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| - I'm going to be a little charitable and round a 3.5 up to 4, though I would recommend the 28 King St location over this more industrial (and more expensive?!) location - it has a smaller menu (no onion rings!) and no beer license.
The pork sandwich was still amazingly good, but at $6.49 ($8 with pop and side), its no bargain to drive out of your way for - and in this area it would be "out of the way" for most people. The nicer location at 28 King Street had the sandwich for $5 last summer, and that was right-priced, and at in a better setting with table service. I wasn't keen on the cashier also preparing the food, which also wasn't an issue at the other location.
One complaint is common to both locations: dude, where's the sauce?! There is a condiment station with ketchup, vinegar, salt, napkins, forks... But no freaking bbq sauce! I don't want to decide when I order if I want hot, medium or mild - I want to go to the condiment shelf and help myself. Since BR makes (and sells) the sauces, this is really confusing and totally unheard of in a BBQ joint. Did they have a bad experience with customers stealing sauce? If so, accountants call this "bad debt expense", so write it off and move on so that people can sample sauce they may like enough to buy a bottle on the way out.
Anyway, for value (it ain't cheap), ambiance (none), and the stingy sauce philosophy, I'd give it 3 stars, but the sandwich was a 4, for an average 3.5. I rounded up because the owner showed some yelp love (10% discount with yelp check-in), posts on chowhound, supports local events/restaurants, and most importantly served up a great sandwich. I just wish it was $5.
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