The usual place I go to eat in the Concord Mills area was closed on Monday. There's not a lot of diversity in the area. The Mexican options are rather pallid and most everything else is American food, which I'm not exactly a fan. I do like barbecue - don't really crave it - but the Yelp reviews for Jim n Nick's were pretty good so I gave it a shot.
I wasn't expecting much considering it's a chain but ended up being pleasantly surprised. Started off with the wings which were excellent. Only eight in the serving but they were huge meaty wings, nicely smoked. Would have like a little more celery and carrots with it but a minor quibble.
Order the beef brisket platter and was really impressed by the meat. It was tender and juicy with nice smoke marks; I couldn't believe I was eating brisket. The potato salad was fresh; the green bell pepper bits were still crisp. Collard greens were perfectly cooked with nice chunks of pork for flavor. My husband got a platter with multiple items. I tried some of the sausage which was made in house and nicely flavored. Also tried the pork butt and it was well smoked and juicy as well. All the meats used were of very high quality. I was not a fan of the barbecue sauce; even the habanero barbecue sauce tasted too sweet.
The service was fabulous, we never waited for anything and the waitress had no problems going to the kitchen to find out if certain items were gluten free. The venue itself was decorated in that contrived retro that seems to be so popular with designers today. All in all I enjoyed my meal and would certainly come back.