My wife, beautiful and intelligent, surprised me with a birthday dinner at Union Pig & Chicken (henceforth the reason she's beautiful and intelligent). I heard a lot of buzz about this place, and it lived up to the hype.
First off, the drink menu is great. Lots of creative drinks, including alcohol mixed with beer. They also have real cane sodas.
We went with another couple, so we strategically tried a little bit if everything. The fried chicken was crispy and thick battered, and my breast meat was juicy- mmm. The brisket was so tender you could cut it with a napkin- well roasted and not too heavy in the spices. We also had the pulled pork which was juicy and tender. For sides we did the Mac and cheese (yum), cheesy grits (yum yum), red cabbage (yum yum yum) Brussels spot ours roasted with bacon (yum yum yum yum), and a big slab of cornbread (yum yum yum yum - wait, how many yums am I up to?- yum).
Frankly, everything I put in my mouth was amazing, including the banana pudding and Irish coffee we had for dessert. So good!
My only complaint is that they only had one kind of BBQ sauce on the table- some if the meat would have been better with different kinds of sauce, or at least something a bit less pedestrian.
Also, if you go in the winter, make sure you're as far away from the door as possible- there was nothing between us and the 29 degrees outside when people went in and out.
Don't be chicken- go pig out! (did you like that pun?)