Arlin_MacRae
somebody shut me the fark up.
OK, I went to a liquor store at lunch, looking for Old Crustacean...
hehe
Nope, this post is in the right place. It's a beer - a good one. I didn't find the beer, but scored a bottle of Laphroaig 10 yo for $29 and then found a hole-in-the-wall Q joint around the corner!
For you locals it was Chisholm's BBQ & Grill on NE 23rd & Portland.
I walked in and two things hit me. It smelled GREAT - and there were no customers. At noon. Hmm.
Arlin ponders until the gray-haired gent invites him to the counter. Simple fair: pulled pork, brisket, hot links, ribs, and pretty much the standard sides. Country atmosphere and clean without looking antiseptic. "I'll try it," I think. I got the two-rib special with pork ribs, two sides, a fried pie, and a piece of toast. He pulls out a whole, untrimmed slab of poke ribs in plastic wrap and slices me off a couple. They are unsauced and look GOOD. For sides I got potato salad and something I hadn't seen before: refried beans mixed with chunked hot link sausage and wetted enough to not stick to the plate. I grabbed a cherry pie, a glass of unsweetened tea, paid my $8.13, and snagged a bottle of hot BBQ sauce on the way to the table.
The ribs were pretty plain, but that's OK when compared to those drowned things we see so often. I looked for signs of a rub or caramelized sugars and saw little evidence, but I knew something subtle was there. There was a nice even smoke ring and the meat pulled cleanly from the bone with just the right amount of tugging. They were a little greasy, but pork is pork. I wouldn't have been able to eat more than three or four for sure though.
The potato salad was average, the toast was Texas-style - but served in a paper slip (?), and the beans were GOOD. I'll have to try refrieds with meat and peppers in it at home.
As I was eating, I was watching the gray-haired guy and he talked a LOT and served the food. Then the kitched doors opened and an older, quiet black man wearing a watch cap came out. I asked him to come over and found out that yes indeed - HE was the pitmaster. Ain't no way gray-hair was the man behind the meat! We talked a little bit about his ribs and I told him I'd be back to try the brisket. Gray-hair overheard me and brought me a slice. It didn't suck. :wink:
I'm heading back there. Soon. Good atmosphere, food, and people. For that area of OKC it was a little pricey for lunch, but I got what I paid for.
Come on out. I'll buy y'all a glass of tea.
OK, my writing urge has been satisfied. Thanks for staying with me to the end.
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Umm...hello?
Arlin
hehe
Nope, this post is in the right place. It's a beer - a good one. I didn't find the beer, but scored a bottle of Laphroaig 10 yo for $29 and then found a hole-in-the-wall Q joint around the corner!
For you locals it was Chisholm's BBQ & Grill on NE 23rd & Portland.
I walked in and two things hit me. It smelled GREAT - and there were no customers. At noon. Hmm.
Arlin ponders until the gray-haired gent invites him to the counter. Simple fair: pulled pork, brisket, hot links, ribs, and pretty much the standard sides. Country atmosphere and clean without looking antiseptic. "I'll try it," I think. I got the two-rib special with pork ribs, two sides, a fried pie, and a piece of toast. He pulls out a whole, untrimmed slab of poke ribs in plastic wrap and slices me off a couple. They are unsauced and look GOOD. For sides I got potato salad and something I hadn't seen before: refried beans mixed with chunked hot link sausage and wetted enough to not stick to the plate. I grabbed a cherry pie, a glass of unsweetened tea, paid my $8.13, and snagged a bottle of hot BBQ sauce on the way to the table.
The ribs were pretty plain, but that's OK when compared to those drowned things we see so often. I looked for signs of a rub or caramelized sugars and saw little evidence, but I knew something subtle was there. There was a nice even smoke ring and the meat pulled cleanly from the bone with just the right amount of tugging. They were a little greasy, but pork is pork. I wouldn't have been able to eat more than three or four for sure though.
The potato salad was average, the toast was Texas-style - but served in a paper slip (?), and the beans were GOOD. I'll have to try refrieds with meat and peppers in it at home.
As I was eating, I was watching the gray-haired guy and he talked a LOT and served the food. Then the kitched doors opened and an older, quiet black man wearing a watch cap came out. I asked him to come over and found out that yes indeed - HE was the pitmaster. Ain't no way gray-hair was the man behind the meat! We talked a little bit about his ribs and I told him I'd be back to try the brisket. Gray-hair overheard me and brought me a slice. It didn't suck. :wink:
I'm heading back there. Soon. Good atmosphere, food, and people. For that area of OKC it was a little pricey for lunch, but I got what I paid for.
Come on out. I'll buy y'all a glass of tea.
OK, my writing urge has been satisfied. Thanks for staying with me to the end.
.
.
.
Umm...hello?
Arlin
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