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If you have been to Texas before and have had REAL BBQ, this place pales in comparison but we were in the area and I had heard U Gotta Eat here had just done a taping at this restaurant. So it has to be good, right?
Walked in a little after 5pm and there were only 2 other occupied tables. Got a booth at the top which is a really cute little area past the open kitchen. This place was clean and I liked the casual atmosphere and the lovely aromas coming from the cooking area. I like open kitchen style.
Service - lackluster. They lose a point here. The waitress would barely answer your question and flit off to wherever. It's not like she was busy.
We were counting on the food to be a hit. Not so impressed. :(
I ordered a rack of ribs so I could bring half home and I was really excited about the sides including the corn bread. The corn bread is said to be made daily. Not sure about that - it was underwhelming and cold. Would it be too much for them to warm it up a bit if they boast that they take the time to make it fresh? The rack of ribs was the smallest I had ever seen. Seriously, half of what you would get at Tony Romas, just to compare. I forget to mention to the waitress that I wanted baby back ribs and I got the defaulted St Louis Style (I was not asked either which I wanted). Fattier and NOT fall of the bone tender. I just wanted to cry! The bourbon maple sauce it came with was good but I had to ask for extra and the ribs do not come all nice and gooey and saucy.
Also on the plate was a tiny potion of beans and coleslaw. Both not bad. The beans had a hint of spice to them which I liked and the coleslaw was decent.
My chosen side was the mashed potatoes. I asked the waitress if the potatoes were real mashed or packaged prior to ordering and she stated that they were real, homemade with some added fluff filler. WTF? What does that mean? OK, I will bite, I got them. NOT real potatoes, I do not care what anyone said and they were not fooling me by dumping the oversalted gravy on top of them!
Ladies and Gentlemen, while this may sound like a heap of food, it was so not, it was ridiculous!
My husband got the 2 meat option which included a very small portion of brisket and a tiny smoked chicken breast. He was done eating in about 10 minutes or less. Sad. His ordered side was the burgoo soup - spicy, flavourful and warm.
The woman seated next to me long after we had finished eating had the baby back ribs and I could overhear her saying that they were fall off the bone tender. I could not help that I felt that I had got ripped off. The waitress knew it was our first experience there, why would she not have made it the best meal possible for the same price to us? Why, to save the restaurant a few bucks on the crappier ribs?
$70 for a below average meal for 2 people. Plus tip which we cringed to give her. We could have gone for Pho 4 times for that amount of cash. Live and learn, not likely to return.
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