ssweeney’s Review of Bar-B-Q Patio
Potato Salad: Good mustard-based style, with dill. Very nice! Sausage: The casing is tough. Good polish sausage flavor, with a hint of spice on the finish. Dessert: Pecan pie is homeade. Good, good, good. The
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Potato Salad: Good mustard-based style, with dill. Very nice! Sausage: The casing is tough. Good polish sausage flavor, with a hint of spice on the finish. Dessert: Pecan pie is homeade. Good, good, good. The
Brisket: Lean slice is tender and pulls apart easily. But it is not quite moist/juicy enough, and the texture is a little chewy. Potato Salad: Mustard-based with egg. Beans: Fairly good/serviceable beans, although
Sausage: Medium packed mix. Its flavorful, if somewhat greasy. The casing is a bit tough. Beans: Standard pintos. Not too much going on here. Potato Salad: Creamy… with lots of mayo. Good. Sides: Cr
<<Update: This joint has closed. Although the sausage cooked here (Alsatian-style) is still available ‘across the street’ at Dzuik’s Meat Market.>> MAIN FARE: Brisket – Huge smoke ring. Charcoal flavor is immediately revealed… you can taste the drippings that vaporize on hot charcoal. Tastes like a char-broiled burger. Sausage: Loosely packed pork/beef mix made ‘across the …
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Beans: Thin soup. Mushy beans. Hey… it was closing time, after all. Probably been cooking all day. Spare Rib: Chewy. Brisket: Nice seasoning. The salt plays well with the brisket. Pulls apart easily, and there
Spare Rib: Very tender, meaty, tasty, not much rub, but it didn’t need much. Sauce: Peppery, spicy, sweet, smoky sauce. Too many things going on to blend well. Quotable: ‘Mesquite smoked ribs were one of a kind!!! P
Spare Rib: Ass. Weak flavor. Sticks to bone. Brisket: Weak flavor. Coleslaw: Good leaf but bland. Sauce: Same Spaghetti-Os deal, but this has some Tabasco in it. Atmosphere: GOOD: Nice pit
Potato Salad: Good. Eggy with light mustard Coleslaw: Tangy – almost straight vinegar. Very thin sauce. Good cut – could be chunkier vs. stringy Sauce: WOW. Very complex and balanced. Spicy with great hang time.
Atmosphere: Looks like a joint. Multiple smokestacks. Pecan grove across street. Gravel lot. Ramshackle building with slab floor. Swinging door root beer. BUT: Quaint stagecoach sign, table service, plates, and large aTm signs everywher
Potato Salad: Mayo and eggs with big potato chunks. Not bad, but I prefer mustard over mayo. Beans: Chilibeans – Mikey, no likey. Sausage: Sweet flavors and good smoke throughout. Excellent!! Sauce: To