The local military also seemed to love this place so they must know good food lol. New to the Charlotte area and while driving around ran across this spot that looked pretty live from the car so gave it a shot. Other than that, I wouldn’t recommend this even to an enemy. Also, the fact that they are open late is pretty nice. The only saving grace was that our waitress was nice, prompt, and helpful. Maybe because we came a bit later (around 9: 30), we didn’t get the best food? But seriously, come the f on, if you’re going to be open until midnight, give your A game until closing. The Cole slaw was pretty good with a nice vinegar base, probably was the best part of my meal.
Side salad was okay, the lettuce was watery but at least it wasn’t a total failure.
My mom’s cup of baked beans didn’t look like other patron’s pictures: it was like a soup, with only half of it full of beans. Both of our plates of pulled pork were dry and overcooked some bark pieces were incredibly tough and hard to chew on, and this is despite it absolutely drowning in a pool of grease (see photo for reference). I was willing to give this place two stars until I saw other people’s normal-looking BBQ in Unilocal pictures, which made me a bit mad at the dog scraps we were given tonight. Literally some of the worst BBQ I’ve ever had. Maybe the food is better earlier in the day, but I won’t be giving them another try. They never should have sent that food to our table. Similarly, I think all the beans had been strained out of my serving of baked beans, so they topped the bowl off with juice. We surmised that our pork was scraped from the bottom of the pan, and topped with some oily substance to try to add moisture. After reviewing photos of lots of good-looking meals that people posted, my daughter and I discussed how there could be such a disconnect between the photos on Unilocal and the dregs that were brought to our table. On closer examination, I did find a few beans scudding around the bottom of the bowl. I thought maybe they had given me the wrong side. And lastly, the baked beans I looked in the bowl and all I saw was a watery red sauce. If it weren’t for the dip they took in grease, they would have been quite tasty. The onion rings were ok, with a nice cornmeal crust.
How something could be that dry, yet drenched in oil is a mystery. The pork was also very dried out, some parts were downright hard, and difficult to chew. Even the bottom portion of my onion rings was befouled with grease. My dinner arrived with the pork absolutely swimming in orange colored grease. I ordered the pulled pork with baked beans and onion rings.
and were greeted pleasantly and promptly. The Observer raved about the food back then, calling it “a definite cut above the usual” when it opened.I’ve eaten a lot of good BBQ but my pulled pork dinner was NOT good eats. What they’re saying: “We’ll do everything possible to turn locals, mall-shoppers and race fans from all over into Mac’s fans,” said Mac’s Hospitality Group’s president Shang Skipper.įlashback: Mac’s opened in an old transmission shop on South Boulevard in 2005, long before South End was the booming hotspot it is today.