| rev:text
| - On just about every street corner in Lakewood you can find a good burger. Lakewood is a burger town, so I was excited to see a new BBQ joint open up in the form of Somethin's Smokin. It moved into the Bailey Building a couple weeks ago in the spot that was formerly supposed to be Moe's Southwest Grill. My wife and I went in today and I had high hopes. I'll cut right to the chase. If you are looking for REAL barbecue, you might want to continue your search. That's not what you are getting here.
I ordered the Smoked Chicken Sandwich, which came with two sides. I chose the Smoked Mac and Cheese and the Barbecue Baked Beans. My wife ordered the Brisket Sandwich and chose a side salad with Parmesan Balsamic Dressing and the mac and cheese. My sandwich was INCREDIBLY dry. It had clearly been sitting under some sort of heating element for a while. The sides were very skimpy, just a little larger than a Dixie Cup. My wife's brisket was not bad, not super tender but serviceable. The mac and cheese was rather bland and the baked beans were also serviceable but nothing to write home (or on Yelp) about. She did really enjoy the Parmasean Balsamic Dressing however, so there's that.
I will say that they do offer a varied selection of what appeared to be homemade barbecue sauces: Smokin's Chocolate Stout BBQ, Bayou Bite Sauce, Smokie Joe's Ginger BBQ, Carolina BBQ, Spicy BBQ, Bourbon BBQ, Guys Original Gluten Free Sugar Free BBQ -- I had the Carolina (mustard based) my wife had the Bourbon BBQ, both not bad, but they give them to you not on the meat but in a separate and very small container (even smaller than the Dixie Cup sides. Why not have them on the table in a squeeze bottle or at pump station enabling the customers to sample the eclectic flavors?
The last issue was price. For two sandwiches, each with two very small sides and two 20oz bottles of Root Beer (that's right no refills) the total came to $22.00 and some change. Meanwhile our food came in plastic baskets with pre-wrapped plastic-ware and napkins.
To sum up, the food was rather dry and a bit overpriced. The decor gives off a cafeteria vibe, no music was playing and the people working, although not rude, did not give the "we're new in town and here to wow you with our service" vibe. I expected a lot more. Worst of all I came home from a BBQ joint, still hungry, and that is the greatest culinary sin of all.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)