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| - Haven't really eaten much meat til recently, but a meat bacchanalia sounded good to the BF. This place seemed to get positive reviews as of late, ironed out the details of being the new guy and we were pleasantly surprised.
We decided on sharing a 3meat, 2 sides combo. I read through the reviews to find out which meats were the hits and it did not disappoint. The Thai sausage was lovely. Nice snap when you bite, lightly smokey, has a nice lemongrassy, cilantro, minty flavor to it. The ribs were juicy, perfectly smoked through and the BBQ sauce was tangy and a little sweet. Normally I want more sauce on most ribs, but these didn't need it. BBQ chicken with the pineapple jerk sauce is everything you want in chicken. The skin was crispy while the meat was absolutely juicy! I'm a sauce person, but the little baste was good enough since it was really well seasoned.
I LOVE the fact that all the meats are smoked separately, with different wood. Phil is serious about his BBQ as many established places around town do not really do this.
The Bavarian potato salad was delish. I love myself vinegar based taters and this was definitely one of the better ones I've had. The spicy baked beans were pleasantly unique. I love that it's a mix of beans! The spice isn't spicy but spice filled and had a slightly sweet aftertaste that seemed to be like nutmeg/cinnamon's doing. It's a bit like Carribean beans my friends mom makes which I happen to adore.
Phil and his staff were very nice and friendly. I just love really cool owners that really is proud of their product and happy to make this a positive experience. These are the type of places that should be supported.
I've been keeping to a 4star first visit with a several visit bump to 5stars, but this was seriously "as good as it gets". Being a "weekday vegetarian" I think this will be a splurge in my rotation. I think one of our friends who is a BBQ geek would really like this place so we will definitely be back for more!
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