{"id":6907,"date":"2021-06-06T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:23:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:23:30","slug":"city-barbeque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=6907","title":{"rendered":"City Barbeque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210514_182051-2048x1435.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I like BBQ, so I generally enjoy the food at every BBQ joint at which I dine. But, I have to say that I absolutely loved the food at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/details.php?b=1870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Barbeque,<\/a>\u00a0which opened a few months ago across from West Towne Mall.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(Yes, that&#8217;s an interesting location, with Doc&#8217;s Smokehouse and North and South Seafood &amp; Smokehouse both a short walk away.)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll start with the staples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The pulled pork has a hint of smokiness and is tender. It&#8217;s got enough flavor that you don&#8217;t need any sauce with it. You can get it in a sandwich ($7.49), by the pound or as part of a sampler.<\/li>\n<li>The bark of the brisket was a stronger combination of spices than typical. It&#8217;s delicious and will make you thirsty, too. You can get it in a sandwich ($8.99), by the pound or as part of a sampler.<\/li>\n<li>The ribs ($12.99 for half slab, $22.99 for full) are awesome. The St. Louis-style is slowed smoked to the point that you can still bite the delicious meat from the bone, rather than the meat falling off.<\/li>\n<li>Most BBQ joints have dry chicken, but that&#8217;s not the case here. Instead, the chicken ($10.99 for half) is tender and moist, and it doesn&#8217;t need any sauce. Dare I say it&#8217;s probably one of the best servings of chicken I&#8217;ve had at a BBQ restaurant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I recommend you explore the other menu items, starting with the More Cowbell ($9.99). It looks like a Philly with peppers, onions and provolone, but it&#8217;s made with brisket and Texas toast. I&#8217;m still drooling thinking about it. You also can get this sandwich with turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-1536x933.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210525_115831-2048x1244.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I also wolfed down the Chipotle BBQ sandwich ($5.99). It combines brisket, ribs and pulled pork into one sandwich on Texas toast. It&#8217;s so tender and juicy, and the Texas toast does its best to hold it all together.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkey TaQo ($4.50) has so much going for it, and no component is overdone. The creamy cilantro-lime slaw, the crispy onion strings, the salsa verde and the smoked turkey combine for a delicious taco.<\/p>\n<p>City Barbeque also has a variety of sides and desserts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes hush puppies can be hit or miss, but these ones were perfect: very crispy on the outside and tender inside.<\/li>\n<li>The corn pudding was ah-maze-ing. I&#8217;d describe it as sweet and buttery goodness.<\/li>\n<li>The only flaw in the meal was the mac and cheese, which was so overcooked it was unchewable.<\/li>\n<li>Try the banana pudding ($3.49 for individual serving). The bananas are firm, not mushy, and decadently topped with crumbles and caramel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>City Barbeque is open every day for lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>See more photos in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eatdrinkmadison\/albums\/72157719346998892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Barbeque Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like BBQ, so I generally enjoy the food at every BBQ joint at which I dine. But, I have to say that I absolutely loved the food at\u00a0City Barbeque,\u00a0which opened a few months ago across from West Towne Mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23,19],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurant-reviews","tag-bbq","tag-far-west"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7281,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions\/7281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}