Pork & Beans

3 Reviews on “Pork & Beans”

• Kingskat

  The food was delicious. The service was great. The atmosphere is VERY loud, so it can be difficult to have conversations with those in your party. The way seating works, it’s very likely you’ll be seated at a table with others (they have large tables in the middle of the room) where you’ll be a couple inches from people on either side of you who are not with your party. You may be able to request a private booth (they do have a few) and these may be a bit quieter, too. Though the table was pretty narrow and we were right across from each other, it was sometimes hard to hear what was being said. The food was wonderful and not that expensive. The main complaint I have (Bryan’s was the noise) is that there are barbeque sauces on the table you share with those on one side of you and these were TERRIBLY sticky. Though I had not touched my food with my hands (the meat even came right off the bones for the spare ribs, so there was no need to get your hands dirty), my hands ended up very sticky. They give you wet wipes, but my hands shouldn’t get sticky if I just want sauces and use my utensils for the food. I think this could be solved mostly by them using squirt bottles for the sauces instead of the bottles they use. Some of the sauces were REALLY runny, too, which made them difficult to pour without them spilling a bit on the bottle. I wiped it off when this happened, but it seemed that they were never wiped with a wet rag.We’ll go back, but I may pick up and open the bottles solely with paper towels next time.

  June 12, 2020, 11:56 pm

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• HelloKittyFoodie

  So wanted to love this place as I really enjoy Meat & Potatoes, but it fell short. My hope is that it was just an off night as I have heard such great things about this place.We were there promptly for our reservation and were seated right away. We ordered drinks and food when our server came over. It took a half hour to get drinks. This had me a little concerned because we had to be at the theater at a certain time.Our appetizers didn’t come until we had been seated for 45 minutes. We ordered dirty fries and the coffee rubbed wings. The wings were very tasty and has an unusual flavor. The green curry side sauce went perfectly with the wings. The dirty fries were tasty but very filling. And I wish there had been more meat on the dirty fries.Right after our appetizers came our server came by and told us they were out of ribs for one of our meals. Before we adjusted our order I reminded him we only had 25 minutes before we absolutely had to be out the door and race to the theater and was that doable. He says everything was ready in the back and should be coming right out. So we adjusted our orders for the ribs and had him bring us the bill so we were ready to go as soon as we ate.Our food finally made it to the table with 10 minutes left before we had to be out the door. Thankfully we are fast eaters. We all had a version of the blue plate special since it allowed us to sample a few different things. I had pulled pork, pastrami pork belly, Mac and cheese, and loaded potato salad. The pulled pork was good but nothing spectacular. I was expecting the pastrami pork belly to have the pastrami flavoring that I love but I didn’t taste it. I loved the Mac and cheese, it was super cheesy and had a great bread crumbs crust on top. The loaded potato salad turned out not to be what I thought it would be either. I assumed it would be similar to a loaded potato; so potato, cheese, bacon, sour cream. I think it had all that but I took a big bite and it also had broccoli in it. I am not a fan of broccoli so wasn’t expecting or wanting it in my potato salad.In defense of Pork & Beans there weren’t descriptions under the meats and sides so I used my own assumptions when ordered pastrami pork belly and loaded potato salad.Overall this meal was an unexpected disappointment. Usually I love these restaurants and especially restaurants in the theater district know how to push food out, but this time it just didn’t work out.

  May 10, 2020, 12:45 am

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• DennisP

  Really Good FoodI had the ribs and there were enough to take with me for lunch the next day. The deviled eggs of the day were creative with a sprig of dill and a slice of cucumber. My friend had the Hot Brown and he made yummy noises with every bite.I had the walnut cream ice cream sandwich and it was the best ice cream sandwich I ever had.Good value, good service and good food in a super casual atmosphere.

  January 27, 2020, 1:04 am

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