Holy Hog BBQ

5 Reviews on “Holy Hog BBQ”

• Mikeneal1

  Found myself on my own and with an hour to spare in downtown. Finally a chance to visit Holy Hog, so joined the line for lunch. Despite being busy, staff were friendly and helpful and kept everyone moving. Ordered the Burnt Ends dinner as I’d missed breakfast. Really enjoyed the food and ambiance, nice selection of sauces and the choice of an Arnold Palmer as a soda was a pleasant surprise.I had been told to avoid the downtown location of this chain, so now I have to visit another location because if this is the is not their best then I am in for a treat.

  January 21, 2017, 8:26 pm

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• Jake

  Great breakfast biscuits. The redneck Cuban is the best.All made to order.We also love to stop by Friday evenings for great draft beer and music.

  January 5, 2016, 6:27 am

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• Amaragarcia

  Searching for the smoke. My Mexicaness lasted less this time, but I regret it. Tossed and turned last night as my heartburn played at giving me a heart attack. Was my last meal a Holy Hog Barbecue pulled pork sandwich with a side of Mac n Cheese? After all these fancy restaurants I have eaten at, was I to die tasting smoky flavors that are not even my favorite? I prayed to Bacchus as I tried to sleep reclining against all the decorating pillows I could gather. A much older version of The Princess and the Pea. I had it coming when I agreed to buy carry-out at nine oclock at night. But when that young man smiles at me and has finished his Geometry homework, I am undone. He just loves ribs. He does not even have to have a side order. He is a picky eater anyway. Unlike me, he limits his food choices to incredibly few. Holy Hog was almost closed when I got there. Ordered a pulled pork sandwich (for me exclusively), Angus Beef Ribs and St. Louis Ribs. The dinner plates come with two side orders and a Texas Toast. Mac n Cheese comforts me like few things (besides cocktails and red wine.) So I ordered some along with French fries for the starving young man in my life. I am pretty sure that I did not pick the best hour to buy the food and that such timing had an effect in the Mac n Cheese and the Texas Toast. Though cheesy it was congealed rather than smooth and melted. It is a nice dish, but certainly nothing to call Anthony Bourdain about. The toasts were not crispy, not soft, but hard and chewy… a tad stale. Did not risk reheating them and making them even tougher. My sandwich consisted of bread and smoky pulled pork. Plenty of barbecue sauces came in plastic containers. I taste them. Liked them, but my inner voice warmed me of the possibility of a night like I ended up having anyway. Sauce or not. The pork was certainly smoky. Anyone who enjoys smoky flavors would definitely enjoy it. The portion was generous. I ate it even when I dont particularly enjoy smokiness. Do you know how particular foods remind you of people, or of places? Smokiness ricochets me into childhood. The taste reminds me of a very long night sitting on a bar stool at my mothers kitchen. My sister and I gagging and refusing to eat the smoked pork chop my mother had placed in front of us as part of dinner. I remember its unreal pinkness. Unlike any other pork chop I had seen in my short life. Time passed by like a narcoleptic snail. My sister ate it in small pieces she kept cutting the size of rice grains. Tears slithered down our chins. Even the saltiness of them tasted like ham. By eleven oclock my mother gave up and finally allowed me to go to bed. This was a good sandwich that, for another, might be wonderful. The Angus Beef ribs were beyond delicious. Moist and savory. Black crust of sweetness over deep pink tasty. A joy to be messy over. A appetizing reason to return. The St. Louis Pork ribs were quite nice, but overshadowed by the Angus, they vanish from my culinary memories. I wish my childhood memories were as forgiving. I keep trying smoky flavored cheese, meats, ice cream… perhaps because I believe somewhere out there there is a fire burning that pork chop night and smoking the charred emotions. Smokiness I would find in the food and recognize as my own.

  July 28, 2015, 9:54 pm

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• Rip Steakface

  It’s a small place but they serve up real BBQ quickly with no frills in a clean and hip atmosphere. I hear the burnt ends are delightful. I can’t comment much on the sauces but my pulled pork was fantastic with all the ones I tried.

  July 26, 2015, 4:04 pm

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• Annie

  Pretty good BBQ. Lots of options for meat, sides, and beers. Not much seating on a Friday night. Reasonable prices. I liked the ribs more than my fatty brisket. Try the mustard-based BBQ sauce.

  June 21, 2015, 4:44 pm

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