Ernie's BBQ

Sliced pork sandwich is great, have it every time I visit.

OK, my harsh review is based on the fact that they have BBQ.  Let me be clear.  THEY THINK THEY HAVE BBQ.  Most of the rest of us would disagree.

So we were looking to go to a much better BBQ venue that's a little north of here and starts with a "P", but we ran out of time so this colorful place was close and we took a chance.

Upon entering, we noticed it was a dumpy dive bar.  Maybe even a dumpy, trashy, biker bar.  OK, that's OK.  Were here for the food.  Upstairs to the outdoor deck we go.  Yep, dumpy up here to but at least there were some breezes.

So the very friendly waitress stops by.  No, she really wasn't that friendly, but the 4 rum and cokes I had on the plane helped her out a little.  So after our beers arrive and a perusing of the menu, we both settle on the "Sloppy Pete" sandwich.  Hers with sweet potato fries, mine with regular fries.

So food shows up in a timely manner and I am perplexed.  In my slightly buzzed state I ask my wife what we ordered.  She replied that we ordered a pork sandwich.  Well folks I may be a yankee, or at least considered one, but when I order a sandwich, It comes between TWO slices of some form of bread.  This had one very thick slice of what they would call bimini bread.  It was in fact an open faced sandwich as they say.  They advertised an open face sandwich which is why we went with this one. Because we didn't want it!  Oh well.

Now onto the new problem.  What is that piled on top of said bread??  It sure as shit doesn't look like pork??  Waitress comes back and she verifies it is pork and we received what we ordered.  OK.  Moving on.

Dig in.  Hmmm.  Try again. Hmmmm.  Once more.  Hmmmm.  I look at my wife and I ask her to tell me what she thinks it is?  She said it looks and tastes like "sloppy joe" mix from a can, IE "manwich".  I laugh and say holy shit you are right!!!  Yes, it was comical that they were trying to pass this off as some form of bullshit BBQ!  Fries were standard.

But as with many places like this, I went in expecting shit, and It didn't disappoint.  I just prefer my shit sandwich to be between TWO pieces of bread, not on top of one!

In a previous review, someone said that the local outlaw biker chapter came by one night and shot out the front windows of this place.  I'm willing to bet they had the same "sandwich" I did.

Now if I just wanted to hang out in a dive bar and drink some beers, this place would suffice.  It just didn't do it for my BBQ hunger.  Sorry Ernie, wherever you are.

As locals and never having been to Ernie's, we decided to give the place a shot. Their claim to fame is their conch chowder and Bimini bread. A small cup of the conch chowder is almost $6, so I ordered expecting something amazing. When it arrived and I took my first bite, it was all carrot and no conch. There was almost no conch in my entire cup. It was not good. It tastes like a tangy tomato soup...but that's it. I also ordered the shredded pork sandwich and started to feel sick. Bimini bread didn't taste like Bimini bread. Tasted like regular white bread, not the sweet and buttery deliciousness I expected. Service was slow and mediocre l. I never plan on returning.