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I was in town visiting family and my Aunt and Uncle chose Mission BBQ for dinner. I had never heard of it and am a HUGE Famous Dave's fan, so I think that already made me feel that it wasn't worthy of a dinner choice. Secondly, I saw it was located in Parma. We are from Rocky River/Fairview area so I figured there had to be somewhere closer we should be getting dinner. And lastly, when I looked it up online, I only saw beef, brisket, chicken, etc. I am super weird in that I LOVE BBQ salmon and Famous Dave's has that option. So I went in with a bad attitude and boy did they prove me wrong!
For starters, we couldn't find the place (your GPS will not lead you to the exact location. You have to keep driving in the strip mall towards Wal-Mart before you actually see Mission BBQ). I eventually had to call and a pleasant associate named Colleen stayed on the phone with me until we found it. She was super nice and helpful!
When we got there, we saw the place was PACKED! We had a party of 8, so we had no choice but to try and grab the only large table that was open and sit there until the rest of our party came (FYI- this is not the place for large parties. It can be done, but try to pick an off-peak time....we got here at 630 on a Saturday night. Big no-no). After our family got there, our uncle switched with us and watched the table while we ordered. First big bonus was that I saw that they had salmon on the menu. SCORE! It was not listed online, but definitely listed front and center on their in-store menu. The line moved incredibly fast. It was like a well-oiled machine. There were multiple registers open and every minute, someone was able to take the next customer in line. It was perfect! (In case you haven't figured it out yet, this is kind of like Panera-style where you order at the register and then your food comes out shortly after).
Also, a really cool bonus is that as you are waiting in line, servers will walk by with trays of samples. When we first walked in, we were greeted with little cups of Mac & Cheese (delicious!) and then later on, the brisket (also yummy!). They are decent sized portions too! About 3-5 bites. I love that they do that. It gets you excited for your meal and helped you narrow down what to order!
I ended up ordering the salmon with fries. It was also a bonus that corn bread came with the meal. My meal came out really quickly. I felt like I ordered, went back to the table, then ran to the restroom and then my food was out. Again, for how many patrons they had in the restaurant, it was super fast. As I sat with my meal, I started to test all of the BBQ sauces. To be honest, I was not really impressed with any of them, which is unfortunately where they lose a star. I really like the option of a "sweet BBQ" sauce since I was practically raised on Montgomery Inn sauce and I LOVE Famous Dave's Rich and Sassy (which I believe used to be called Sweet and Sassy). There really was not a sweet sauce here. I opted for the KC Classic since it's the only one I remotely liked. It ended up being good, but not as good as Famous Dave's sauces.
As for the salmon, it was FANTASTIC! I highly recommend it. It was the perfect temperature and flaked right off. I kept dreaming about it for days afterwards!! Makes my mouth water just thinking about it now! Also, the fries were great. Perfect seasoning and such a big helping! I devoured them but they are totally shareable as well! The cornbread was just okay. Not as good as Famous Dave's. I found it to be a bit dry.
Lastly, the service was excellent as well. It was super busy on a Saturday night but there was always someone walking by willing to help out and ask if your table was okay. I loved the staff there.
So surprisingly, I went in with low expectations and was super impressed! I would definitely come back here and highly recommend it (I might just have to sneak some Montgomery Inn/ Famous Dave's sauce with me next time. ;) )
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