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    Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. - Burger with a slice of gouda

    Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co.

    4.0(627 reviews)
    1.8 miBeverly
    $$

    The food here was delicious! My MIL brought me here for dinner and we had a great time! A great…read moreplace, it's nice and a great open concept. Cool artwork and plenty of seating. The bar area looks cool and huge tvs to watch sports too. We were greeted by wonderful ladies and we got seated right away. Our waitress Blanca was FANTASTIC! Kindly shared great recommendations and was on top of serving us. The bus staff was even amazing! Great young men! My hot honey chicken sandwich was amazing! Juicy and tender, seasoned well. The sweet potato fries were excellent. I tasted the gumbo and cornbread and it was amazing! First time having buffalo shrimp WOW! I could eat 2 plates! I got the triple flourless cake to go and it didn't disappoint! Yummy! Great spot!

    The food was decent (I enjoyed the burger & queso, but the pretzel bites, fries and beignets were…read morejust alright). However, the service was some of the worst service I have ever had. We came in and waited to be greeted by the hostess. Maybe 10 minutes passed and 2-3 other groups also came in before we saw the hostess and she had the sourest attitude I've seen that wasn't a snotty teenager arguing with their mom. The tables were so close together and booths tight that multiple groups had to adjust chairs or add chairs to a booth to be able to fit their group of 4 comfortably. Tables were left dirty & covered with dishes - two tables we're left uncleared for the entire 2+ hours we were there until the hostess with the horrific attitude cleared one glass at a time with a truly horrible look on her face. At one point when the hostess was walking back to the front from the kitchen, a young child (maybe 3-4) was politely walking to her table and the hostess said something to the effect of "get out of my way" - to a toddler, behaving perfectly reasonably and the hostess wasn't even carrying anything that might topple over. Our waitress was not much better than the hostess. While she was mostly pleasant, after 45 minutes we had to flag her down to ask where our appetizer was and she apologized before bringing it out 10 minutes or so later. It wasn't so busy that the kitchen was behind - I think she just forgot to put the order in or the kitchen forgot to fire it. We had placed our dinner order at the same time, and that came out shortly after the appetizer for 3 of the 4 of us. The 4th member of the party had to wait 10 minutes or so for her chicken wrap to come out. Flagging down our waitress for the check was also a challenge. She would disappear for long stretches of time. Service was truly appalling and we were there for over 2.5 hours for what we had expected would be a quick and delicious dinner. I won't go back.

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    Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. - Bar area

    Bar area

    Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. - Excellent chilli!

    Excellent chilli!

    Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Co. - Award-winning beer

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    Award-winning beer

    Lexington Betty Smokehouse - Pulled Pork Sandwich

    Lexington Betty Smokehouse

    3.3(81 reviews)
    5.3 miPullman
    $$

    Both my husband and I came in here with high hopes after getting off my doc's appointment. My…read morehusband looooves barbecue so he was pretty excited to try. With me, I don't really gravitate towards it, but I'm willing to try anything once. Unfortunately when it came to the actual food itself, it was pretty disappointing. My husband's food was cold including the Mac n' Cheese. He didn't really enjoy it much. With my food which is the Loaded Fries, it was warm, but I thought it was ok. Coleslaw wasn't bad though. Now for pricing, considering most of the food was cold and my Loaded Fries only had a few fix-ins...if I'm being frank is a bit pricey. Which is surprising since we see a good amount of the chefs in the establishment making fresh batches of food. Overall, would we come back here? Maybe.

    A business owner once said, if you provide a good service, your customer will tell a few people. If…read moreyou provide poor service, they will tell everyone. Welp, let me tell you...There are several bbq joints in the Chicagoland area, so what sets apart the good from the mediocre is having great customer service. I recently ordered from Lexington and had multiple aspects of my experience go south. Only to be told, "have grace" for THEIR mishaps. No attempt to make the customer "whole" or repair the damage. It was suggested by a friend that I should speak to the owner. However it was the owner who provided the poor customer service. I told all of my coworkers to go support this business and now I have to backtrack and tell them otherwise.

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    Lexington Betty Smokehouse - Inside Lexington Betty Smokehouse 756 E 111th St, Chicago, IL .Smokehouse BBQ Sandwiches etc. Dine In Delivery Catering. Cool.

    Inside Lexington Betty Smokehouse 756 E 111th St, Chicago, IL .Smokehouse BBQ Sandwiches etc. Dine In Delivery Catering. Cool.

    Lexington Betty Smokehouse - Another order, just brisket this time.

    Another order, just brisket this time.

    Lexington Betty Smokehouse - Lexington Betty Smokehouse 756 E 111th St, Chicago, IL .Smokehouse BBQ Sandwiches etc. Dine In Delivery Catering. Cool.

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    Lexington Betty Smokehouse 756 E 111th St, Chicago, IL .Smokehouse BBQ Sandwiches etc. Dine In Delivery Catering. Cool.

    Bombers BBQ

    Bombers BBQ

    4.3(870 reviews)
    12.7 mi
    $$

    Made the trip out to Munster for a concert and found this spot just down the street. Easily the…read morebest BBQ I've had in a long time. I tried the burnt ends and the turkey, and both were incredible. Perfectly cooked and full of flavor. It's about an hour away for me, so not somewhere I'd go out of my way for, but definitely worth stopping if you're in the area.

    It had been years since my last visit to Bombers, but they absolutely came through for us with a…read moreMother's Day pickup order. We ordered the Black Bullet party pack which comes with two pounds of brisket and two large sides. We went with fries and beans, and also added ribs, mac and cheese, and buns to the order. The brisket is still the star of the show. The spice rub on it is perfect, and it's so tender that it's unreal. The fries are exactly the kind of battered fries I like which was a pleasant surprise because I feel like not many places do them that way. The beans were okay... a little sweeter than I personally prefer, but they had huge chunks of pork in them that I definitely appreciated. We also added two slabs of ribs, and they fell right off the bone. I'm usually not a huge ribs person, but these were well cooked and flavorful. Mom loved them, and that's what really matters. We did have a few small issues with the order. We realized that our mac and cheese was unfortunately missing when we got home. They also ran out of pretzel buns midway through packing things up, so we ended up with a mix of pretzel and brioche buns instead. Honestly, we didn't mind that one too much because it gave us a chance to try both (I'd pick pretzel if I were you). When we picked up the order the place was absolutely packed, so it was hard to be upset over an honest mistake. They were clearly incredibly busy. I still don't really care for the sweeter sauce that tastes heavily like peppers to me, but their vinegar-based sauce (which I think is their original?) was much better than I remember. I'm glad to see this place is still around and still holds up after all this time. More importantly, the brisket is every bit as good as I remembered.

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    Bombers BBQ - Interior with kitchen on the right

    Interior with kitchen on the right

    Bombers BBQ - Look how dried out the brisket is, gross!! by the way, this pick was taken 10 minutes after receiving my order

    Look how dried out the brisket is, gross!! by the way, this pick was taken 10 minutes after receiving my order

    Bombers BBQ - Order counter

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    Order counter

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