Passing through and saw the Rib Country sign and did a U-turn to get back here. We love the…read morecountry feel, the smell of good cooking and the patriotism for our great country (250 years!).
We were just past the lunch crowd at 1:11 arrival on a Thursday, but there was still a decent crowd in the restaurant.
Booths are big, room for eight regular sized folk. We were only two. Collard greens were on the menu today as was potato skin fingers and Brunswick stew.
I chose the brisket plate, wet, with collards and baked beans. My wife got the same with collards and potato skins. Each of those was a premium side for an extra $2.50, but well worth it.
Every single thing we ate was a 10 out of 10. We loved the collards,, tender, served with hot pepper vinegar, as the Good Lord intended and not sweet, like the heretics that put brown sugar in their collards. The brisket was Smokey and tender and perfectly seasoned, add a bit of hot bbq sauce. Baked beans were sweet, as they should be, and had some meat chunks in there, again, as they ought. A slice of Texas Toast accompanied.
We were initially overlooked as our server, Robin, didn't know that we had been seated. She was apologetic about our three minute wait - which tells you, Robin is a great server! I mean, it was only three minutes, but she took our drink order and our food order at the same time, immediately served drinks and 15 minutes later served our food.
The space will fit a lot of folks.
This was an excellent lunch choice, good for crowds, good for single diners too.
It was so good, we figured it's only 87 miles from our home in Greenville, SC and could be an occasional day trip destination for lunch. Or, we need to convince the family to open up a Greenville location.
There's an idea.
Don't hesitate to dine here, and consider bringing a cooler for some "to go" orders for later. You won't regret it.
