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| - Having spent a lot of time in Texas and Oklahoma, I've eaten a lot of BBQ. But I'll review Honey Bear's on its own merits (or lack).
I've been eating at HB for 20 years, the location on Van Buren mostly. This location isn't so great.
Pros: It's fast, the meat is tasty, the sauce is good too, a bit on the thin side, sweet/sour and spicy. Cobbler is good.
Cons: It's really expensive, service is almost menacing in its unfriendliness, place is sticky/dirty, sides are hit-or-miss, mostly miss.
Tasty smoky meat. You'll pay dearly for it, $5 for a small sandwich, more for a large, sides are extra. One time with a bud we figured that HB charges about $25-$30/lb for their meat as ordered in the restaurant. Ribs and other whole pieces of meat put you easily in the $15+ range. Corn is mushy, beans are tasty, potato salad is subjected to strange spice-abuse by a cook who doesn't understand what potato salad is.
Drinks are fountain and iced tea. You can't get a small cup of sauce to go, even with the leftovers from your $20 rib dinner - you have to pay and pay. This sort of stinginess doesn't sit well with me.
The place is dirty, with sticky tables and chairs. Overall appearance is dingy. Service is always unsmiling, unhelpful, all business. They don't make you feel like coming back. I don't go back now unless I'm forced to by downtown coworkers.
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