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| - I've only been to Hadley's once and very close to when it opened. Some of my experience may be different from how it is now.
We live fairly nearby, so we were excited when I read that a new bbq joint had opened in town. We headed out one evening to give it a try. The place was busy, but not bursting at the seams. We had a seat fairly soon after we arrived.
drinks: apple cider and ice tea/lemonade mix.
apple cider was good. not too sweet, not too dry. The half-n-half/arnold palmer/ice tea-lemonade mix was a disappointment. Either the tea or the lemonade, maybe both, were fairly weak, so the drink really had little flavor to it. The lemonade also appeared to be very lightly sweetened, so the drink was also fairly unsweet.
I ordered the pulled pork sandwich. My husband the half-chicken platter. We also ordered some hush puppies.
there was an amuse bouche from the kitchen of 3 small corn muffins. pretty tasty.
Hush puppies: tasty, although some of the dipping sauces could use some work. They weren't seasoned enough, so I often felt like I was just eating a creamy dip of vague flavor.
pulled pork sandwich: this is the reason this review is getting 3 instead of 4. The meat in the sandwich was drowning in the bbq sauce. Not necessarily an issue, but I just did not like it at all. The pork seemed juicy, the coleslaw ok, but I just couldn't get past the sauce. The next time we go I will just ask for my sauce on the side so I can control how much, if any, goes on my sandwich. the fries that came with my sandwich were great. Crispy and tasty.
chicken platter: great chicken. very tender and juicy. I can't recall what sides my husband had with his chicken, so I won't comment on them.
service was ok. Fairly slow, but the staff was very friendly when we talked to them. Some of this is probably due to the just opened status. This may be better now.
Overall I am willing to go back, the mac and cheese looked great, but I will be more careful about the bbq sauce on my food.
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