King Ribs Bar-B-Q

7336 Pendleton Pike, Indianapolis, IN - (317) 547-5464

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Posted By Michael Stern on March 23, 2010 6:09 PM

King Ribs is a former automobile garage with no dining facilities. All business is drive-through, walk up, or home delivery. It is the sort of barbecue you smell before you see. The scent of smoldering wood and sizzling pork perfumes the neighborhood for blocks.

The house motto is "Fit for a King," and of all the regal meals to eat here, ribs top the list. They are tender enough so that the meat pulls from the bone in heavy strips, barely glazed with sauce, but chewy enough that the pork flavor resonates forever. It is a pure, sweet flavor, just faintly tingling with the smoke that has infused the meat.

Side dishes include macaroni and cheese that is thick as pudding and intensely cheesy, with noodles so soft they are almost indistinguishable from the cheese. Also: baked beans, fine-cut slaw, and white bread for mopping. For dessert, there is a choice of sweeties: chess pies or sweet potato pie.

Overall Rating

Ribs- Whole Rack w/sauce on side

Rib Dinner -meat and 2 sides

Macaroni & Cheese

Pork Sandwich

Sweet Potato pie (Whole Pie)

Sweet Potato pie (Slice)

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