The Spotted Pig

We have been coming to this place for years. I feel that it has gone downhill. I was very disappointed.

I disagree with most of my fellow yelpers on the spotted pig. Place was clean, wait staff friendly and service fast, all pluses. The BBQ tender but bland when it came to taste. Beef brisket tender, moist but tasted like a good crock pot roast instead of brisket. Ribs were done well enough but they too lack seasoning. The BBQ sauces where just ok and lacked variety.  So if your looking for BBQ that's truly out standing keep looking, cause this is mostly average Q at best.

I'm sticking with 5 stars.  This place does fly in the face of the BBQ theory stating that "good BBQ can only be found in locations unsafe for travel after dark"...

It's good and it's clean, which goes against BBQ theories requiring some amount of grease to be deposited on all interior surfaces of the restaurant being rated...  

It also doesn't reek of smoke.  No burning eyes (one of my favorite places cannot be used by anyone with water permeable contact lenses) and if you want to wear that shirt again you need a dry cleaner to remove the smoke smell...

SO, you don't need a concealed carry permit, disinfectant, or gas mask to enjoy really good BBQ.   It's unconventional for true BBQ lovers, but it justifies a 5 in my book.  

Had the beef brisket tonight - we got there early just to make certain they were not sold out.  It was excellent.  Nice red smoke line 3/8 of an inch into the surface of the beef.  So tender you needed only a plastic fork... BTW real BBQ is best when using a cheap plastic fork.

I had their hush puppies.  ...and I know for some weird reason people think you need two slices of white bread with real BBQ - not true.  Hush puppies are better.

If I have to complain - it would be that they run out of brisket early in the game.  Maybe it's hard to keep fresh.  Maybe they are pessimistic about sales of beef.  Maybe they just sell out because it's good.

Hey, I saw a review complaining that they have only a few bland beers to offer.  Not true any more. They had a number of decent brews for those inclined to imbibe.  

I must dispel this rumor propagated by many reviewers that there is a "sink" or "long horse troth" mounted to the wall as a service for patrons with BBQ sauce slathered on their fingers, hands, and perhaps forearms... There is an iron and porcelain receptacle, but folks, its not designed to water horses or serve as a source of hydration at all.  It's on the other end of the hydration cycle.  It's a urinal.  It's cool.  And it was purchased new and unused, (Yep I asked) so it's clean... but it's an old fashioned urinal like you might have found in a 1920's prison restroom or some such other unsophisticated location.  

My wife says we should buy one for our garage. Why, I ask, so we can wash our dogs in it she says.  OK, We do have a dachshund, so long porcelain kinda fits.  No way though, not in the garage, not where people can see.