BBQ

As Bill is traveling to Phoenix office this week, Ellie and I wanted to treat him to lunch on Sunday and to a place we've had on our list for quite a while.

We ventured to Hard 8 BBQ in Coppell.  It's toward the airport and has a culture all its own.  From the outside it looks rather normal.  Yet on the inside it's a whole new world.

There are signs all over asking you to read if this is your first time.  That should have been the first hint of how different it is.  You stand in a long line  for meat.  Pictured above are all the choices, ribs, beef brisket, sirloin, chicken, sausage, and corn and potatoes to round out the grill offerings.

From there you move inside.  Oh, back up.  This huge grill - oven is in an outdoor type building that's cold and damp if that's the weather outside.  IT's very smoky and strange.  And then you move inside.  Inside is lines to grab your sides - potato salad, mac and cheese, cole slow, bread and drinks.  You think I've forgotten the beans.  But that comes last.

There is a huge pot 'o beans with bowls next to the fountain drinks.  They are complimentary with all means.  And they are decision.

We tried a bit of many things and brought home leftovers.  The sausage and sirloin were my favorites.  Ellie loves the ribs - and Bill thought everything was great!