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| - What's drunk, white, and red all over? Me after drinking some bourbon and eating some BBQ ribs at this joint. It well worth the money too. Do you want some inexpensive, yet quality drinks, and some really delicious BBQ? If you don't, then you probably hate America (or you just don't like BBQ). But if you do like BBQ, then your money to The Rib Cage and get your BBQ fill. This place is a solid choice for beer, brown liquor, and BBQ anything.
The place isn't big and it looks kind of divy. It's a BBQ joint and it looks exactly like it should. It's clean, smells good, and the tables are covered with brown paper sheets. The bar looks like a bar. There's nothing special here, but it does have some nice modern touches of here and there. I'm happy with it. 5/5 for appearance.
The bartender was also the server for the night. It wasn't busy, but he still had a number of patrons at the bar. He handled our table of four and all the bar patrons together without issue. He was a really great guy and fun to talk with after the place slowed down. Service gets a 5/5.
The food was amazing. My wife and I had rib tips, fried green tomatoes, and wings. Our friends had ribs, fries, corn bread, brisket sandwich, and the turkey cheddar & beer soup. The ribs and rib tips were in the standard BBQ sauce and we also go the Carolina mustard sauce on the side. Both sauces were awesome on their own, but the two mixed together was heaven. Next time, I'll have them just slather both sauces on my ribs. Between the two, the Carolina was the best--it has a good tang.
Everything was smoked to perfection. I was told they smoke things from 15 to 20 hours. I would normally think that's too long, but they didn't taste over-smoked at all. The meat was perfectly tender and they had just the right amount of smoke flavor. This goes for the brisket and the ribs. The wings didn't taste smoked, but they were equally tasty. We tried a few sauces for the wings and all were great.
The sides and the fried green tomatoes were good. There's not a whole lot to say about fries--these worked and I was happy. The cornbread was solid--moist and a little sweet. It wasn't too gritty at all. The tomatoes were the star side dish for me. The tomatoes tasted incredibly fresh and the panko fry was perfect. I could eat them all the time.
The food isn't special in terms of menu creativity... it's just BBQ. But in terms of BBQ, this place is top notch. There are better BBQ joints in some in the south that exist well off the main drags of various cities. This place is not quite that good, but it's close. Food gets a 5/5
For desert we had the blackberry & peach cobbler and the bourbon sweet potato pie. All deserts are served with a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream. They do not make these in house--I can't recall who they said made the deserts. What I do recall is that this was one of the best sweet potato pies I've had in a long time. It was spiced just right and the texture was good. I usually like to have a bit more of a thicker pie filling, but this thing stood all on its own. The cobbler was more of a deconstructed cobbler. But it still tasted fresh and delicious. The fruit wasn't over-sweetened and it let the fresh fruit flavor shine through. All the deserts felt very home-made, but with a good level of technical skill still present. Deserts get a 5/5.
Booze gets the final 5/5 score. They had a massive selection of beers and they have a good collection of about 8 high-quality single-barrel bourbons. They also have some special bourbon cocktails too. There prices of the bourbons and beers were quite good and allowed us to avoid bottom shelf swill. this is a bar where your dollar goes a little farther.
Actually, the entire cost of the food was lower than most other restaurants. The massive full rack rib dinner was only $14, for example. Go here, eat cheap, and fill up on good drinks and food. It's highly worth it.
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