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| - Carolinians, you no longer have to go to Charleston for your Jim N Nick's bbq.
Cost to worth it ratio: 3
Eve award: best cheese biscuits--move over Red Lobster
Highlights:
- Cheese biscuits: more like a muffin actually--soft, fluffy, cheesy, with a bit if sweetness and complete with a crunchy outer layer. You need at least a few baskets of this when you're here--the rest is just filler.
- Pig salad: not just iceberg but romaine and spinach as well topped with the mother size of all croutons, plenty of shredded cheddar, charred meaty bacon, succulent grape tomatoes, and my favorite clincher: almond slices. You have a choice of meat and beef brisket is always mine. Solid salad.
- Beef brisket: my fave is still in Texas, but this is pretty good outside of that. Thick but tender pieces with inherent flavor. Not quite cuttable with just a fork, but close.
- Drinks: they have a full bar and impressive beer and wine list. I don't expect great wines at places like this but they touted glasses of honig sauvignon blanc and seghezio zinfandel. Also they make great cocktails with fresh squeezed juices. I had a peach tea which used their lemonade and even though it was on the sweet side, it was great. Big score for a casual spot with great food and drinks!
- Atmosphere: Open, comfy, roomy, and woody. Love the booths against the wall.
- Service: fast, friendly, and attentive.
Midlight:
- Bbq sauce: I like a buffet if options and you get 2 choices here. Regular was tomato based but a bit too light and vinegary for me. I was a bit scared off by the habenero, but I prefered this sauce, as it was a darker mollasses-like color and didn't have an unmanageable kick.
Lowlights:
- For some reason I think it tasted better in Charleston where I was completely blown away, but don't get me wrong--it's good stuff.
Excited to have this location relatively c
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