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    Porky's BBQ

    4.0 (118 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Mexican Pig Plate
    Sean G.

    If you're in the area you've gotta try Porky's BBQ. The service was great and the downstairs had really cool wall decor. I had the Mexican pig plate which sounds very interesting, but it was great! I'd highly recommend it! I'll definitely be back

    Seating
    Marcia I.

    This is one of the best BBQ restaurants I've eaten at! The staff is super friendly and checked in on us often. The building is older and gives off a hometown feel. The decorations are nicely done with lots to look at. It was very clean and the food was delicious! We got the brisket platter and the pulled pork platter, we chose the creamy coleslaw, German coleslaw, Mac n Cheese, and steak fries. My husband and I split the two platters so we could enjoy it all. We will definitely make it a point to eat here again!

    Tenderloin sandwich with slaw.
    Elijah D.

    Worth mentioning t​hat the d​ay before w​e t​ried t​his place, we turned into the lot of Porky's, a​nd was a​ step f​r​om parking, but decided we could ultimately do better. The next day was a long day. It would have been forever before we were back near the hotel and the food in the area, so Porky's won. Upon a second Yelp examination, we determined it had the most profile of the restaurants in the very small town of Paoli, so it should have been worth a sincere try. Our apprehension, after t​h​e visit, felt ​​a little unreasonable. This place was a solid pitstop. First, we didn't realize originally that the open space slightly below the primary parking lot was additional parking. This place not only gets busy but they also host car shows occasionally. What seemed to repel us and intrigued us the most during our initial assessment of Porky's were their more than several Italian entrees - largely the flatbread pizzas. At a bbq establishment? They were probably either amazing or a terrible addition to catch the out-of-towners who might feel they were too far to get to anything else with a plethora of food options. We didn't order the pizza...neither here nor there. We started with the Munchie Basket, their wings, ribs, and frieds platter. On to our mains, I got the grilled cheese with the bologna filling - house chips as my side - and the traveling companion ordered the fully dressed breaded tenderloin with the house slaw. The basket was a near perfect round of appetizers. The garlic rub wings and the fried pickles were probably wh​at​ we c​onsumed with the most en​thusiasm, but the onion r​ings and ribs worked as well. The grilled cheese was cool. The bologna "steak" was worth the $5 upcharge. Not sure if the plain ​ve​rsion would hav​e been a​l​l that exciting, so I'm glad the meat option was something to choose. The house chips were great potato chips, but being served so many, there may need to be a concocted dip that comes with the side. The fried crispy chips get to be a little one-notey with the simple salt tossed on before they go out to the tables. My ranch and ketchup mixture provided some relief, though. The tenderloin sandwhich wa​s ​a lot o​f​ f​ood. The s​l​aw gets p​oints for being made in the restaurant. Nothing to write home about. My companion was ultimately satisfied with the plate. I had fun trying out different combinations of the restaurant's bbq sauces on the cross section bites of my grilled cheese. The traditional sauce is probably my favorite, with the sweet version coming in second. Think we would enjoy coming to this place and exploring what menu items Porky's does well. They can field a lot of combinations of entrees and add-ons, so if you're passing through, get adventurous. But you probably want to get friendly with your waiter and ask about favorites. B+ for quality. An A for encouraging potential.

    Updated menu
    Sean P.

    I've driven past this place many times but never was in a spot where we were able to eat as we are typically driving past to go to a high school sporting event or to west Baden for some family fun. Well, our family fun was early this time and we got to go here on our way back home for lunch! I had the sampler platter so I could try a little bit of everything. While this isn't my *favorite* bbq I've had, it certainly was a good meal and one that I'd eat at again if the opportunity arises. The vibe of the place was very cool with wooden interior that is exactly what you think of when you're at a BBQ shack. The waitress was friendly and attentive and they were very accommodating for our young one. Now for the food: The fried apples were different, tasting more like pie filling - but was good. The baked beans were solid as were the onion rings. On the meat - the pulled pork was basic, but not in a bad way. The ribs were fall apart good, and the brisket had good flavor.

    Decor
    Ralph M.

    Great brisket, service, and staffing. Small portions of I would have provided a 5-star. The wife got the porky nachos. These were mediocre but not bad. Overall, recommend for the brisket!

    Munchie platter.  I think that is what is called. The sauce for pickles is
    Michael P.

    I enjoyed the decor and laid back feel. You can feed the fish for .25 in the back. I like the vibe. Lots of old stuff laying around to spark nostalgia. The food was good. The fried pickles and onions were on point. Chicken wings were ok the meat was just not on point maybe I got a few bad ones ? and ribs where nice soft n juicy. They have several sauces to choose from I prefer sassy . My son enjoyed sweet. Service is great. Attentive and helpful.

    Outside view from the parking lot
    Megan P.

    Do you love BBQ? This place has it and it's AMAZING! So many great items and meat to choose from! This place is a local gem, looks small on the outside however they have lots of seating, even outside. The inside is decorated from floor to ceiling in various memorabilia, antiques, and themes. For example there was a barbershop area with old artifacts, sports, newspaper clippings, etc. Very neat. We started with appetizers. Fried pickles (which were amazing and come with a bottle of ranch for dipping) and fried mushrooms which were also very good. Both are very large portions, great for sharing. The pickles were my favorite, very crispy and the breading was great. I ordered brisket, baked beans (OMG delicious, onions and brisket mixed in), fried okra (not many places have and was actually a selling point for me and this place), and Texas toast. My husband got pulled pork, steak fries, fried apples, and Texas toast. We sampled each other's plates and it was all so good! They make BBQ sauces so they have bottles of various flavors on the table for you to sample. If you like something spicier ask your server and they can find a bottle of something hotter as it's not at every table. Service was great. Value was even better. I definitely suggest this place if you are in the area!

    Brisket platter, fried okra and onion rings
    Cory S.

    Great spot for a good meal. We stayed in French Lick for the weekend and I had eyeballed this place a couple times on our way through town. The stars aligned when the other places we wanted to go (winery) were closed and ended up here. They have plenty on their menu to appease anyone in the family and a handful of beer options. I ended up getting some fried jalapenos as an app then the brisket dinner with okra and onion rings for dinner. The brisket was really good.. fairly moist with a good bit of flavor and some bark. Okra was good (not sure I'd had it before).. onion rings were good. Everyone seemed to eat and enjoy their food with the exception of a friend who got the Salmon and wasn't into it. Overall a good experience. service was decent and food came out in a somewhat reasonable time. Restaurant wasn't busy, so the kids got their own booth to color and such and the adults had a table. Worked out well.. will not hesitate to visit again.

    Fried Pickles
    Chris P.

    If you go to French Lick all the good restaurants are in Paoli. We took a drive here one night on our trip and it was definitely worth it. Porky's has the selections of meats you would expect to see at a BBQ place. The sauces are on the table and you sauce the meats yourself. The platter provides a generous portion of meat and two side plus toast. I ordered pulled pork with steak fries and cinnamon apples. The pork was deliciously smoky flavored, juicy, and soft. The sauce selection was Sassy (heat), Tangy, Sweet, and Carolina. My favorite was the Sassy. It has a good amount of heat but not too much. Steak fries were a nice crispy golden brown. The cinnamon apples were delicious. We also had fried pickles and omg . I get fried pickles everywhere I can and these were some of the best. The service here was top notch. We came on a Saturday night and it was a full house. Things understandably took a bit longer to come out but the staff was communicative and taking care of those that were not happy. Didn't catch our server's name but she was really friendly and attentive to the table.

    Winston J.

    Very first time of stopping into this place. Heard a lot of good things about their service and food from friends. It was prom day and it was pretty busy but nothing to crazy. We got there around just before 6pm today and was seated fairly fast. We opted to sit outside and the view was really nice with the creek. It took over 30 minutes to get our food order placed and I was alright with that. What took place from there is the worst experience I have ever had eating out. I ordered the $25 dollar steak and asked for a loaded baked, they was out of them by (6pm)? Had to get the steak fries instead and I got a side salad $2 extra charge and green beans. Two boys had a Philly steak and onion rings, and wings and my girlfriend got the pulled pork. I asked for a blue moon with my meal at first. However, after waiting for another 30 minutes for our food to come out, I went inside and found our server and asked her if she could bring me or give me my blue moon. Another 15 minutes goes by before she brings it out to me. We had been there for an hour and 15 minutes at this point and still calm about it, hey they are a bit busy, right? Well I haven't even got my salad at this point which is kinda what you get prior to getting your $25 dollar steak as a main meal? After an hour and a half of waiting for our food, and our server has only come by 3 times, once to get the drink order at 15 minutes after being seated, at 30 minutes to get our food order, and 15 minutes later to bring out my blue moon. In all this time, she never asked us if we needed refills. After over an hour and a half, our food is brought out by a food runner, and my salad still hasn't been brought out, or my side of green beans I ordered. Had to wait another 10 minutes for that to get to our table. The food runner tells me, sorry we ran out of plates, and my steak dinner was just put in a plastic basket with wax paper? Yummy, right? Everyone else's food was good, I tried theirs. However, my steak tasted very bland, no flavor at. To top it off, wax paper started to break apart and was all stuck to my steak with every bite. Our server never once asked us how the food was once she came back out after our food was dropped to our table. I really wanted to like this place, but I just can't! Really bad service and who puts a steak dinner on a plastic basket with wax paper under it? Just wow! I didn't even finish my dinner and that is how it was left at the table. We was asked if we needed boxes and I was like, no thanks!

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    Haps - Highly recommend the breakfast bowl! Nice friendly restaurant, great food and good prices. Big portions .

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    4.5(2 reviews)
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    The food was great the pancakes were just sweet enough the bacon was crispy and delicious my whole…read morefamily loved it! I would recommend it, the people where nice and over all it was a great place

    Haps doesn't look like much from the outside. It is a dive in an old diner attached to an old…read moremotel on the outskirts of a small rural town. However my experience tonight was great. Parking is plenty. But this place is busy on Fridays. It is highly revered by the community and they love the all you can eat fish nights on Fridays! Tonight I got an order of onion rings as an appetizer. These came with a choice of zesty sauce or ranch. The batter on the rings was thin but very well seasoned. These baby's were delicious! The server got these right out of the fryer and they were hot. The dipping sauces were a great addition and bother were very tasty and compliments the rings. My entree was a hand breaded tenderloin. Again, the breading was well seasoned and the tenderloin was a good thickness. It came with all the trimmings which were fresh. One thing to note was the lettuce was cold and crisp...this is a huge plus with me. The side dish for the tenderloin were potato slabs. These slabs were like a fried potato thickness but were very lightly breaded. I'd not had anything like these before. I wasn't a real fan of these things but they were different. Just not my thing. I think they have a way to go to get a 5th star from me but it is a very solid 4 stars. I can't wait to go back and try their burger. Over all this place didn't disappoint. It was a great find which I will revisit soon.

    Porky's BBQ - bbq - Updated May 2026

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