What a good little find this place is. Â No frills, just good BBQ. Â The dinning area consists of about 5 tables and maybe 20 seats but is loaded with good home cooking and hospitality.
The pulled pork tasted as good as it smelled and with a topping of slaw it just added to the goodness. Â I really enjoyed the baked beans as well, not overly spicy but just enough to to let you know you were eating baked beans.
This place is worth checking out if you're in the area and have a taste for BBQ. Â When I saw a handful of locals in there ordering the usual, I knew I stumbled into a good BBQ joint.
My sister and I were just driving through on our way to Denver and wanted a good place for lunch. Â Saw the other reviews on yelp and stopped here. Â I got the chicken bbq sandwich and my sister got the pulled pork sandwich. Â They are big sandwiches, full of meat. Â It came with a side, we both chose potato salad which was amazing. Â I wish I could make potato salad like that. Â
If you are looking for bbq, this is a great place.
This place makes my drive home from Breck via 285 totally worth it! In addition to avoiding the mess on I-70, I now know I can eat a crazy good meal after a day of snowboarding. My husband had the brisket sandwich with potato salad ($9.95) and he added a sausage link for a buck when it was offered - who wouldn't! I had the pulled pork with greens ($8.95). I am no BBQ expert nor did I need to be to enjoy my meal. I ate off the huge pile of meat topped with coleslaw (I don't even like coleslaw but theirs was so fresh and tangy and crunchy from the veggies that I loved it) before I even put the top bun on and picked it up. It was overflowing and saucy but not greasy and not overly messy. The meat was juicy and tender and perfect - no chunks of fat for me to bite into which is why I'm not always a fan of BBQ meats. They smoke their meats and make their sauces in house. I loved the sauce on my husband's sandwich because it was a bit spicier than mine. Our buns were the egg style and lightly toasted. No crappy grocery store buns here. His huge side of potato salad was delicious but my greens were just amazing - soft, savory, slightly spicy and in a smoky, tomato-y broth that I slurped up right out of the bowl. Looked like collards and kale to me and I can easily say it stole the show from all of the delicious meat we inhaled and that is saying a lot. We didn't leave a single bite of food in our baskets. There were a few other people in this tiny restaurant and one was raving about the root beer float so I'll try that next time. They also had pulled chicken and sausage links as well as ribs. You can order family style meals with a few pounds of meat and the sides of your choosing. What a feast when you're craving meat. I normally don't, but Mason's sure makes a strong case for it!
Review Source:Wow, what a little gem this place turned out to be. Reeling from NYE, my roommate and I stopped here since the only other option within 50 miles seemed to be Subway. Sure glad we did, as I finally discovered brisket in Colorado that is truly done right. Smokey, juicy, and tender - it was delicious. The owners are from Texas, which explains it all. I asked how long they smoke it, and I was told 12+ hours. Awww yeah.
The sauce seemed pretty good too, but I didn't use much of it - meaning the meat passed my "sniff" test. This place is about as hole-in-the-wall as it gets, but worth the stop. A bit pricy, but it's the closest to Texas BBQ brisket I've had (Lulu's in Louisville is another good and closer option, but this was better). Friendly folks doing BBQ right. If only it were closer to Denver.
Good barbeque but EXPENSIVE! Â And they take only cash. Â I guess if you're on the way to or from 'Breck' you can afford a $30 lunch at a BBQ shack, but we're more local so we were surprised.
Service is fun with Criselda greeting you and cutting up in a fun way. Â Good food and good service so it's definitely worth a visit- do it and then decide if it's worth going back.
My expectations were not high when I walked in here. Â Hungover, exhausted and barely able to catch my breath due to the altitude (the town is at 10K feet), the last thing I expected was classic, impeccably prepared Texas BBQ.
First off, the owner is about the sweetest woman I've ever met. Â Bubbly, happy, and entertaining, if the food hadn't been terrific, I would have been fine because of how nice she was.
I tried the sausage, the ribs, the brisket and the pulled pork. Â Sausage was definitely the highlight, in my mind. Â Custom made for this shop by their supplier, it was spiced beautifully and then expertly smoked. Â Brisket was terrific, and perfect for me. Â Some of my friends thought it too fatty, but it was just how I liked it. Â Pulled pork had a little too much sauce for my personal taste, but was delicious all the same. Â Ribs were a bit disappointing, but that has more to do with my general dislike of St. Louis style ribs.
Last, but not least were the sides. Â I had the cole slaw and the greens, and I have to say that both stand out as the best examples of the genre I've ever had.
I've tried this place twice and both times the meat (brisket and ribs) was dry. Â They are skimpy on the sauce, which they charge extra for. Â The sides I've tried (baked beans, cole slaw, and potato salad) have all been flavorless. Â Prices are a little steep too. Â They use styrofoam containers for everything, so they obviously aren't concerned about their impact on the environment. Â The owners are very friendly, which is the best thing about this place.
Review Source:We LOVE this place! It's small and easy to miss, but worth the stop for good bbq. It seems like they've taken the best from each region of the US and brought them together in little ol' Fairplay! I particularly like the pulled pork and the brisket, but I've never had anything there I didn't like.
Review Source:Was on my way back to Denver from fishing at Antero reservoir when we decided to check out this hole in the wall looking BBQ place in Fairplay. Â It was well worth the stop. Â Some of the best BBQ I have had in a long time. Â
3 of us got the small family meal that consisted of 1/2 # brisket, 1/2# pulled pork, huge smoked sausage link, 2 sides of beans, potato salad, and bread. Â Could barely finish all of it. Â
The brisket tasted great and the sausage was awesome. Â Didn't even need any bbq sauce for the brisket. Â The pulled pork was also very good in a mustard based bbq sauce. Â The baked beans were very good and not exactly what I expected when I ordered baked beans, but they were a great surprise. Â Multiple types of beans and a spicy sauce. Â Not over powering spice, but a very good bite. Â Potato salad was the weakest part of the meal, but by no means was it bad. Â It just didn't stand out like the brisket and beans. Â
This place is well worth the stop if you happen to be in Fairplay, Colorado. Â Service was great and very friendly. Â Will definitely stop there again next time I am driving through the area.
Apparently, this place just opened in November. I lucked across it just before closing time while driving along 285 towards Denver, and I'm glad I did. I'm always on the lookout for good new barbeque, and this place goes on my "Best in Colorado" list (which is short, unfortunately).
The brisket sandwich with a link of sausage was excellent, and the meat was so flavorful and tender I didn't even need the side of sauce it came with (I used a little anyway). I took a bowl of pozole home, which was loaded with melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork and had some really nice layers of flavor. I'm sure the other meats are just as good, and I'll be sampling them the next time I'm there.
The service was fast and friendly - one of the owners took the orders, and was genuinely excited to share her food with everyone.
I'm giving Mason's 4 stars instead of 5 because the one side I tried, the mustard potato salad, came up a little short. The potato chunks were way too big, and were still a little raw in the middle. The other sides I saw the other guests eating looked great, and I'm excited to come back and try some and hopefully up this rating to the full-fledged five stars.
There's always room for more great BBQ in Colorado, and I'm happy to report that Mason's in Fairplay is a worthy addition.
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