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| - As one user said already, I really truly wanted to love this place. Northeast Ohio is desperate for a real BBQ Restaurant. Sadly this place is not going to fill that void.
The prices are on the low side for a BBQ restaurant, however after finishing my meal I am glad that I did not pay more for the food. They did not have a soda fountain, so all drinks come in a can or bottle, which means no free refills.
For my meal I ordered the "Pitboss Plater" so I could try a little of everything that Fat Casual had to offer. The menu said the platter came with 1/2 pound of pork, brisket, turkey, sausage, a full slab of ribs and 4 sides.
Let me start by saying that not one of the items I received had been cooked fresh. All of the food I received was pre-made and served cold or reheated, but not reheated enough so that it was fully warm. The pulled pork was oven roasted, not smoked, as one would expect from a restaurant calling itself BBQ. The so called "brisket" was not even brisket, It was deli roast beef covered with BBQ sauce! The same goes for the Turkey and neither was smoked. The sausage was true to its name and was actually smoked. It tasted ok, but it seemed a little under cooked.
One highlight of my meal was the ribs. They had a great hickory smoked taste and were the only item I received where I felt like real time and effort had gone into their creation even though they too were slightly undercooked. For sides I ordered mac & cheese, fried potato salad and sweet potato salad. All were all simple and tasteless with no thought put into there creation at all. Another highlight of Fat Casual was the BBQ sauce which came in several creative varieties. However even the delicious sauces were not enough to cover the poor taste of the food I had received.
The dinning room was casual and quaint and the person working there was very nice and attended to our needs. However Fat Casual feels more like a take-out /catering service, not a restaurant. The ribs were good and would be fine for take out, but sadly I cannot recommend dining at Fat Casuals as most of their food was pre-made and tasteless. I mean really, who wants to pay for reheated lunch meat covered in BBQ sauce?
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