We were heading to MSU to visit our nephew and needed a place to have dinner... while E. Lansing has plenty of places to eat... we wanted something unique... so I searched yelp and found this restaurant.
The restaurant is located in the Old Town of Lansing, the area feels like small town USA, there are lot of new buildings and it seems the place is in process of modernization... there's some nice new townhomes'/condo's around the place... parking is free on the street.
They have a gate that leads you through the outdoor patios seating area and then to the main door to the restaurant. Make sure you go inside and put your name on the list... waiting time will depend on how big your party is... our party was five and they said it'd be 40 minutes before we were seated... I can see why... there aren't that many tables inside that can accommodate large groups... if you are party of 4 and below, then you are good.
We finally did get seated, outside, five people on a four people table... no problem as we were hungry and wanted to eat. The foods that we ordered were as follows.
- Pickle Fries
- Meat Plates - sliced brisket and extra order of ribs and sides
- Meat Plates - pulled pork with extra order of ribs and sides
- Meat pPates - Texas Hot Links Sausage with extra order of ribs and sides
- Meat Plates - wings with extra order of ribs and sides
- Meat Mountain.
Okay, so here's my review of the food.
- Pickle Fries - cut like string fries, this dish was great. While I liked the dipping sauce, I did make my own bbq sauce using their bbq sauce on the table. I would definitely order this again.
- Meat Mountain - I could bypass this... it had more garlic mashed potatoes then anything else... the plate it came in was heavy... If you love mashed potatoes, then yes, this is a great dish... otherwise, it's not worth it.
Side Dishes:
- Mac-n-Cheese: not bad... they do use a lot of cheese.. so don't get surprised if you get a chunk of cheese instead of the noodles.
- Cole Slaw - it was okay... could have used more seasoning.
- BBQ pit beans - the best beans I've ever had. Get it.
Meat Plates:
- Ribs - juicy, moist and excellent... if nothing is calling your name, get this rib! It's worth the wait and you won't be disappointed (well, I guess it would depend on when you go, like if they ran out or if the ribs get dried out)
- Pulled Pork - juicy, moist!! I would get this again for sure!!
- Brisket - lightly dried, but it was still decent.
- Wings - moist and juicy... the wings were still juicy the next day when I heated it up in the toaster oven.
- Texas Hot Links Sausage - minus the saltiness, the sausage was good.
I have to say, this place is really good... I expected other wise based upon all my BBQ joints that I've had visited... next time I'm there, I will try their "The Boss Logg"; I guess you only live once :) Did we have leftovers? of course, I took them home and ate it over the weekend.
As for the rating goes, I would have given five stars, but settled on 4 and here's why.
- the place is not good for large crowds; although I'm sure they could put couple tables together.
- waiting list needs work - while waiting, saw two people seat in the porch seating area, when the hostess came out calling people, they stopped her and told her that they just sat down and she let them stay, bypassing all others that were waiting.
ALSO, they do run out of food, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get there, find a parking, be on a waiting list and get your food. While we were there, before we got our food, they put a sign on the door that said, they were out of food... read more