Maureen "mo'licious" K.'s Profile

My husband and I attacked this place 2 days in a row because it was so good!  Here's the short skinny:

HOORAY for:
ribs - awesome, no matter how you get them!
pulled pork - soft and not too wet or dry - delicious!
collard green - whaaaat?!  it has chunks of bacon and is super tangy!
fried mac and cheese - you MUST get these!  so gooooey, crunchy, and delicious.
fried pickles - fried slices of pickled goodness.

BOO for:
brisket - boo...4 super thin slices that were dry!
corn bread - generic and they are *tiny* (I'm talking 1.5 x 1 inch squares).
cole slaw - nothing to write home about.
baked beans - ditto as cole slaw

Overall, a great addition to the Ballard food scene!  Reasonably priced stuff that's $7 for a sandwich and $12 for a plate (comes with 2 sides).  Sides are either $3 or $2.  Corn bread is $1.

**non-food related complaint - some of the sides are small.  For example, the $2 items like collard greens, cole slaw and beans come in containers that some restaurants use to give out ketchup/tarter sauce.  When I think southern food and sides, I think ice cream scoop sized dollops.  Oh well, I am probably just a little piglet. *oink*

Hooray for self-serve fro yo in the QA neighborhood, hooray for the middle lever that swirls both flavors for you, hooray for the cute spoons and fun reward/point redemption things.  BUT, that doesn't outweigh the boo factors of the artificial fruit flavors and the pile up of tweens around the tiny sample cups that creates a huge pile up of customers.

If I had to pick, I would go back for the vanilla snow and tart flavors.  Everything else I tried tasted too artificial and made me want to rinse my mouth out with water (even the dutch chocolate).  Sorry to all the Menchie lovers, but I gotta say there are tastier fro yo places in Seattle.

I am a fan of their ice creams, but not a fan of their physical store.  It's a tad too dingy and dirty for me to look past the hipsterness that is the Capitol Hill area.  The area behind the counter was messy and dirty, with fruit flies running amuck, but at least the ice cream was nicely sheltered behind some glass.

Anyways, onto the ice cream.  We got a peanut butter one and coconut ice cream with smores or some kind of cookie bits.  Both were freakin' awesome and the coconut one was even dairy free (perfect for my lactose intolerant kid).  If I lived in that area, would probably eat there as often as I hit up Molly Moons in my neck of the woods.

Arg.  So so so goooooood!  My favorites are always their platos (except for the aroz con pollo, which is a tad too clumpy and cheesy for me).  Their chicken mole didn't taste too earthy and their camarones a la diabla had a nice spicy kick to them!  We ordered the burritos the last time we were there and it fed us for 2 days!

I believe most everything is under $10 and the portions are pretty large.  Worth checking out if you're in the area!

Super cheap and pretty solid food.  It's not as good as the ID, but that can easily be over looked when you calculate the quantity to money ratio.

Their fried rice dish is HUGE, made to order and pretty stinking delicious.  The buns are cheap, sesame balls are huge (altho they have have tons of dough and not too much filling) and taro balls are excellent!

Thank you to Yelp and Katy H. for the passes!  It was a nice event with enough vendors to pass about an hour or two of my time.

It was a little disorganized and some of the vendors were still setting up when we arrived at 11:15am (doors opened at 11am for VIP).  The clothing swap is a cool idea but none of the fliers mentioned it was a 2-for-1 swap, meaning you bring 2 items and you get to take home 1 item.  The "free" manicures were free b/c it was a DIY station (which is cool, but a little misleading).

Regardless, I did walk away with a present for my hard to shop for father-in-law!  But other than that I can't say the event would qualify for "yay" I give it 4-stars.  It would have been nice to see a little more vendors and more umph to the event.

We ordered a fish curry dish and pad kee mao.  Both had nice heat, but neither were outstanding.  Curries and pad kee mao is always my "dishes" of choice when trying new thai restaurants because both are staples in thai cuisine and a little harder to cook than pad thai.

Unfortunately, here was nothing impressive about this place.  The food is average, but I think the other Thai restaurants in Ballard that do it better.  That being said, I will be back since they are on the new side and I want to give them another chance once they get into the swing of things.  It's not authentic thai food, but it's not bad thai food either.

Also, this is just personal preference, but I don't like the fact that they use old school carbon copy imprints for credit card transactions.  I was all smiles ang giggles for a couple seconds, but once the nostalgia wore off, I realized they now had a replica of my credit card floating around...

Hands down one of the best chicken burgers around.  They cook a fat, juicy, plump chicken breast and stuff in some lettuce, honey dijon, tomatoes and tuck it nicely into a parchment paper.  Their burgers are also pretty solid.

Their prices seem a tad high b/c it doesn't come with fries, but the taste is worth every penny.  Also their root beer float is large enough to quench 2 thirsts and is served with what seemed like a pint of ice cream.

BONUS:  happy hour from 2-5pm = free fries with any burger and drink purchase (or wear your Zaks t-shirt)

Not exactly authentic Thai food, but the prices are reasonable and they have lunch specials.  You have to add $2 for meat etc. but their base dishes start at $5.99 so I guess it's not too bad.  I ordered a noodle dish (pad kee mao) with 2 stars.  It was quiet sweet/sugary and came with a scoop of rice.  There are 2 other thai restaurants in Ballard that I love, so I can't say I will be coming back to this one anytime soon.

Also, they only have ONE high chair for the entire restaurant.  I came with another parent/child and we basically took turns using the high chair.

What is better than having a "girls night" at a boutique salon?  Sharing the night meeting new Yelpers, sipping wine in a fab venue, and getting some tips and quick snips from a super cool stylist (Jacqui).  I am usually timid about trying new places for my hair, but I loved her philosphy of how there is rarely anything you can do to your hair that can't be fixed...and if you're not satisifed with a haircut from her, there is always a solution/fix for it.  Based on that alone, I am thinking about making an appt with her!

The cherry on top?  A goodie bag with salon treats and a pair of kick ass fingerless Yelp gloves.  You read it right...*fingerless* Yelp gloves, which I will be sporting whilst wearing my hair in a side pony tail.  Woot!

Thanks, Katy H. for putting together an awesome event!