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Max and Bellas Smokehouse

4.5 (4 reviews)
Closed • 12:00 pm - 6:00 PM
Updated 2 months ago

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The Spot Grille and Smokehouse

The Spot Grille and Smokehouse

4.5(17 reviews)
17.3 mi
•$

Great little local bar with a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. The staff is always pleasant, the…read moredrinks are reasonably priced, and it has that comfortable small-town feel where you can relax and enjoy yourself. It's the kind of place where the locals make you feel at home, and you're always likely to have a good conversation or meet someone new. Definitely worth stopping in if you're in the area!

We came in for lunch on a Friday. The restaurant is pretty small. It was clean, and had a…read morenon-traditional vibe for a BBQ place, but not in a bad way. Hipster-kitschy, if that's a thing. Plenty of light in the place, about 20ish places to sit. The prices were very good. $8-10 for a pound of meat seems pretty good. They had various bottled soda options, but most were oddballs...no Diet Coke, but they did have Butter Beer. The cash register guy was cool. The food took a long time for meat that would seemingly be cooked already...it's not like they're making pulled pork to order. When we received our pound of brisket and pound of pulled pork, they were smothered in sauce. Proper BBQ serving etiquette is to serve these two meats without sauce and allow the patron to sauce accordingly. Too much sauce, though it was decent flavor. While we're on sauce....any decent BBQ place should have several to choose from. Give us a traditional, a hot, a Carolina, a Kansas City to choose from. They had one sauce. ONE! I also had the pulled pork fries. Bad dish. Nothing redeeming about it. Just a pile of food. If it was melted cheese it might make sense. If I had a metal fork it might make sense. I couldn't even stab the fries with the plastic fork. The dish didn't work at all. In the future if in the area, I may try a sandwich. On the whole it's just an ok place, but in a place like Lewiston, ok is serviceable.

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The Spot Grille and Smokehouse - Smells great.

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Jake & Jills BBQ - Burnt end, good smoke ring, tender and delicious

Jake & Jills BBQ

4.7(35 reviews)
36.4 mi

This review is far overdue as we were there back in early July while on a road trip. We were just…read moretalking about it and I remembered that I needed to write this review. When we arrived there were no closed signs or anything but they were having a graduation party. Asked about takeout and they insisted that we join the party and wouldn't accept any payment, only accept a donation to the graduate if we wanted to (of course we did). This actually worked to our favor because we don't eat much so we got to sample very reasonable size portions of several options we might not have gotten to if we purchased a full meal to split. Also, since we were traveling, we wouldn't have been able to keep leftovers and would have felt bad about wasting it. It was also nice to meet and chat with folks from the area. It was one of the highlights of our first trip to this incredible state. The barbecue was so good we're still talking about it months later. The meats were exceptional. Perfect seasoning. Perfect smoke. Obviously high quality meat to start with. The sides were very satisfying as they were traditional, but at a very high standard. This was a place that would beat most, if not all of our local southern joints hands down. I don't know if we'll be back in that area again, but if we are this will be one of our stops for sure.

The doors were locked during normal hours, a sign says that they provide catering only now. We were…read morevery dissapointed as there were such great reviews.

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Jake & Jills BBQ - What the meat & Mac looks like when you first open it. About half Mac/half meat. Very nice!

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What the meat & Mac looks like when you first open it. About half Mac/half meat. Very nice!

Maple River Pub - Sit outside, and enjoy great food with fantastic views.

Maple River Pub

3.9(94 reviews)
63.2 mi
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Stopped in as we were passing through town and glad we did. the prices are rather high but…read moreeverything is now I guess. But the portions were large, my mother and I split a Ruben and added the fries for an up charge and it was more than enough for us to feel satisfied. The fries were a bit over cooked but the Brisket Ruben we shared was really good. Could have had more saurkraut But it was still very tasty. The meat was cooked perfectly. The ends weren't too blackened, the meat wasn't overcooked. My son got the fancy grilled cheese with an upcharge on the onion rings. He said it was very good. I was hesitant to order a $15 grilled cheese but he said it was worth it. My husband, who never likes anything said the chicken tacos were the best he's had since we moved to Michigan two years ago. Although they had no salsa (which...if you are serving tacos, you should probably have) but they brought some pico, which didn't look all that great, to be honest. Just looked like chopped up tomatoes and onions, not even a little saucy, but overall, we thought the food was pretty good. Wouldn't say the service was outstanding but our server was competent and not unpleasant) although I went to the bar afterwards to see if I could get some coffee to go and the lady behind the bar never acknowledged me so I left. To be fair, maybe she wasn't working the bar, but if not, being told that someone would be with me soon would have been nice. Overall, it was a pretty good experience and we would go back there again.

We decided to stop here instead of waiting to get to Mackinaw and glad we did. The pretzel was…read moreabsolutely spot on! So happy we got it. The pizza was good but I didn't love the brisket sandwich. Regardless, it was a good stop and we were happy with our experience.

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