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The Roadhouse recently opened in my neighborhood after keeping it's residents wondering all summer. It used to be a Vinny T's which closed without any warning last winter. It was empty and quiet until springtime when the entire structure where it and a craft beer store stand, were painted jet black. Very Darth Vadar looking. Within the next few days, however, the tiled roofs were painted bright red with other embellishments of the structure painted red and bright yellow. It was at about this time that we started to call it "The Pagoda". It was also at around this time that signs announcing "The Roadhouse - A Craft Beer and BBQ joint" started appearing.

Work then seemed to either stop or take on snail's pace. This location has a great outdoor seating area that we were all hoping they'd be able to take advantage of during this past summer; but that was not to be. We all heard about how the Craft Beer store next door, which also belongs to the owners of the Roadhouse, had no liquor license. So that's what we assume was the problem with the Roadhouse.

Well, it finally opened a few weeks ago and they have been able to use those picnic tables on a more than a few occasions. If they last till next Summer they'll be rocking.

I think they will be around next summer. Whenever you go by on a weekend night, the place is filled with hungry grilled meat patrons. Last night I and a couple of neighbors joined in. We waited quite a bit for a table and let me just use one word to decscribe the place: LOUD.

Keeping up with conversations or hearing the waitress were a challenge. On the good side, the din actually drowned out the 2 screaming children that were seated near us. And they were probably screaming because the noise was too much for their little ears!

Now, on to the food which is the real reason we were there. Well, we were seated at 8ish on a Saturday night and they were out of two of the items we tried to order. Not good. But hey, the place is new and I guess they're still working everything out.

By now I'll bet you're expecting to read a scathing review of the food, right? Well, that's not the case. The food when it finally arrived was actually quite good. Truthfully, their bbq sauce isn't as good as the one at the Village Smokehouse but it is good. Two of us had a pork chop - which was my second choice - and the third had beef ribs - her first choice like mine had been pork ribs. We all got the bliss mashed potatoes and cheddar jalapeno corn bread. It was all really tasty and filling. However, they need to put paper towels on the tables, give patrons wet-naps and the bathroom, when I used it, was a mess. They need to pay attention to these details.

I did try some sort of lager, a pumkin ale and a trusted Duvel to wash my meal down and they were tasty.

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