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| - Am I the first to review this new BBQ joint in my neighborhood? Good.
Took my stepfather to Notorious P.I.G. tonight. As a longtime resident of the area, I remember when this building was the 85032 post office. It went on to house the excellent Ciccio's and average Carmella's Italian restaurants. The new operators did little to change the building, just added some wainscoting and corrugated tin in some areas. The walls are freshly painted bare white, with zero decoration. A couple of large plasma TVs dominated the walls of the dining room, playing Fox News (too bad) and ESPN. Tableware and furnishings are the basic grade from the supplier.
P.I.G. has the same bar area that the last two tenants had, but they added a couple of video games. The bar seems to only have beer and wine, and the big green sign in the window suggests that they are applying for a liquor license.
The menu has a good selection of starters that we skipped over. There's a selection of sandwiches and dinner plates. The menu also lists a nice selection of sides.
Along with our drinks, we were served a small casserole dish with a fresh loaf of cornbread. Turns out that this is brought for the table. This was really moist and tasty. Honey butter is the go-along.
I ordered a half rack of ribs dinner and was told to pick from three sides. I chose corn on the cob, baked beans (the server's suggestion form the two types of beans on the menu), and macaroni and cheese. The ribs are served dry, with a salty dry rub. Five baby backs make a half rack and these were serviceable; still moist and fall-aparty enough. The macaroni had perfectly cooked elbow pasta, with a bland sauce. The beans were OK. The corn never came.
My table mate ordered the Notorious P.I.G sandwich, which was pulled pork with slaw on a bun, served with one side. He loved the slaw, which was made with a one-of-a-kind blue cheese dressing. The hush puppy sides, however, were nearly inedible. I tried one and was overwhelmed by the spiciness. Tons of red pepper was the obvious culprit, and it lent no flavor, only spice.
The meat is served dry here, which seems to be somewhat unique in the valley. Tom's, Hap's, The Pitts Again, Honeybears, and Stacy's are my top spots, and they serve wet, with their signature sauces. In this case, the server gave us the choice of several sauces and brought them in small cups. I had sweet and mild and couldn't tell the difference.
The menu has a bunch of tempting deserts, but we didn't order.
Service in this place is OK. Most of the servers seemed to be teenagers and our's didn't seem too experienced. I sensed a lot of questions among the staff in the place, but it's a new spot and that goes with the territory. Our guy took care of the refills and check on us at the right time.
I'll give the P.I.G. some time to iron things out before I go back. i wish them luck in this spot and hope that the succeed. It might not be with my business, though.
**Edited to say that the hush puppies came back to haunt during the night. They HAD to have made a bid mistake when mixing these up. There's simply no way that they could serve these every day. Whatever the receipe called for, they used 10 time as much.
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