T's Place

If you like big, slow-cooked, fall off the bone ribs, you need to get down to T's Place in Covington and get a rib sandwich for $7.50. I used to drive by this place on a weekly basis and never gave it the time of day. The solid reviews on Yelp convinced me to reverse course. I had the rib sandwich today and loved it. First off, it's not a sandwich by the traditional sense. It's two slices of white bread with a fat 4-bone slab of ribs slathered in homemade bbq sauce and saddled in between the slices of bread. $7.50 for 4 bones is a fantastic deal regardless of everything else. These ribs were very tasty, albeit a little too saucy for me as I prefer a dry rub. But they were cooked well, tasted fantastic and it was so filling I could barely finish the meal. In addition, the owner is super friendly and takes a lot of pride in his food. 4.5 stars if I could.

I hate to do give this place 2 stars, because I really wanted this to be awesome BBQ.

But it just was not that good, maybe it was contributed to the fact I picked it up at 5.50 on a Tuesday and he was closing up.

First impression was like walking into a "private" kitchen, one of his friends was sitting on a chair, and they were talking back and forth while he prepared my take out.
I hate to sound like a tourist, but to me that was cool as Sh***, you have no idea!

The food part:
I had the ribs with two sides, greens and coleslaw.
The greens were really good, definitely homemade, should have gone for double of that.
The coleslaw was OK, still trying to decide if it was homemade or not...

But the Ribs was not very good, it was dry and hard, like it was a few days old.
Which really bummed me out, because I was expecting angles to start singing when I took my first bite!

I am going to give T's a second chance, probably a 3rd one if needed, because I want this place to be awesome.
Mostly because I want to support my neighbourhood and I LOVE BBQ!

Hopefully I will be able to update this review with some more stars ASAP...

Wow, I'm a fan. I've been meaning to stop in and check this place out for quite some time. It seems I am always driving by just after they close. I love the painted window, and it's literally right around the corner from my home.

Anyway, today I made it a point to try this place for lunch. This is not a trendy little place that's going to impress clients or coworkers with much in the way of ambiance (or chairs for that matter.. T's Place is CARRY OUT ONLY), but you have try the rib sandwich..  At least order one for a friend or family member so you can watch them chuckle at the side-of-pig "Sandwich" you just handed them...

My sandwich was made up of 4 rib bones, but I bet it was close to a pound of meat. You can absolutely remove the bones to eat this as a sandwich, if you could find the other slice of bread.. The first bone I grabbed came out without any effort, and the other 3 were no more difficult. I swear they would have fallen out if I had shaken the sandwich a little. That was a good sign.

Flavor - The flavor was good. Everybody has an opinion about BBQ and Ribs. While this won't replace any other BBQ joints that I love, it sure has landed on the list of places I will frequent again. This is not Montgomery Inn and it sure as hell isn't a McRib. This is more like good home cooking, comfort food. The sauce is not the headliner here, it's the large mass of tasty smoked pig in front of you. Dig in..

The gentleman behind the counter was extremely polite and gracious. He explained that they are no longer serving burgers until they get their exhaust hood installed, etc. This didn't impact me, but 2 others that were stopping in seemed upset by this news. I will have to check out a burger when he get's things ready...