Frankie's BBQ

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  A South Bend tradition. Frankies is the best BBQ around. The specialty is Rib Tips. Best BBQ Chicken I have ever eaten!!! I am also a fan of the chicken strips! Beef ribs are hit and miss.
  
  If you are a BBQ fan you have to try it!

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  Posted on 01.27.13 Brian Z.

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  Heard good things. Tried to go but couldn't find their hours anywhere...not on yelp not on their "website"....needless to say we drove down there while we were visiting South Bend only to find that they are CLOSED on SUNDAYS. Epic fail. Will try again the next time we visit maybe

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  Posted on 12.19.12 K and J L.

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  One of the best BBQ joints around.  A good place to go when you got those late night cravings.  Expect to wait a little bit if you go there late.  Even after 1am there will be a wait.  It is worth it.  Been going to this place since the 80's with my dad and hopefully it will stick around so I can take my kids here and not close up like the other places.

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  Posted on 07.08.12 Jeff L.

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  Melissa H., I did, and they were excellent!  I didn't have any of the complaints Fr j S. had.  Maybe it was an off experience for him.

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  Posted on 01.12.12 Em J.

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  I love food.  It is so rare I find a food I dont like, especially if it's called barbeque.  But, in this case I could barely eat the stuff.  The sauce was thick like pancake syrup and was basically ketchup jacked up on 3 times too much vinegar and 2 times too much sugar, and just the right amount of spice.  Seriously folks, this was like trying to eat steak with a mouth full of sweet-tarts.  Yuck. Worse, everything was super smothered in the stuff.  These overwhelming flavors left the meat flavorless, which is a shame because it looked so good.

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  Posted on 01.10.12 Fr j S.

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  Average.
  
  Obviously it tastes good (as all BBQ and ribs do), but there is nothing that stands out about it. The food is clearly straight from a Sysco trunk and nothing is done to give the food real personality (I think they use Open Pit).
  
  It is a pretty comfortable place inside. It is also a nice place to know on that part of town... But it is average.
  
  Also, I ordered fried mushrooms and fried mushrooms were left out of my order. Worse things have happened, but... I would have liked some mushrooms (even if they came from a Sysco truck). Where my mushrooms at, Frankie?

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  Posted on 06.12.11 Mose O.

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  Sauce is one of a kind , service and locations leave something to be desired

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  Posted on 04.30.11 Nicholas R.

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  Holy $#!+ yall if are in south bend and u don't eat here u have missed out on some of the best bbq I have tasted nuff said

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  Posted on 08.06.10 Ian R.

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  Fast service and good crowd for a 2pm lunch stop.  This is a real BBQ stop!  I had the beef tips only because I heard 5 people in a row order it so figured that must be their specialty.  They give a HUUUUUGE portion which was awesome and the tips were decent.  I wouldn't suggest going for a nice dinner but it will suffice for a lunch time stop.

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  Posted on 02.04.10 Drew Y.

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