I had a taste for Patio Ribs but living in Beverly there are no convenient locations. Â I turned to Yelp and based on reviews, I ordered from Best Bar B Q. Â less than ten minutes away. Â The ribs tips were just OK with really nothing to differentiate from other rib joints but the half order of ribs I ordered were another story altogether! Â Evenly cooked all the way through, these ribs were falling off the bone. Â Tender, moist and just the right amount of hot/mild sauce covered a generous portion of homemade french fries nestled atop two slices of soft, white fresh bread. Â Delicious!!!!!
Review Source:Just a warning. You can't go to this place everyday and expect the meat to be the same as far as tenderness is concerned. I usually find that on Tuesday its usually on point.
I use to go to this place 3 or 4 times a week, literally. The employees would shout my name whenever I walked in. Â I'd call in my order "small tip w/ mild sauce" and walk in and they'd grab my order and I didn't have to say a word. Great Q, great sauce.
I would have given (5) Stars because I ALWAYS enjoy the taste but as LuLu C. wrote just a few weeks ago, the customer service sucks! The two women working there on Sun., Dec. 9th around 2:45pm were VERY unprofessional! The cashier mocked me for not correctly pronouncing the items on the menu and the woman from the back, who brought up my order was just as mean. They made comments amongst each other and laughed in my face. It was an awful experience. I was too dejected (very exhausted & physically ill) to demand a refund. But on the otherhand, I thank them for the experience as I shall NEVER return as I should be eating healthier and that experience will ALWAYS remind me of such!
Review Source:ohh yeah. best bar b q is a nice hidden gem that not that many people know about. they don't have menus to take home with you, but i would suggest calling beforehand to put in your order for pick up. located right next to the black cat lounge and LA fitness, this place makes the best damn tip and link combo you can sink your teeth into. suburbanites may not feel the most comfortable around these parts, but the bbq is worth a shot. no pun. anyway try it out and see for yourself. their phone number has been in my contacts for 4 years now, and it's there to stay!
Review Source:The food here is so delicious, the sauce is so tasty, its sweet and tangy and rich, i just love it. The meat is so tender and the place is always crowded, so you know the food must be excellent. I suggest you phone first, but they dont have menus that you can take with you. When I come I always get small tip and chicken wings. The service needs a little work, its kinda hood. They have cleaned up the inside and installed a tv, good job.
Review Source:I love this place, I've been going for a lil while now. Â Obviously not a dine in joint, as you are handed your food through a bullet proof window and the parking is spotty at best, but the barbque is solid. Â I would suggest calling in your food beforehand, unless you like waiting for 20 minutes in an area with all the visual appeal of a currency exchange.
The price is right for the truckload of food you get. Â Do not get the large combos unless you looking to feed a small army, although you'll probably try and polish it off anyways.
The ribs are cooked well and drenched in either hot or mild bbq sauce, and come in unbelievable portions.The same goes for the tips. Â But tis their hot links which I think take the show. Â Be prepared though, they are spicy. Â I would suggest just about everything else on the menu, but the fries. Â The fries suck, and I suggest asking to place them on the side.
All in all, if your looking for that Southside Chicago Barbeque, this is your joint. Â Just make sure you are hungry.
Convenient, relatively clean, respectful, AND good. Rare for a Southside BBQ joint. Usually to get the good stuff, you need to risk your life or deal with REALLY REALLY ignorant people. I like this place and recomend it to anyone. Especially those on the North Side who think Smoque and Smoke Daddy have good BBQ. Â You have not really HAD BBQ until you've ventured South.
Review Source:I decided to treat myself tonight. Â It's Friday, I've wanted good bbq for weeks, my wife is going to her mom's, I didn't feel like cooking, and the dog gave me the dirtiest look when I dumped the dry food into his bowl. Â That was the last straw. Â I couldn't leave him disappointed! Â
This is as good as it gets in Chicago. Â What I judge bbq places by are the hot links and rib tips. Â The small tip/link combo is about $15, but there's not much small about it. Â The hot bbq sauce is perfect, not sweet, with a slight vinegar flavor. Â I first picked up a rib tip, and to my shock, there was BARK on it!! Â This is the first local bbq shack that had bark on the rib tips. Â That alone is a great indicator, as I could just order a tub of bark with sauce and be happy, IF anywhere offered it, that is. Â There were a lot of tips in there, I wasn't able to finish everything. Â Now, on to the hot links. Â They were loaded with crushed red pepper, and they are "real" hot links, the kind Moo & Oink sell, NOT the equivalent of a spicy hot dog that some other places have. Â There were two, both longer than the bread, and too wide to wrap the bread completely around it. Â The fries are your standard bbq shack fries, drenched in bbq sauce so you don't care if the fry itself was good or not. Â My dog seemed to think they were the best he's ever had, for me, the sauce made them the best bbq fries I've ever had. Â
The meat was perfectly cooked. Â I-57 is sometimes a little burned because they turn the heat up to cook faster, but good bbq takes time. Â All turning the heat up does is overcook the outside and make it burned, it doesn't create bark. Â The meat should've started smoking before I woke up, and it should never be cooled down and reheated. Â Best knows what they're doing!
I put the basket and paper down for my dog to lick the bbq sauce like I always do from other places, but this time I had to take it away because he tried eating it!! Â I've had Exsenator's, I-57, George's, etc., and this is the first time he's tried to eat the packaging. Â He's quite the food critic himself you know.
Call ahead, there were 7 people waiting for their food when I walked up, paid, took my food, and left. Â This is one of the only bbq shacks that takes plastic, visa & mastercard.
One more thing I thought I'd mention. Â Someone at work told me not to go here on the weekends or after dark because it's dangerous. Â I was here at 6:45 on a Friday night in January, plenty dark out, the parking lot was packed, and I didn't find anything "scary" or "dangerous." Â It was fine. Â Like most bbq shacks they had about an inch and a half of bullet proof glass between me and the cashier, but that doesn't make it dangerous. Â I was the only white person there, so if black people scare you, you might think it's dangerous, and you might also be a moron...
So, for all you commuters and/or south suburbanites out there, know how when you're driving south on I57 and right around 111th this ridiculously smokey smell just starts permeating through your car, up your nose, and into your brain? That's Best Bar B Que. Oh I know, you may think that it's I57 rib house, but that smell is resistable. Best BBQ, however, is not.
See, these two bbq joints are located on either side of the expressway. Talk about competition. It's funny, because it seems to me that the majority of the cars are in I57's parking lot. I can only attribute that to the fact that they have several chicagoland locations. Please, take it from me - cross over to the other side. When you do, this is what you order. The tips and links combo, a smoked turkey leg, and two grape pops. Hopefully, you'll have a roll of paper towels in your car. I promise you won't be able to make it home before that sweet, smokey smell forces you to rip open that white paper bag and at least sample a sauce covered fry. I used to live about 10 minutes from here and it was a rare occasion that I would make it home without sauce on my shirt because I was sucking on rib tips while driving. It's a messy endeavor - but I can't help myself. You won't be able to either. God am I hungry.
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