What was a great BBQ place
Updated April 8, 2012: The location in this post is now closed. It was replaced by an Italian place which is also now closed. The site is for lease, if anyone wants to take a stab at a restaurant.
As little as a year ago the food at Hoggy's Barbecue and Grill was amazing for a midwest based barbecue place. The meat is all smoked over applewood which gives it an amazing flavor and pink color. It was nicely seasoned and came with your choice of traditional BBQ sides (cole slaw, baked beans, mac&cheese) and a big square of inhouse made cornbread. The corn bread alone was enough to keep me coming back. That golden yellow fluffy gritty piece of heaven...
Now the menu is a quarter the size it once was and the way the plates are made has changed. The way the meat is cooked hasn't changed much but everything is drowning in the house sauce. It's little more than ketchup and some spice. It actually tastes like watered down ketchup and some generic spices.
My favorite BBQ side is cole slaw. The old version was creamy a little loose and had a nice vinegar bite. The new one is mostly mayo with no flavor. Very disappointing. Another favorite in general is mashed sweet potatoes. I usually don't like them very sweet but some sugar in these would have been nice. I like the idea of using cream cheese to cream the potatoes but there comes a point where there's too much. These "sweet potatoes" taste like slight sweet cream cheese that happens to be orange.
Now to my favorite part of a Hoggy's meal: the corn bread. I only have two words for the new corn muffins: Jiffy mix.
The only good thing about my whole meal was the sweet tea. I love a good sweet tea. This one is good but McDonald's $1 sweet tea is better.
As little as a year ago the food at Hoggy's Barbecue and Grill was amazing for a midwest based barbecue place. The meat is all smoked over applewood which gives it an amazing flavor and pink color. It was nicely seasoned and came with your choice of traditional BBQ sides (cole slaw, baked beans, mac&cheese) and a big square of inhouse made cornbread. The corn bread alone was enough to keep me coming back. That golden yellow fluffy gritty piece of heaven...
Now the menu is a quarter the size it once was and the way the plates are made has changed. The way the meat is cooked hasn't changed much but everything is drowning in the house sauce. It's little more than ketchup and some spice. It actually tastes like watered down ketchup and some generic spices.
My favorite BBQ side is cole slaw. The old version was creamy a little loose and had a nice vinegar bite. The new one is mostly mayo with no flavor. Very disappointing. Another favorite in general is mashed sweet potatoes. I usually don't like them very sweet but some sugar in these would have been nice. I like the idea of using cream cheese to cream the potatoes but there comes a point where there's too much. These "sweet potatoes" taste like slight sweet cream cheese that happens to be orange.
Now to my favorite part of a Hoggy's meal: the corn bread. I only have two words for the new corn muffins: Jiffy mix.
The only good thing about my whole meal was the sweet tea. I love a good sweet tea. This one is good but McDonald's $1 sweet tea is better.
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