NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Jun 2002 20:55:24 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:16547 Sharon B. wrote: > can anybody > tell me the good place for ribs in the W burbs? Famous Dave's and Uncle > Bub's are just too fatty for me.... To go, not sit down: Ernie's Rib's and Beauty Salon, 5th Ave, between Madison and Washington, in Maywood. If they have it try the sweet potato pie. Pumpkin's Place 5th and Van Buren, Maywood. Tips and Chicken are my favorite. No shit.
Barbecue
Silver Spur
NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jun 2002 13:54:18 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77C-CCK-MCD Chicago45 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:16572 Hi all. I was invited to the Silver Spur pre-opening private tasting a couple weeks ago. I pretty much ate everything off the menu with the other three in the group. The ribs were outstanding, slow smoked, dry-rubbed (my preference is highly smoked)... along with the smoked beef brisket... i also had the N.Y. strip... very good quality. The barbeque sauce was ok, nothing special(would have prefered several sauces...including a s.e. mustard based sauce), but what was great is that they serve it warm. The places that bring chilled barbeque sauce to the table should be shot. Other things to try: the grilled artichoke appetizer, the grilled sweet potatos and the lemon icebox cake. I live downtown and absolutely hate the western burbs, but would come out again to try Silver Spur now that they're open (next time, i'm thinkin' of sampling one of the yummy little hostesses... lol) Give em a try if you like good Q
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Sharon B. wrote:
> I'll have to go there and try the ribs, based on this and Martin's other
> post. Maybe I'll just tell them no sauce and bring my own. :-)
Just curious: have you, yet?
We were over near Bub's this afternoon, so we stopped in and had our usual pulled pork platters. Made a fine, filling Sunday dinner, which was probably a good thing by way of slowing down the buying impulses when I went over to Micro City afterwards...
Anyway, it had been a while since we'd been to Bub's, and I think I can better describe the differences between Bub's and Silver Spur, at least for someone having the pulled pork.
Both are mighty good.
Silver Spur's presentation of the pulled pork differs from Bub's in a fashion that seems to me to go right along with its more polished ambience. Bub's is more like being guests at a well-run pig roast, and that carries over to the pork itself. Bub's pork is more variable, with wee little wisps to the occasional big hunk that's really too much for a single mouthfull; but while Spur's pork is more even in its consistency, it also loses out on interesting variations in flavor and texture from piece to piece. I can see the attractions of both styles, although most of the time I lean towards Bub's less refined, more interesting, approach. Besides, I really like their broasted potatos - complements the pork wonderfully. OTOH, Spur's beans with their nice touch of chipolte are the clear winner in that category.
I expect we'll be back to the Spur sometime when we're in the mood for a steak rather than BBQ, but given the right mood - and especially if combined with incidental propinquity - I could see going back to Spur for another plate of their pulled pork.
Short form: Spur is classier; Bub's is more down-home. Both are tasty.
Allusory: My ducats or my daughter. It's a puzzlement.User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Message-ID: Lines: 27 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 04:29:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.84.123.87 X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1025065743 12.84.123.87 (Wed, 26 Jun 2002 04:29:03 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 04:29:03 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:16564 Depends on how far west you're willing to go. The Rib House in Geneva has returned to their former glory after going downhill for a bit. My pigsicle-loving buddy from California was out here a week ago and he's always been a big fan of the place, so we went for a feast. Best ribs I've had in a very long time. Of course, it also depends on your pref for chewy vs. fall-off-the-bone. The Rib House tends toward FOTB, but not to a fault. Nice sharp-sweet sauce, Kansas City style I'd say. - SteveB In article , Brian or Sharon Beuchaw Someone wrote: > Martin M. wrote: > > ...The pork itself was pretty good, though > > not up to standard Uncle Bub's sets for the western suburbs. > > Nice to see someone else thinks Bub's is the best pork in the w burbs. > They kick the butt of Famous Dave's, in our opinion. We've been going > there since they opened and are glad they remodeled and added the extra > space. I tried their ribs once and was kinda disappointed - can anybody > tell me the good place for ribs in the W burbs? Famous Dave's and Uncle > Bub's are just too fatty for me.... > > Thx... > > brian