This places BBQ is very good. The only problem is that sometimes the staff act like there doing you favor by giving you the food you're paying for. If you go during a time like friday night or any other night, plan on waiting a very very long time for your order even if you call in. But its worth the wait if you're in a good mood that day
Review Source:Anyone that's a true BBQ person knows this is not a specialty of Chicago.  You have to go south to have any chance of really good BBQ.  I've been going to I-57 for a number of years.  They recently re-opened  after a fire had them closed for about a year.  Now the place looks a whole lot better than they did before they closed down.  Big screen TV, wifi(supposably) and now they take charge cards, a huge issue for many customers before .  Their customer service has also improved somewhat and the wait time is not as bad as it used to be.  But going on a Friday night, be prepared to wait at least 30-45 minutes.
Now the food: Â the hot links, no comparison. Â Always has been and still is the BOMB. Â But the rib tips have never been the greatest. Â They are ok, but on this particular night they were dry. Â Sometimes I had to knaw on it. Â Not supposed to do that, for sure. Â Fries were good. Â Chicken wings weren't Harolds, but they weren't bad either. Â I've never had their slab of ribs so I can't really comment on those.
Overall, its not bad and if I have a fix, I'll definitely be back. Â But I've certainly had better.
Thank the heavens this place was open this past Saturday Nite as I really needed it to be @ 1AM
Drunk as a skunk, I needed to soak up all the alcohol I consumed since 5:30PM
We wound up at some rinky dink ass bar across the street (I forgot the name)!
You can smell this place almost a mile away...I stumbled in and ordered a bbq rib tip dinner which I halfway ate in the parking lot.
Bread, fries, tips & sauce falling from the sky in my mind! Love this stuff!!!
I agree that this is the ghetto-est best ribs. Is the place dirty and at times dangerous? Yes! WIll you wait forever with lousy, unintelligible service? Of course. Will it clog your arteries in no time flat? Life is short, is all I have to say. It's all worth it. Great ribs. You can watch/smell the ribs cook behind the bulletproff glass (Always wondered if it's meant to stop the bullets from going into or out of the cook's area) which just makes the wait more savory.
Everything you read in the preceding reviews is true. No dine in. Once you walk in, you'll laugh that you'd even considered it.
If you like sweet sauce this is the place for you! Â I ordered the 1/2 chicken. I guess all the que was in the skin because I didn't taste any spice in the meat (but I don't eat skin). Why do places on the southside smother the fries in sauce?!? Yuck!!
I can't wait to go home to KCMO and get some REAL Barbeque.
I ordered a slab of ribs - comes with fries and cole slaw. Â The fries and cole slaw were fine. Â The ribs, however, were terrible. Â They were fatty and stringy at the same time, and there was no smoke flavor. Â The sauce was ok, but too sweet in my opinion. Â I had to wait about 25 minutes, but I was ok with that as I hadn't called ahead. Â I've had ribs from Ribs n Bibs in Hyde Park and from Lem's. Â Both of these places are much much much better. Â And now I'll tell you how I really feel ......
Review Source:How much should good food cost you?
With I-57 on 115th, the trade off is bittersweet!
For the best ribs and fried okra I've tasted since moving to Chicago, Â it's about a 30 minute drive and darn near hour and a half wait! Each time I go, the wait gets longer and longer! What are they doing, killing the pigs back there? Don't bother to inquire, because the aloof look of the cashier behind the bulletproof glass says it all: "Don't ask me nothin' cuz I don't know." Add to that the anxiety of wondering if anything crazy is going to jump off with some of the shady characters around.
I will think long and hard about making the drive the next time I'm jonesin' for good barbecue. Only if I have a few hours to blow is it worth it.
I really wish I could like I-57 - I love barbeque and it's even right next to my house - but it's truly a trifecta of bad:
Globs of boiled fat covered in nastiness,
They charge a lot for it,
And the parking lot is filled with mad sketchy activity.
And it always smells like a crematorium around there - eeeww...
In an area that is an epicenter of barbeque spots, that's all I need to know after several tries  to just move along and try another of the multitude of places nearby.
If you feel like you need to drive here for an "authentic" experience? More power to you and good luck. Â Those of us who live here should know better - Â I do.
Oh, and Yelp? This is in Morgan Park NOT West Pullman. You $!@%%@!ers.
Ghetto fabulous ribs. Â Come here for the best ribs on the south side, and order through bullet proof glass. Â (For those worried, it's perfectly safe, and conveniently located right off of the highway at 115th Street).
You can get your ribs with medium sauce or hot sauce here, I really really like the hot sauce they put on. Â The serve all ribs drenched in sauce served atop white bread and fries. Â The fries are delicious drenched in the sauce too. Â The ribs are some of the best wet ribs I've had in Chicago.
A few tips.. Â Don't go there on a weekend, you might wait for your food well over an hour. Â You can call ahead with your order, but they won't even start preparing it until you actually show up, so it doesn't really save much time and will probably just frustrate you. Â
I always enjoy going here. Â There is a waiting area in the lobby where you can make friends with other customers (usually makes for interesting story telling time), or you can wait out in the parking lot for your order (though they don't really have a sophisticated microphone or anything so you have to keep checking back). Â Expect to wait 20 minutes for your order in normal conditions. Â
Cash only, and even though ghetto it's not the cheapest place in the world for ribs.
There are actually a few I57 Rib Houses in the Chicagoland area (there is one around 6500 S Western), Â but I've heard this "original" location is the best. Â Apparently i57 is technically a franchise. Â This is the "main" location, and it used to have a big sign saying "franchise training headquarters" (which appears to have taken place in the garage bays--it's an old gas station). Â The sign is no longer there, though.
Absoutely deeeelicious.....this place is one of the best rib joints to get some good ribs, rib tips, hot links, and chicken wings. And might i add, the fires with the sauce on it is soooo good. The sauce is fantastic...lol...it is tasty and they give u plenty..........i highly recommend this place...check them out....i'm telling u, u will be very very impress!!! :)
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