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| - Hmm... after further review, I feel I need to be more critical. We didn't finish everything last night, so I can back for seconds this evening. Here are the final results:
The ribs were so full of fat, they were virtually inedible. It was hard to see all the fat through the dry rub caked on it. Again, no signs of ever having been smoked, either in flavor or color. I actually had a few bites of the ribs and tossed them. If you know me, tossing ribs is sacreligious.
The brisket sandwich. Brisket? It tastes like the onion strings or rings or whatever they covered all the brisket in. After extracting the layers of fried onion strings, I tried the sandwich again... and guess what folks - the brisket had no flavor. I had to put BBQ saue on the brisket sandwich to get some taste in it.
I'm not sure what Brickhouse is going for here, but it does make me sad to give a bad review. Maybe it was a bad day for them? I'll try again one of these days... but not any time soon.
Fourteen years ago, friend and I walked around the downtown Madison area in a fruitless search of anything barbeque... chicken, ribs, riblets, even the fake shit, smoked and slathered in sauce would have sufficed. Anyhow, 14 years later, someone came up with the brilliant idea of opening a barbeque joint on campus. It's a nice looking spot, and it appears to have a variety of different beers and liquors in addition to their BBQ, also nice to see in the campus area. Unfortunately, the BBQ itself was so so. I expected far better, but then again, I've always said that expectation is the king of all let down. The other criticism is that for the campus area, the pricepoint is pretty damn high. I know decent BBQ doesn't come cheap, but you also have to consider your location. If you are wondering, we had the ribs and a brisket sandwich. The ribs were okay, and I didn't see any of the telltale signs of having been smoked. They were chewy, which some people like - I don't. The brisket sandwich was rich and also lacking in flavor. The mac n' cheese was pretty basic - lacking in flavor. The chipotle smoked sweet potato salad was interesting, and the french fries - well how can you screw those up? Those were decent. Service was adequate and there was plenty of seating when we went. If I'm going to drop a couple bucks on BBQ, I'm going to pass on the ambiance of the downtown/campus area, and head over to Smoky Jon's.
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