| rev:text
| - Growing up, Porgy's was the first bbq I was ever really exposed to. I can remember being a tiny kid and my pops giving each of my siblings half of a sandwich (..we were small, not underfed) and a little cup of extra sauce. Maybe that makes me biased, but for me Porgy's pork sandwich with extra sauce is the quintessential bbq sandwich, and bbq in general is my absolute favorite food.
The pork sandwich. I never really get much else--sometimes chicken or beef if that's what's on special, but always a sandwich, always extra sauce, sometimes extra fries or a slice of white bread, and a lemon shakeup.
We are lucky in Champaign to have a surprisingly great bbq selection. I worked at Black Dog for quite awhile, eating there 4-5 times a week, and now I live next to Smoky's House, which I have been really enjoying! All of these joints get 5 stars, in my book. But to me, there will never, ever be a sauce that beats Porgy's. That's really what Porgy's is all about. It isn't really about the meat, or the bread, and there is no slaw. It is about the sauce. I think if you love bbq, you probably find that you fall into the "sauce" camp, or the "meat" camp. If you want the best meat in town, this is not going to be it. Ok? It is still very good and smoky, but not the best, and that's ok! Because everything at Porgy's has one simple purpose: to hold the sauce. You ALWAYS get extra sauce. Do not F-around on this. Forget the extra sauce, and it will be merely great...not amazing, as it is with mo' sauce. You ALWAYS get extra sauce, and you probably get extra fries or a slice of bread to...sigh...dip in the sauce.
The sauce itself is somewhat thin, very sweet, tangy, and a dark brown/maroon. I find it to be very different from any other sauce I have ever tasted. Personally, I always get the mild. This really is just another testament to the sauce's quality. I am a guy who really enjoys heat, but at Porgy's, I don't WANT heat, because I do not want anything to impair my ability to taste the delectable sauce. Am I obsessed with the sauce? Yes! Has my wife refused to go to Porgy's with me because she gets creeped out by how in the zone I am in regards to the sauce? Yes!
Now, I do know 2 people who just...don't like the sauce. It's just not their thing, and that is totally fine! (The Dude voice: "That's...like...your opinion, man!"). I get that. If you exclusively want a traditional bbq sauce, this not it.
Lastly, the price is amazing. I appreciate the other restaurants going with locally raised, organic stuff. Wonderful! Nice. But usually, I don't really want to spend $10 for a bbq sandwich meal. Porgy's is...what, $5 for a sandwich and fries? Just appreciate that fact, please.
So go there, buy a sandwich w/ fries and a shakeup, and never forget the extra sauce.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)