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| - On one hand, we appreciate that they were open during the icy weather (In all honesty, the storm had passed the day before and the main roads were clear. Some of the side roads were icy, but safe to drive slowly and carefully on). On the other hand, we were really offended that they rushed us out of the restaurant, so they could close early at 8:30pm. In fact, because of the weather, we'd called beforehand to ensure that they would be open and wouldn't mind seating us in the 10minutes it would take us to drive there. Despite the assurances of the hostess, the manager posted a closed sign on the front door 5 minutes after we were seated and the staff proceeded to give us dirty looks while attempting to rush our meal. If anyone had told us before being seated that they had planned to close so early, we would have gladly ordered our meal to go. Instead, we were seated at 8:25 and rushed out of there at 8:45.
The food is mediocre at best and supposed to be Alabama style (Why? We were in NC, which has amazing Bar-B-Q). This is one of those chain Bar-B-Q joints that cooks all of their food early in the morning and just reheats it when the customers order their food (our food was barely room temperature). The meats were dry and required tons of the sauce for flavor, but too much of the sauce covered up any of the smoky flavor that was supposed to be in the meal. On a positive note, the ribs had a great pink smoke ring on the outside of the pork. Also, we ordered their "Smoked" Buffalo Wings. They may have been smoked at one point, but ours were fried. Note to restaurants: Don't advertise something on your menu and serve something else; it is very rude. The sides were sad. We didn't enjoy the coleslaw or mac'cheese because they were under-seasoned. We didn't eat more than half our fries due to being over cooked. The Collard Greens were decent, not too greasy and had a hint of the pork flavoring. Finally, the biscuits would be good if served warm. They are a little odd though, I'm used to corn bread biscuits being either cheesy (savory with salt too) or sweet; not both.
Overall, the food deserves 2.5 to 3 stars for taste alone. However, the food is over-priced and our dining experience wasn't enjoyable. Our main waitress served our table, but she didn't really wait on us. She'd run by, drop off a new drink (instead of refilling it) or something we didn't order/need, and then run off to finish closing her stations for the night. The waitress-in-training was never seen again after taking our orders. The manager even ran by in an attempt to snatch up our squirt-bottles of sauces, before realizing his error and taking off. We've had a lot better and would try a different place for Bar-B-Q if we are ever back in the area.
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