Imagine me, NE Texas fellow, in college in Arkadelphia, AR (OBU), when a bunch of guys (me included) are getting ready to go to Hot Springs. All of them talking about McClard's for lunch, I really don't know what it is, yet, but hey, I'm born in Alabama, grew up in Texas, I like BBQ naturally. So off we go. The closer we get, the more the other 4 fellow's mouths water. Not just watering like mine, thinking about lunch and BBQ, but really mad-dog get the gun, run away foaming at the mouth drooling....
We get there, park in front of the hole-in-the-wall looking building, smaller than a typical McDonald's building, I'm looking around for the place, thinking we must be gonna walk a ways...yeah, to the other side of said building, where the little sign greets me; yes, this is the place. Go inside, it's about 11:15 on a Tuesday morning, and the place is already PACKED!!! As we wait for a table to open, I'm looking around at all the people who have eaten there, including AR's own beloved Bill...not a big surprise considering location, but still impressive. We get a table, I'm the only one with a menu, the other guys have already said "RIBS!", so I say, what the heck, "RIBS!".
The aroma of the place is incredible. The crazy look in the other guys' eyes is warning me...I shoulda notta wore a mostly white T-shirt, as this was going to be a feeding frenzy!
The plates came out, the smell grabs you by the olfactories, takes control of the medulla oblongata, and you are pwned!
First bite, I knew this would be a problem...I live too far away from this place! Tangy, spicy, awesomesauce. This is the Aqua Velva of BBQ. Two of us had our groom/groomsmen meals here shortly before the wedding. And I was right in my estimation of wearing the wrong shirt; fortunately Wal Mart is nearby, but I kept the shirt in my dorm room A) as an air freshener and B) the aroma was still good, can't just wash a shirt like that.
If you've been to the restaurant, or have had the BBQ sauce, please let the world (B&B) know it! If you had a bad experience there, or didn't like it, I'm sorry, but you're wrong and you know it!
And Springs1 better never go there, she'll be kicked out faster than 'Bama rolled them Hogs last week! (on second thought, here's where you can find them )
Review of the sauce can be found here:
We get there, park in front of the hole-in-the-wall looking building, smaller than a typical McDonald's building, I'm looking around for the place, thinking we must be gonna walk a ways...yeah, to the other side of said building, where the little sign greets me; yes, this is the place. Go inside, it's about 11:15 on a Tuesday morning, and the place is already PACKED!!! As we wait for a table to open, I'm looking around at all the people who have eaten there, including AR's own beloved Bill...not a big surprise considering location, but still impressive. We get a table, I'm the only one with a menu, the other guys have already said "RIBS!", so I say, what the heck, "RIBS!".
The aroma of the place is incredible. The crazy look in the other guys' eyes is warning me...I shoulda notta wore a mostly white T-shirt, as this was going to be a feeding frenzy!
The plates came out, the smell grabs you by the olfactories, takes control of the medulla oblongata, and you are pwned!
First bite, I knew this would be a problem...I live too far away from this place! Tangy, spicy, awesomesauce. This is the Aqua Velva of BBQ. Two of us had our groom/groomsmen meals here shortly before the wedding. And I was right in my estimation of wearing the wrong shirt; fortunately Wal Mart is nearby, but I kept the shirt in my dorm room A) as an air freshener and B) the aroma was still good, can't just wash a shirt like that.
If you've been to the restaurant, or have had the BBQ sauce, please let the world (B&B) know it! If you had a bad experience there, or didn't like it, I'm sorry, but you're wrong and you know it!
And Springs1 better never go there, she'll be kicked out faster than 'Bama rolled them Hogs last week! (on second thought, here's where you can find them
)Review of the sauce can be found here:
