We were on our way back home after a day of visiting some of our favorite thrift stores in Northcentral Iowa and decided to try Cornbred BBQ in Ames. Every time I mention Whatcha Smokin' someone asks if I've eaten at Cornbred yet. My brother who lives up in Alden loves the place too... So it was about time. We got there about 300 PM. It's easy to find and the parking lot is pretty good sized. You can tell they're struggling with staffing a little. Plenty of open tables but a 20 min wait. They take your phone number when you check in. You get a text when they put you on the wait list and a text when your table is ready. It's a large open space with two floors. A bar on the Left side of the first floor. A large patio area to the Right. Restrooms on both the first and second floors. I didn't see an elevator so if you have issues with stairs you might want to let them know so they can plan to seat you on the first floor. Our 20 min wait turned into 45+ min. I'm guessing because of increased traffic due to the ISU v. OU game and staffing. We took the time to look at the online menu. We were finally seated on the second floor. The hostess was nice enough and apologized for the wait. Our server arrived shortly after. He took our drink orders and handed us the menus. So... The online menu is out of date and doesn't match the in house menus. No fried okra (which my gf loves) and pretty much half of the appetizers and most of the sandwiches had been changed. The core meats listed were accurate. We showed our server the online menu and he said he let the manager know. He wasn't aware they ever had fried okra so it seems it's been out of date for a while. I wasn't tickled. But I usually adapt fairly easily. If I hadn't waited that long it probably wouldn't have even phased me. And honestly a 45 min wait is okay...just don't tell me 20 and then not update me that it's going to be longer than expected. Lol Our server was a great guy made things all good. We ordered the turkey, burnt ends, and pork ribs along with the Hallelujah potatoes. They accidentally prepped an order of fries for our table which they gave to us on the house. With an ice tea and water the total came to $50 and change before tip. The meats were cooked perfect. The fries were lightly salted and obviously right out of the fryer. The Hallelujah potatoes are kind of a unique cheesy potato. Kind of a mix of shredded and mashed...topped with cornflakes and scallions. These were a winner! Everything was good, but I highly recommend the Hallelujah potatoes. There are three house sauces on the table. Sweet and sassy...kind of what it says. Tangy mustard...perfect for pork and because it had the base DNA of honey mustard maybe chicken. The pepper vinegar would be perfect on the catfish po' boy (no longer on the menu ). Because of the quality of the food I can definitely recommend Cornbred. I do wish our first visit here had been a little less bumpy. Oh... And despite the name, an obvious play on words with the spelling more meaning Iowa born...they don't serve any cornbread. Plates are served with a large slice of honey potato bread, dill pickles, and pickled onion. read more