Barrel House BBQ

Wow is this gray Barbecue! Stop in here after the JD tour. It's just behind Main Street, walking distance from the distillery.

Get the pork sandwich. A small is $3 and is plenty of food.
They have three sauces:
House special
habanero (both tomato based)
And a jacked up vinegar (not for me)

Some of the best pulled pork I've had!

Staff is super friendly.

We had all but given up hope on finding a place to serve dinner after five pm in this bizarre little dry town when the Open sign at the Barrel House flashed like a glowing beacon. Tucked behind the Iron Kettle at the back of the square, it was literally the only place open. But we would have wanted to eat there anyway.

We sat outside at the picnic table in front of the smoke house and got to watch the owner/operator working the grill. Good thing he was slammed, or he might have noticed my not-so-subtle unsweetened tea additive. Lets just say it wasn't Stevia.

The ribs were fantastic, as was the half chicken. Loved the habanero sauce, especially the part when the bottle backed up and splooged all over my husband.

I liked the vinegar slaw too - lots of celery seeds.

Don't skip it if you're in town. Not that you'll really have a choice.

After reading numerous reviews about how great this restaurant was, we stopped by on the evening of June 29, 2013, and let me tell you.. we were not disappointed.  

The pulled pork BBQ is some of the best I've ever had if not close to the best (So good that I ordered another sandwich).  The meat was very juicy and flavorful as were the sauces.  Each table had three sauces, a vinegar based, a standard and a habanero based sauce, which I highly recommend.  The habanero sauce wasn't hot like you would think, it was very sweet and had a tiny bit of spice just enough to make it nice.  As for the sides you don't get a very large choice at the Barrel House.  My sides were potato salad and a vinegar based coleslaw, neither were that great, but then again I came for the pork.  I could have also chosen the baked beans which looked like beans from a can like Bush's or a bag of potato chips, this restaurant doesn't offer any kind of fries or macaroni or anything like that.  

For dessert we had the Jack Daniel's Bundt Cake or house cake or whatever they called it.  Either way it was a bundt cake made with Jack Daniel's and then topped with nuts and a Jack Daniel's icing..  this cake was Heaven.  I highly recommend it just as much as the pulled pork, its actually had to say which I recommend more at this restaurant.

All in all Barrel House BBQ is a must if you are in the area.  It's a small restaurant with top notch staff and even the owner was extremely nice, he came out and talked to the guests regularly.  

The only reason why this restaurant did not get a 5 Star rating from my review and the only reason is because of the flies inside.  At one time we had three at our table at and they were quiet bothersome as they pestered us and tried to land on our food.  Maybe in a future visit I would love to give you guys a 5 star rating.