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| - Pretty much agree with what Alan J. V said. It's a nice place, but so much of the food is bland.
We got a Groupon deal for the picnic platter thing that had 2 lbs of meat total, 3 sides, and even got free cobbler since it's free on Fridays...LOTS of food. We got pulled chicken, beef brisket, pork sausage for mains; beef brisket was good, had a nice smoky flavor. Chicken and pork sausage were okay, but really needed salt or something. The sides were lackluster (mashed potatoes, mac, and baked beans), but the beans were really super-bland. Toss some molasses in 'em, guys! We got corn bread that seemed like it was a "third-party" corn bread they had heated up. The barbecue sauce at their condiment station is not so good, either; came home and put Trader Joe's KC sauce on the leftovers, made it so much better. The cobbler was nice.
I was impressed with how nice and helpful all the staff was, especially the girl who did our order; I imagine she gets tired of going through how it works numerous times each day, but she was peppy and explained things like she was super-interested. The confusion is that they have "premium meats" that they upcharge $4 for, which is disappointing but I guess makes sense (The premium ones are bone-in stuff like ribs and tri-tips).
Atmosphere is nice, very homey.
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