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| - After reading reviews and their website which promises authentic Southern BBQ (I am originally from Alabama), we made the trip from Pickering to Markham to try them out. It wasn't worth the drive. When you walked in the door, you didn't smell smoke and any good BBQ place definitely will. When we sat at a table, the only condiment besides salt and pepper was ketchup, and any good BBQ place will have extra sauce (sometimes several flavors) and hot sauce on the tables. I ordered the pulled pork platter and my husband ordered the rib and wings platter. These came with small servings of coleslaw and beans, a slice of corn bread, and a heap of fries. The fries were excellent and probably the best thing on the plate, with a crispy coating and well cooked. The coleslaw was horrible, some of the worst I have had. It was basically just shredded cabbage mix from the grocery store with mayo mixed in. The beans were just beans and needed some help. Some extra BBQ sauce or spices would have gone a long way towards making them better, but I could at least eat these while I couldn't finish the slaw it was so bad. The cornbread was a bit dry and was served cold with no butter or anything. I brought mine home, warmed it in the microwave and buttered it and it was good then.
Now on to the meat. The pulled pork was pretty good, but needed a bit more smoking. The problem was the sauce. Their "signature sauce" which I had to ask for an extra little container of since they don't have it on the table is awful. Very ketchupy and red. My husband said it reminded him of the cheap Kraft BBQ sauce from the grocery store. I thought it was more like that red, sticky sauce on the ribs at a Chinese buffet. Either way, that isn't BBQ sauce. Ketchup should never be the main flavor you taste! I tried my husband's ribs and they were OK, but not cooked long enough to fall off the bone. They were barely brushed with sauce so pretty dry, but given how bad the sauce it that may have been a good thing.
All in all, it was a wasted trip since I can get better BBQ at Pig Out and Horn Dawgs here in Pickering. Definitely not going back.
PS: One of their flavors of wings is "Alabama Slamma" and I asked what flavor that was since I am from southern Alabama. It is honey garlic and hot sauce. We don't have honey garlic down there except in Chinese restaurants, so that name is totally bogus.
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