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| - We ended up here with a crazy meat itch after realizing (again for the third time) that Yinzburgh BBQ is closed on Mondays. As other reviewers have mentioned, the restaurant is a communal-style open concept restaurant with rustic wooden walls. Unfortunately, their rustic ideals extend to the lighting, which are extremely dim orange bulbs; if it weren't for the natural light from their glass storefront, I doubt that I would have been able to see my food. Also, the place is loud. The sparse walls and wooden floors makes any sound echo like crazy.
Decor aside, they have some very excellent drink choices. They have an extensive whiskey menu for enthusiasts, a corresponding spirits cocktail menu, and a small but excellent selection of craft beers. Best of all, their draft craft beers are half off at $2 during happy hour, which runs to 6:30. The beer servings are I would say closer to a half pint than a full, but I'm not going to complain about a $2 glass of 60 minute IPA from Dogfish Head.
The food was also quite good. I ordered the ribs and brisket with mac & cheese and cornbread sides. The ribs were excellently smoked and tender; the smoke flavour was so deep and good that I actually preferred it without any sauce. The brisket was deliciously tender and fatty and went excellently with their BBQ sauce (my personal favourite of the meal). I can see how some people might find the fat levels excessive; but the fat kept the meat very moist. I'm also a big fan of their cornbread, although the mac & cheese was rather meh. FYI, I thought their sauces were inferior to Yinzburgh BBQ; it's hard to beat them on their delicious sauces.
The whoopie cake dessert was actually quite good as well; our marshmellow cream was coloured green in celebration of St. Patrick's day.
TL;DR unfortunate lighting/seating/noise level, great drink selection, good BBQ. I'd say it's worth a visit (while it's light out).
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