Muddy Creek Bar-B-Q

Muddy creek is one plate of ribs away from a 5 star review. I think if I had that in front of me now, I'd be at 5 stars. It's very good. VERY good. We've been going here on and off for years - more off than on due mostly to it being pretty far out and away from most everything. But man, when we do go here and get some bar-b-que we wonder why it's taken us so long to make a return visit.  We stopped for a late lunch last week and shared some ribs and some awesome side dishes. The ribs were meaty and fall off the bone tender. The hot BBQ sauce on the side was spicy and so flavorful. Wish I had a gallon of it to take home. The selection of sides, both hot and cold, is extensive and everything we've tried is awesome. The beans, mashed potatoes, and cole slaw make my mouth water.

Pulled pork is spectacular and cheap! Everything is cheap!! I love family run businesses that take pride in their food and aren't out to rip you off. The pulled pork sandwich can be yours for about $4.50 and is filed with deliciousness. Consider for a minute what $4.50 buys you elsewhere. Got it? Not much, right? Wait till you eat here!!  This place rules!!!

If you're ever on route 19 north of cranberry and zelienople, take the extra 10-15 minutes and drive on out. You won't be sorry. Amazing.

Muddy Creek Bar-B-Q is pretty far off the beaten path on Route 19 about 1/2 way between Zelienople and Portersville. We literally have to have a reason to be up that way to even consider it because it's really in the middle of nowhere. You know how far off the path you've strayed when a gray haired, bearded mountain man's cell phone plays "Bad Moon Rising" as his ring tone in the restaurant and he answers it with "Yep".

Today we happened to be out that way and were reminded how ridiculously delicious and inexpensive their food is. Ribs and 3 sides for $10 for lunch. Holy smokes, sign my guy up! I got an extra order of 2 ribs for $4 and we shared the sides. More than enough for lunch and we'd probably pay more than that at a fast food joint.

The ribs were fall off the bone tender and chock full of flavor. They gave us their hot barbecue sauce for dipping which was killer tasty and had a nice amount of heat. That hot sauce is a new addition since we last visited this place and it's worthy of taking a jar home. They also offer sweet and regular barbecue sauces. We've had their pulled pork on previous visits and it's pretty incredible, too.

Side dishes: the coleslaw was really good, the baked beans were homemade and pretty good and the haluski was greasy and not up to our standards. I've had their mac and cheese in the past and would have much preferred it over the haluski.

If this place was closer, we'd eat there often. Obviously the atmosphere has entertainment potential!

Wow!

I was visiting friends and we stopped in Muddy Creek to take dinner home. The place seems to be in the middle of nowhere. Barebones type of spot with cafeteria style take-out. Super friendly staff.

Here's what we ordered:
2 # pulled pork-DELICIOUS!
2# Scalloped Potatoes
1# Potato Salad (Made in-house and delicious!)
1/2 # Haluski (My first experience and it was delicious!)
1/2# Macaroni Salad (Made in-house and excellent!)

For just under $30 this fed seven people and there were even left-overs.

The pulled pork was delicious. I am a potato salad snob and must say this was some fantastic potato salad. I had never heard of or experienced Haluski (cabbage and noodles). Enjoyed it! The only dish from Muddy Creek that I did not care for was the scalloped potatoes. Everything else was out of this world.