Backyard Bistro

Chef Joe is the best in RTP You can't beat his soups and lobster dishes!
Brian Azar

It was ok.  The beef brisket was way better than the pork which tasted like it came out of a crock-pot - but I know my Q and this was just ok.  Side were just ok.  Wish I could report better but there you have it.

Other folks are right - don't even bother attempting to come if there's anything going on at PNC or Carter-Finley.

That said, if you come at an off time, this place is quite awesome. I mean, if you're even slightly into sports, you almost get an erection (or lady wood, if you're of the vaginal persuasion) when you see the TV setup.

This is the first place I've been in quite a long time where you can actually get the TV sound broadcast at the table. Rather than suffering through no sound or vainly attempting to read closed captions, they have a speaker setup at every table (which you can tune to any of the five TVs they're displaying). Oh yeah.

Food good (which still pisses me off that that phrase doesn't rhyme, but that's a separate story). Nice big portions, pretty decent quality, and quite tasty. And the truffle fries are good enough to cause a problem in your marriage (not that my wife and I fought over them or anything... *cough*).

Service was pretty good. Not amazing, but perfectly adequate. And our waitress definitely earned a better tip when she patiently cleaned up after me after I turned full-moron and knocked over my leftovers.

Beer was decent. Nice local selection, but they happened to be out of several of the local options when I was in there. Not too many craft options, but there was just enough variety to satisfy most non-beer geeks.

Now I want more truffle fries. Stupid Yelp making me relive good food.