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| - If you are a minority, I would seriously consider being accompanied by someone who is white because you could literally get shot in here. The ambience of Waldo's makes the inside of Famous Dave's restaurant look like a wine bar in the Castro district of San Francisco. They are not subtle with describing their politics and their disdain of vegetarians, Sadaam Hussein and any pansy who doesn't enjoy red meat. Nonetheless, the place has character and it's a nice change from the chain restaurants that so annoyingly persists in Phoenix. The nice thing about Waldo's is it's sincere, you know where they stand, you know this restaurant has been around forever and you know what kind of food you will receive.
With regard to the food, America doesn't realize there are two types of BBQ restaurants. You have the fine upscale(fine for BBQ restaurants anyway) famous BBQ places like Rendezvous in Memphis or Gates in Kansas City. But what most people are unaware of is there are a lot of BBQ pits or holes in the walls that serve their own style of cheap greasy BBQ and Waldo's is one of these places. You are not going to get the finest cuts of meat here. The BBQ is also not cooked to perfection for hours in a pit. The food is greasy, fatty and somewhat tasteless. The sides are intriguing but are hit or miss. I ordered fried okra which was crispy and tasty and when I got a refill, it was soggy and cold...go figure...this is Waldos
Bottomline, don't take this place seriously and you will enjoy it. This is a lunch type of place. The food is expensive and overpriced. I just ate at Famous Daves and not only is the quality better at Daves but it's actually cheaper than Waldos.
The ambience is typical of a BBQ hole. The place smells like smoke, the AC is turned down to save money so it's a little warm but still comfortable. There are flies buzzing all over the place. I had this fly keep attacking my cornbread so I let him have it. The waitresses are always a little rude and tough. They have no time for small talk but they are attentive in their own way, think women wrestingling or WNBA player and that describes the charm of their waitresses: tough, unabasehd yet attentive and hard working at the same time. Their drinks are a really turn-on. They have lots of different flavored teas that are served in old jelly jars (very common in the South). The drinks are a real plus.
Nonetheless, I am strangely drawn to Waldos and would come back here again although I know the BBQ isn't great. I think it's the overall charm that draws you to this place because you really feel like you are dining in this old barn in the South. Still, if this place was located in Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas etc. it would go out of business because this is a cheap imitation of those places but is kept alive by the fact that Phoenix lacks good BBQ
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