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No Name Bar-B-Q
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1 review for No Name Bar-B-Q
I've been wanting to hit this place for years, but never had the chance until fate intervened and gave me an extra 20 minutes in the "Dena."
This place looks the right kind of shady, perched on a small asphalt triangle between the municipal court and Hwy 225. There is little doubt w/ 20 story high retention pits and cooling towers in near sight, that you are in the heart of Urban Cowboy country.
I had high hopes for "No Name" especially w/ the recent failure of Texas Bar-B-Que still lingering on my palate. Got a three meat plate and a Dr. Pepper for $11 and change. The plate comes w/ beans and your choice of slaw or tater salad, couple slices of bread, and before I could say anything, sauce all over the damn place. It looked promising, but promises went unfulfilled.
I took a seat in this very small trailer and began to chow. The brisket had hints of pink, but was trimmed neat of fat and char. This pissed me off a bit, because I specifically asked for brisket from the fatty end. The difference between here and the shit @ Texas BBQ was at least it tasted somewhat smokey and not reminiscent of pot roast. The sausage was well seasoned and properly cooked, but it was the common finely ground and dense sausage I don't really seek out.
The ribs were a fuckin catastrophe. Looked like shit. Grey, limp, and falling apart; you couldn't grab any piece of one w/out it falling apart in your hand. But the edges still managed to be chewy and tough. Easily, w/ no close second, the worst ribs I've ever had. My dog ate more of the ribs than I did.
The sides were aight. Typical mustard tater salad. The beans were....odd. They started great, but a flavor started to develop that was similar to Totino's pizza sauce. Weird, I know. The sauce was mediocre. If anything, it probably helped the overall flavor w/out being all that good on its own.
So where does that leave us? Hungry, and a little bit lighter in the wallet in Pasadena.
