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I hadn't been to Barque in years, (because I'm an East End Guy and if I want to pay an arm and a leg for BBQ I'm not traveling and I'm going to Carbon Bar).
However, sometimes...you do stupid things.
I was in the west end with my family so I thought we'd give Barque's sister restaurant a try because bad BBQ is still good BBQ. THAT BEING SAID, this was butt.
As with my prior experiences with Barque, the wings were fantastic. That's really the only good thing I can say about the restaurant. The wings are really, really, really good.
I've gotten ahead myself though. So let's start at the beginning, shall we? The meal was prix fix and we had two small dietary restrictions that they said could easily be accommodate for because 1. The one side with nuts, could be made without it and 2. One meat could easily be subbed out for another.
So, I think it's obvious how this all went downL
If you guessed the wings and appetizers come out and we eat them and they're delicious. YOU ARE CORRECT!!
Did you then guess, "You wait 45 minutes for the meats (all of which were good, not great) with the staff unilaterally subbing out your extra brisket for extra chicken and not telling you because who cares about a thing like that when you're paying an exorbitant amount of money for bbq and then also not telling you which version of the beans are made with nuts until prompted to because, you know, nut allergies...just the people at BIG NUT keeping the sheeple in line"? JACKPOT!
Since you're two for two I don't even think I need to tell you that between the time the sides were put down at the table (literally 30 minutes after the meats) and dessert came (which was bad, not good) that Happy Gilmore (Which I would rate a 4/5 on yelp!) played in its entirety (credits too!). EDIT: I almost forgot why it took so long between the meat and dessert. THEY FORGOT HALF THE FRIES!
IN CONCLUSION:
5/5. Run, don't walk, to Barque Butcher Bar. LOL, just kidding. 2/5. Absolutely do not go with a group.
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