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| - This is a really cool spot in East Liberty and I'll give them that. The servers are friendly too but that is pretty much where the "good" ends.
We walked in the place and most of the tables were occupied. We were immediately greeted and taken upstairs which was nicely dimmed and offered up a great view of the street below.
The menu had a selection of meats ranging from ribs, chicken, brisket, wings, etc. We opted to sample a small order of ribs and 12 buffalo wings with mac/cheese and greens to go with. When the food arrived, it looked good. The only thing that was odd was the buffalo sauce didn't seem to stick to the wings but that's an easy fix...just dip em, right? Wing flavor and sauce= did not taste good. I've had many smoked wings and these just did not taste good. My daughter who is a chicken wing lover wouldn't eat more than 2. A couple of the wings were dried out. Rib flavor, tenderness and sauce= whatever the yellow stuff on there is...they need to get rid of it. Only half of my rib was edible and the other was tough...see pic. The greens were decent but a tad on the salty side. The mac/cheese was a no. There was cheese and it was moist but lacking any good flavor. I sampled that bbq sauce on my ribs. It has a few different notes but not something I would choose to lick off of anything. I tasted some ketchup, sweetness and maybe a bit of vinegar but they didn't go together at all...not good.
The bar area looked nice and folks appeared to be having fun. Whatever was going on in the next room really took away from our meal. It was soooooooo loud! I was dining with my daughter and heard a guy with a microphone drop some curse words. Don't get me wrong, I realize my daughter has heard all of those words before. I am a little old school and just believe I should be able to choose, as a parent, if I want to sit in the midst of all that with my child when it's on my dime. After a long day at work...I just wanted a peaceful meal with my mini me.
In my opinion, good bbq is not that hard to pull off. I REALLY wanted to like this place but it fell far from the mark for me. Again, I'll say the service was good. I was too tired to complain and after reading some of the reviews, not sure if it would make a difference or not. I did leave info on their comment card. Hopefully it will be taken as constructive versus bashing because it's truly not my intention.
I wish them luck but my search for the best bbq in town continues.
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