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    Brewster's Bar-B-Que

    4.2 (31 reviews)
    InexpensiveBarbeque, Food Stands

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    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Moldy bread

    I purchased a Pulled Pork Sandwich with side of mac&cheese and my bread was MOLDY!! This was from the main restaurant in Ephrata. Since the way they warped the sandwich was upside down that's the side I starting eating. Only realizing half way threw that the top bun was covered in mold. I tried to call to make them aware. No answer. Come to find out later that evening I got sick. My work used this company to cater an event a few weeks prier to my visit. Food was great but they were not prepared for the amount of people we told them to have food for. So most people had to wait 45 minutes while they prepared. Since the food was good I thought I'd try it for lunch. Worst experience ever. Never had a restaurant serve me moldy food.

    Kelley J.

    Review for the Brewster's stand on Hempfield Road across from the Costco: The smell of the smoke and meat invites you in before even turning off of the road into the parking lot. Monster portions of heavily heavenly smoked brisket and 3-bean-baked beans w/ thick cut bacon & ground meat hooked me. They have 5 sauces: Carolina mustard, hickory, regular, HOT and apple bbq. All 5 are awesome. Fair warning: the hot is indeed hot and leaves a lingering burn...not for those who think jalapeños are hot. They also have smoked bones to buy for your pups...they donate the money to the Wolf Sanctuary. Badass. They are very quick, and you can even call ahead to place orders. You can buy plate dinners or buy by the lb.

    Dried out brisket. Recently, quality has gone down.
    Steven M.

    Ive been coming here for the past couple of years now. Usually, its pretty good. Just today we got two belt busters and the brisket was just old and dried out. It wasnt really edible and it was even harder to swallow.

    Brisket and coleslaw.

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    Great food and great customer service. They talk and work with you on your choice. Love the many types of sauces. Would definitely go again

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    BBQ was just ok. The ribs were much better than the brisket. Brisket was very fatty. There are much better places in Lancaster County.

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    11 years ago

    Best brisket I have ever had to this day. Big portions and great quality. If you want smoked bbq this is the place.

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    272 BBQ

    272 BBQ

    4.7
    (15 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    Great location and a perfect spot for outdoor dining. Wish they were open on Sundays though. Beans…read moreare different and I love them. I'd highly recommend this place for a good bbq meal in Lancaster County.

    I try as much to support local businesses and when they're newly opened come back after a few…read moremonths and try them again. I tried their smash burger and was not impressed. The 2 patties weren't crispy and didn't have the maillard reaction texture you'd get from a smash burger. It was topped with onions and bbq sauce which was what I mainly tasted. They weren't busy when I went. Fast forward a couple months later I tried their sampler along with their 3 bbq sauces, which I'll get to later. The platter serving side was ok, I split with my wife and the sampler came with 3 sides, coleslaw, beans and cornbread. Hindsight I should had checked everything before I left but we were shorted both coleslaw and cornbread. The meats were alright, tender and out of the the meats that we ordered, pulled pork, brisket and ribs, only the pulled pork wasn't dry. Now the sauces, the small black plastic containers, when I went that particular day, the lids weren't closing tight to make a seal from spillage. I was only able to seal the containers from the last behind the counter that I would need to stack 2 of the cups and the lid would seal tight. Wtf? TL;DR ok bbq place but stick with mission bbq if you really have a hankering for decent taste bbq in the area.

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    Order in or take out.
    Order in or take out.
    Brisket cheesesteak, side of 272 Mac & Cheese - Our Specialty and coleslaw
    Brisket cheesesteak, side of 272 Mac & Cheese - Our Specialty and coleslaw
    Outdoor dining area.

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    Outdoor dining area.
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    CJ Ephrata Pizza

    4.1
    (19 reviews)
    2.7 mi

    I ordered an empanada and was delightfully pleased to see that it was fried made-to-order. Tasty…read moreand crispy, this is my go to snack in downtown Ephrata. I appreciate the kind service and clean ambiance. Support local businesses! They work hard to make good food!

    Tried to order a pizza to go over the phone. A young boy was trying to take my order but had no…read moreclue what was on a veggie pizza. After several tried to explain, I finally said thank you but no thank you. I'll go elsewhere. There was an older voice in the background who could have answered. But allowed the young man to keep trying to get the order correct. I again said thank you but no thank you. I'm going elsewhere. After terminating the call within two minutes this pizza shop called me back and the older guy who was in the background started to talk very indignant towards me. I told him why I was going elsewhere and he said you never call here again. That they were professionals and You are not welcome here. Didn't know what that has to do with pizza or not order but? That's fine. I can't say bad or good things about the food they serve because I've never tried it. However, if the owner gets upset and indignant towards potential customers one must wonder how professional they really are. To call back a potential customer and speak the way he did. Well, you decide if you want to do business with them. Perhaps that is why I rarely see any one doing food business with them. Just saying.

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    Spanish rice, beans, salad with fried chicken. Sweet plantains and fried pork bites
    Spanish rice, beans, salad with fried chicken. Sweet plantains and fried pork bites
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    Brewster's Bar-B-Que - bbq - Updated July 2026

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