and the cherry one. The dog we got had pulled pork, apple slaw, white cheddar sauce and bbq sauce. The apple slaw was crisp and tasty, and the bun was a grilled split bread bun, like the kind nickles makes/made, or the kind you often see lobster rolls on, not a standard hot dog bun, which was a nice touch, The wings were very good, crisp on the outside, moist on the inside, smoked and rubbed gave them a great flavor and the parmesan garlic was a dry seasoning which i tend to prefer. I doused them with a tiny bit of the local hot sauce (not the bbq sauce) they had available, and they stood out. They were my sister's new favorite wings almost instantly. Regarding the sides, the cornbread was moist, the hush puppies were some of the best I've had, and the collard greens were spicy with a lot of pulled pork in them, All pretty good, with the hush puppies standing out. We didn't imbibe, tho we saw they had a nice little draft list and the bloody mary looked great.
We took a little bit of everything home and were able to take cups of all the sauces with us. We asked about a friend who has celiac disorder and can't have gluten. The waitress wasn't sure what was gluten free, but the manager came out and talked with us and gave us a menu that he personally circled all the gluten free items on. Our service was quick, professional, and helpful. We were happy with all the food we ate, which was hot, juicy, not oversmoked, and seasoned well. I realize not everyone will have the same experience we did. Perhaps when you smoke long hours over night, certain things become less quality as the day goes on. However, at noon on a Sunday, everything aligned well for us here. We will definitely be back, and bringing friends. I should also make sure to mention that with all that food, enough to feed to big eaters and have a full meal at least to bring home, the price was in the mid $30s, slightly over $40 with 20ish percent tip. In our opinion, that price was great with more than enough food for 2-3 people (in comparison, we ordered pizza delivery the night before, 2 pizzas with multiple toppings, 20 wings, cheesy bread and it was 50ish bucks). We enjoyed our experience here, and wanted to let people know that we feel it's worth giving it a try, since we almost didn't due to the negative reviews. Hope this helps.
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