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| - I got the sampler plate with 2 ribs, pulled pork, and smoked turkey, Blue cheese slaw and mac and cheese and corn bread.
First the good: the ribs are delicious, not especially tender (more on the firm side, but pleasantly so) and very tangy. Not a lot of smoke flavor, very sweet, but still a treat. Best part of the meal. The turkey was good too, not amazing. The pulled pork was a bit confusing. Every bite tasted different, some good, some quite nasty.
The slaw was very good, not much bleu cheese flavor, but not overly creamy, nice and tangy and crisp. The mac and cheese was a disappointment. It's rare that I don't love any version of mac and cheese, so that's saying a lot. It was grainy, mealy, with odd flavors. Even the bacon sprinkles on top didn't salvage it. The corn bread was good, almost like a cake, in that it was spongy and very sweet. I ate it as a dessert, basically.
I enjoyed my meal basically, but given how amazing great barbecue can be, there's a lot of room for improvement here. There's too much sweetness overall, not enough smoky/savory flavors. Service was fine, though the line to get a drink at the fountain was often very long. A place like this needs more than just the one fountain.
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