Clean, cheery facility accommodating about 75 in booths with
lots of bovine chotskies and photographs of bbq meals scattered about.
Big Poppa is a fun, happy guy who drinks nothing but bottled
Perrier. (no foolin!) He has a grasp on
nothing unless he writes it down. On
Friday at noon o'clock, I was the only patron in the place. I ordered up a large brisket sammich with
fries & soda ($10.66). Poppa set off
to the kitchen and whistled while he worked.
My entrée soon arrived - two layers of brisket between three layers of
thin white sandwich bread. The tasty
brisket was lightly smoked, tender, if not terribly lean. This bread / meat arrangement is a sloppy
fail. Tasty as can be, but Mrs. Baird
don't make nothing that can stand up to juicy meat and bbq sauce. Fries were fine. Sauce was very nice - a vinegar kick with a
nice tomato sauce texture. I begged Big
Poppa for a taste of a rib. He relented
with a rib tip (the part you cut off to trim a St Louis rib). Ok, but scarcely any smoke. There was a rumor of an aromatic rub.
My professional assessment (based on my
scoring standards):
Brisket...
Taste: 8 Tenderness: 8 Appearance: 7 = Overall: 7.8
Price was reasonable.
I assume Poppa has help when traffic picks up. He's a delightful guy, but the Q did not
steal the show. If you're in the
neighborhood, I definitely encourage you to drop by. Otherwise, this little joint will remain in
the shadows of much better KCQ.
I’m feeling generous
today. Big Poppa gets THREE piggies.
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