"You've tried the rest, now try the best!"
After Jack's we took a trip to a seedier part of town in search of Mary's Old Fashion Pit Style BBQ.
Mary's has been serving BBQ since 1962 and hasn't re-styled the place since. Inside is like a bare bones diner with a service counter and a simple picture menu. The only decoration was a memorial picture of Mary and her husband. We were helped by Mae, who has been working there since Mary and her husband died. We got a pulled pork sandwich and a short ribs sandwich, dipped in the medium BBQ sauce. We loved how it says "sandwich", but it's really a whole rack of ribs between two slices of white bread.
The pork was OK alone but really good with the sauce and the short ribs were amazing!!! They were slow smoked perfectly and rub they use gives it a shiny glazed crust. The secret recipe BBQ sauce was unbelievable. It has a distinctive orange hue and the hot sauce immediately made us think "they should bottle this shit". We tried to ask what the base or hot spice came from, but Mae kept telling us it was a secret and wouldn't divulge their recipe. "Mary took the recipe to her grave with her and so will I," she said.
This stuff was so good Shingai would make crazy statements like "these are the real deal, SON!" For some reason eating Mary's made him use the word "son" after every statement. Our original goal was to stop in and taste each dish, because we had eaten lunch at Jack's an hour and a half before, but as you can see from the aftermath this shit was so good we ended up eating everything.
Ratings:
Ambiance - 9.5 - couldn't get anymore hole-in-the-wall, patrons and staff were very friendly. The concrete floor was covered with the paint you use in your garage.
Overall - 8 - "These ribs are da bomb, SON!"
Quotes:
Man (ordering): Can I get my ribs with mild sauce?
Shingai (butting in): If you can take the heat, go with the hot sauce. It's amazing!
Man: I can take the heat. I ain't one of these scared soldiers.
Shingai: We need to put you on the front line then.
Man: In fact hot sauce is good for you. It's good for cancer, good for your insides and it's also an aphrodisiac. If I have a little hot sauce something might just happen. The feeling just takes over.
Man (turns to his wife): How you feeling?
Man (shaking his money maker): In fact, I might just put some hot sauce on a rib and let you suck on it on the way home.
Woman: Where are you boys going next?
Shingai: Memphis.
Woman: Ooo! Now their BBQ is off the bone good.
Different Man (to his wife): What's wrong with you?
Wife: You're getting two slabs of ribs and I'm only getting one. Why is that?
Man: That's easy, Coz I'm da man!
After Jack's we took a trip to a seedier part of town in search of Mary's Old Fashion Pit Style BBQ.
Mary's has been serving BBQ since 1962 and hasn't re-styled the place since. Inside is like a bare bones diner with a service counter and a simple picture menu. The only decoration was a memorial picture of Mary and her husband. We were helped by Mae, who has been working there since Mary and her husband died. We got a pulled pork sandwich and a short ribs sandwich, dipped in the medium BBQ sauce. We loved how it says "sandwich", but it's really a whole rack of ribs between two slices of white bread.
The pork was OK alone but really good with the sauce and the short ribs were amazing!!! They were slow smoked perfectly and rub they use gives it a shiny glazed crust. The secret recipe BBQ sauce was unbelievable. It has a distinctive orange hue and the hot sauce immediately made us think "they should bottle this shit". We tried to ask what the base or hot spice came from, but Mae kept telling us it was a secret and wouldn't divulge their recipe. "Mary took the recipe to her grave with her and so will I," she said.
The aftermath
This stuff was so good Shingai would make crazy statements like "these are the real deal, SON!" For some reason eating Mary's made him use the word "son" after every statement. Our original goal was to stop in and taste each dish, because we had eaten lunch at Jack's an hour and a half before, but as you can see from the aftermath this shit was so good we ended up eating everything.
Ratings:
Short Ribs -9 -amazing, plus the presentation is great
Pulled Pork - 6- not memorable but with the sauce it's great
Hot BBQ Sauce - 8 - one of the best we tasted, a little unorthodox with an orange hue
Ambiance - 9.5 - couldn't get anymore hole-in-the-wall, patrons and staff were very friendly. The concrete floor was covered with the paint you use in your garage.
Overall - 8 - "These ribs are da bomb, SON!"
Quotes:
Man (ordering): Can I get my ribs with mild sauce?
Shingai (butting in): If you can take the heat, go with the hot sauce. It's amazing!
Man: I can take the heat. I ain't one of these scared soldiers.
Shingai: We need to put you on the front line then.
Man: In fact hot sauce is good for you. It's good for cancer, good for your insides and it's also an aphrodisiac. If I have a little hot sauce something might just happen. The feeling just takes over.
Man (turns to his wife): How you feeling?
Man (shaking his money maker): In fact, I might just put some hot sauce on a rib and let you suck on it on the way home.
Woman: Where are you boys going next?
Shingai: Memphis.
Woman: Ooo! Now their BBQ is off the bone good.
Different Man (to his wife): What's wrong with you?
Wife: You're getting two slabs of ribs and I'm only getting one. Why is that?
Man: That's easy, Coz I'm da man!
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