Burger & Beer Joint - Pembroke Pines, FL (Other Locations)

Burger & Beer Joint is a cool spot, nice place to hang in the neighborhood and has nice, friendly staff (at least in my experience).

All of that aside, what really defines this restaurant should the burgers. My friend decided to build his own burger, a pretty typical burger of cheese, lettuce, tomato and bacon. He was into it and said he would come back.

I decided to go a little exotic and had the Sympathy for the Devil. With a name like that, I was expecting something that would be scorching to my taste buds, but it was extremely mild with a pretty decent hot sauce on the side. The chili could have had more flavor in itself so it was a bit of a disappointment. The skinny fries were sort of unique with a crispy quality and a bit of seasoning so they were pretty good.

Although I was not in love with my burger choice (it should have been hot), it wasn't due to lack of quality which was there. Their burgers do taste good and are a really good size (if the prices concern you), it was worth checking out.

Burger & Beer Joint
11025 Pines Blvd, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026 
(954) 367-8980
www.bnbjoint.com

South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2014: Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village

Date/Time:

Saturday, February 22: 11am – 6pm

Location:

Miami Beach, FL

The beach tents of the Grand Tasting Village feature culinary demospresented by such celebrities as Martha Stewart, Trisha Yearwood, Daniel Boulud and Rocco Dispirito and tasting tents.

For More Information: 

www.sobefest.com

Squeal Bar-B-Q - Uptown - New Orleans, LA

If you say BBQ, I say I'm in!

I was quite excited to come and seeing the smoker outside made that feeling even stronger. My experience though, did not reflect that. Service was slow and unorganized like it was a restaurant that had just opened and they were working out the kinks. However, to my knowledge this place has been around for quite some time, so it just was not acceptable.

One good thing I can say is that they did try to be nice and make up for it. We were undecided on the sides and the server suggested we get the Corn Maque Choux. We didn't know what it was so he gave it to us free so we could try.

Despite the smoker outside, the food did not live up to the expectation. It was mostly room temperature food that I wished they would have at least gave it more time to heat up. I rather fresh food but if you are going to reheat at least make it hot, especially the Roasted Corn & Cheese Grits (which we were mistakenly given), and the Bacon & Jalepeno Mac N' Cheese.

The Cole Slaw had the right temperature, it was not bad but just wasn't that great.

The same goes for the BBQ Pork Tacos. It wasn't bad but the tortillas were stale/over toasted and took away from the taste.

Regardless of all of that was eaten, the Ribs is what really determines the experience. The were moist and actually smoked and well prepared, but were not hot and which made it disappointing.

Although service needs a lot of work and the food could have been a lot better, since I went, they have updated their menu, so it may be worth another try.

Squeal Bar-B-Q

8400 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118

(504) 302-7370

www.squeal-nola.com