BBQ in cincinnati?

I live up river in Aurora, Indiana, Madison is a beautiful river town and they are very proud or their town.

There are some hotels up on clifty drive (the hill above madison) they may have rooms (H Inn Exp, and others), I have not heard any comments about the b&b over in Milton.

Ribberfest has grown each year, and it has turned into a premier bbq event.

I heard a commercial for Shane's Rib Shack in the new crestview hills "mall" complex. Anyword on it yet??

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Originally posted by cajunking

I heard a commercial for Shane's Rib Shack in the new crestview hills "mall" complex. Anyword on it yet??

We've had carry-out from Shane's 3 or 4 times. Here's what I wrote after the first visit:

Posted - 12/03/2005 : 09:55:54
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We had carry-out from Shane's Ribshack in the Crestview Hills Towne Center last night and I thought I'd provide a brief report. Shane's opened about two weeks ago. They put a "two for one" coupon in last week's Kenton County Recorder so we decided to give them a try. Before we ordered, I printed off the menu from their website so we could make our choices. The website addy is:
www.shanesribshack.com/index.php.

When I got to Shane's, there were a number of people waiting to be seated, all armed with the same coupon. I quickly learned that there are a few errors on the website menu. You only get one side order with the sandwich combo instead of the two listed on the website. When I showed the printed website menu to the young woman at the counter, she quickly offered to honor the website menu's claim. I decided to upgrade to the chopped pork dinner anyway, so it wasn't an issue since all dinners come with two sides. The website fails to mention all the sides available at this location. Collard greens and mac and cheese are available in addition to the fries, corn on the cob, slaw, baked beans, and brunswick stew mentioned on the website menu.

I ordered 2 dinners with the baked beans and slaw. My order was filled quickly, and with the "twofer" coupon, I paid about $8.35.

The dinner proved to be a huge mound of fresh pulled pork, somewhat smoky to the taste. A cup of Shane's homemade BBQ sauce on the side was thin and of the Carolina-type of vinegary sauce (our favorite), perhaps faintly sweeter than the Carolina sort but not offensively so. The sauce had a rather pleasing peppery taste as well. There was so much pork that we couldn't finish it. The remaining pork is in Tupperware and will be eaten for lunch this afternoon.

The baked beans were not sweet but again a bit peppery and quite good. Cole slaw was good but not particularly special. We're likely to try Shane's again and plan to try the collards and the mac and cheese. I also want to see what they do with ribs.

Shane's is a chain that is based in Georgia. It looks like they're trying to expand rapidly, primarily across the south.

Hoggy's has yet to open at this location. Why they'd want to have two 'Q joints in one mall is beyond me. It'll be interesting to see which one survives.


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Edited by - Sandy Thruthegarden on 12/03/2005 10:04:42

I heard their commercial about a bbq place you didnt have to cover your kids eyes to eat their.

might have to try it this week

thanx Sandy

Another poster provided a link to some Cincinnati BBQ reviews he had done

Reposting here:

http://andrewcruse.com/archives/category/food/

Big Daddy's BBQ & Lil Mama's Fixins

Broadway St, Aurora Indiana

This place is only about 30 minutes from Downtown Cincy, It just opened today. Yes I was one of the first 20 in the place.

They open at 11am, close when the que runs out

They have pulled pork on the dinner menu, after 4pm they add Chicken and Ribs to the dinner menu.

Todays sides were, Green Beans, tater salad, Corn, Beans, slaw, chips.

The green beans were slow cooked and delicious, the pulled pork was tender and juicy.

Their sauce is a tomato based, slightly sweet sauce with a little zing to it.

avg price per person around $8-9

The food is good, and well worth the 30 minute drive, right down US 50, or I-275 get off at the Lawrenceburg exit turn left and drive about 8 minutes Big Daddy's is on the left.

For all you city dwellers, City Barbque just opened a new store (week of Oct 24, 06) in the Hyde Park Plaza on Paxton Ave. Not your typical BBQ Joint neighborhood. I haven't tried it yet but I intend to in the near future. I will post a report.

Pit-to-Plate BBQ
1527 Compton Road
(Mount Healthy)
(513) 931-9100.
Owner Dianne Creech drove all the way to Texas to buy her room-sized smoker, and she and her crew know how to use it. The brisket is meltingly tender - Creech calls it "meat candy" - and the baby back ribs are even sweeter from their overnight stay in the hickory smoker - kind of like eating bacon with bones. Don't miss the cumin-scented pinto beans, and mysterious "7-flavor" pound cake.

Open: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Was posted elsewhere (http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15629), but will re-post here

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Originally posted by hailstate

Drove by Jimmy's Bar-B-Q last night (Saturday) in Hartwell/Wyoming and the sign said "Closed, Thank You". I thought this was crazy because the night before, they were packed. So I called their number and they said they were now closed for business. This is sad to see. It was excellent bar-b-que but they seemed to spread themself too thin. Every night they had something different on the menu as a special...salmon, meatloaf etc. They needed to stick to one thing...great bar-b-que and go with it.

Also, they needed to cut down on portion size and drop the prices slightly. Way too much food to possibly eat.

Great people ran this place and put a lot of time and effort into this place. I am sad to see them go. Good luck all at Jimmy's!!! We will miss you.

Two closings to report:

First is Ray's Northside Grille. I know I was the only person to rave about this place. I went there this morning for real stone-ground grits, and was very disappointed to find it closed. The sign on the door said there were "partnership" issues, and they would try to reopen soon. Where I am going to get real grits in Cincy? They did BBQ in a smoker in back, too.

The second, and most important to Roadfooders, is Junebug's BBQ. A friend went on Monday to find it closed. I went by there today, and the place is now called "Chris's Corner". I have no idea if they serve BBQ or not. I can't say I'm surprised it's closed, but I'm very dissappointed.

Two more, I'm sorry to say, bite the dust.

Montgomery Inn is the most overrated BBQ I've had. Or, should I say, most overrated boiled ribs I've had, and the sauce tastes like the Kraft crap you pick up for 1.29 at the store. I'm a fan of Burbank's, but I've had uneven meals there too. If you ever make it down to Louisville, Mark's Feed Store is kinda the same -- every once in a while it's great, but other times it's just so-so. I'm from Lexington, KY, been to Cincy a bunch, and there isn't a lot of really good stuff between there and Owensboro. If you're ever in Lexington and looking though, Billy's BBQ is head-and-shoulders above the rest of town, but still not great.

GHCornwell,
Welcome to Roadfood.com. and thanks for the comments. I tend to agree that the BBQ scene NW of Louisville is pretty 'thin'. We tried Gina's at the Carrollton,KY exit of I-71 (across from Walmart) and were not real impressed there either. Same for the Mark's Feed Stores. I won't go into the Clarksville store anymore at all...always poor service and the skimpy portions and semi-cold food just isn't worth the trip.

We do like Juicy's BBQ(spelling?) on KY 146 a short distance outside the Gene Snyder in Crestview/PeeWee Valley (outer Louisville Suburb).