Holy Smokes Bbq - Eagle Bay

I can 't. I just simply cannot. Can I give a place zero stars? Pretty please? How about negative stars? 3. You know how you can stop by any roadside stand in southern Texas and get great brisket? That rule does not apply in New York! The only thing I enjoyed here was the homemade creamed corn. Even then, it looked like corn, pepper, and grits mixed together. Don 't try to feed it to kids. My middle daughter thought it looked like white corn snot. She only ate it because I dangled ice cream as a reward. Before getting to what was wrong, let me set the scene for you. My family and I checked in at our cabin further up and worked our way back after mistakenly passing the Screaming Eagle and going all the way to Eagle Bay. We were tired. We were famished. A bowl of Oliver 's hot gruel would have satisfied us! What?!? More gruel?!?! As a man who has worked hard to backyard BBQ to hold his own in Dixie, the food here was simply downright offensive to the word barbecue. What was sampled: Ribs: The ribs were tough. No where near fall off the bone tender. I broke one of their plastic knives sawing through the meat!!!! I have sharp teeth and had trouble getting through the ribs. Here 's a tip: smoke them low and slow: 225° for at least 6 hours. The rub appeared to be salt and pepper. Really? Salt and pepper? No glaze or any sort of crust on the ribs. No smoke flavor whatsoever.... Adirondack pine is not the kind of wood for smoking ribs. You might want to try hickory, pecan, mesquite, or taking a class from someone who knows how to make good barbecue. They were juicy... but I think that was a result of holding them in a moist holding oven or because they weren 't fully smoked. Also, at least they know to use St. Louis style ribs. Pulled pork: so, pulled pork should not be flat, chewy, and bland. This pork had no bark, no flavoring from the smoke, and was more chopped pork than pulled pork. They advertised on Texas toast ... I didn 't realize Wonderbread made Texas toast... Salt potatoes: sigh.... how do you screw up salt potatoes? Drown them in so much butter that there isn 't any salt on them anymore. The butter has this weird sort of I can 't believe it 's not a cancer causing agent sort of trans fatty movie popcorn butter consistency. The potatoes were over cooked too mushy and had all of the potato yumminess boiled out of them . They were, essentially, a butter vehicle. The highlight of the meal was the sauce. But the sauce tasted like ketchup, tomato sauce, a little brown sugar and a couple of spices. It was thin both in texture and taste. There was no kick on nose forward flavor nor was there any palate aeration that deepened the flavor. Ok so I should not be so hard on these folks, it 's really and ice cream stand that serves bbq . The National Barbecuers of America need to revoke this guy 's BBQ card . But, really, if you are an ice cream stand, you should have more than 6 flavors two of which shouldn 't be FREEZER BURNED! Oh, and dinners for 4 with ice cream ran me $85! Eighty five holy smoking samolies! I. Can. Not!

Perfect roadside informal dining! Tasty BBQ options w/ varied sauces and several sides from which to choose. More than reasonable prices and quick service. Be warned that you need to order your BBQ before 7:30 although fun ice cream offerings are available until closing. BBQ and ice cream what's not to love?!

Loved it! Simple place, very comfortable. Great BBQ, great ice cream! Really friendly owners.

I stopped by here after a hike up Bald Mountain and loved that they're literally just right off the side of the road selling bbq! I ended up ordering the pulled pork which came on a New England style bun, two to be exact. I liked the pork, not exactly how I like it but I'm biased being from North Carolina. I thought the NE bun was unique and brought some butteriness to the pork which pairs nicely. They make their own sauces too, and even had a vinegar-based sauce (Eastern NC style), but I actually preferred their spicy bbq sauce. But they had several to choose from to make folks happy. They are literally a bbq joint on the side of the road, but offer up some quality food. If you're in the area, give them a try for their bbq! They don't offer much of a variety drink-wise but had a good list of different foods to try. Next time, I definitely plan to stop by to try out their other dishes.

As longtime residents in the area, we tend to feel kind of bad when places like this one open up along route 28; they have a tendency to struggle and none have really had any sort of longevity. This particular location used to be the home of Snappy 's burgers and dogs which, like Lucky Dogs, is no longer around. I would imagine it to be difficult to bring a brand new eatery to the area when even some of the already established ones are struggling a bit, but I digress. We stopped here on our way back to our camp from a golf outing, mostly because we wanted to try it before the opportunity eluded us a bit cynical, but realistic nonetheless. Good Smoke is run by a couple from around the area, and we struck up a little conversation with them while we were waiting. They both seemed pretty friendly, and left a good impression on the rest of the group as well We ended up getting brisket sandwiches; our rationale being that good brisket is the hardest to make, so if the brisket was any good, most other things couldn 't be too shabby. We had our sandwiches on buttery Texas toast with bbq sauce that they make themselves, and everybody that tried it ended up enjoying it quite a bit. It was pretty basic overall just brisket and bbq on Texas toast after all but I prefer the brisket to be the star of the show, so it was a good thing for me. They only offered a few things to drink, and they were all carbonated, but as people who are just starting out, they actually asked us about drink preferences so they could get a better set of choices for potential customers. We recommended tea and gatorade for people who might not want carbonation; I guess we would have to go back to see if they acted on it or no. Overall, stopping here was a good experience. I would come back if I had some cash handy (we paid with cash, don 't recall whether they took cards or no) and a bit of time.