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Dickey’s
Barbeque Pit
7430
Las Vegas Blvd., #110
Las
Vegas, NV 89123
(702)
220-4227
Open
Daily 11:00AM to 9:00PM
My girlfriend Jann and I took a “girl’s time out” in Las
Vegas where we indulge in unfettered shopping, gambling and general mischief
making without husbandly disapproval (or cancelling my credit cards). To prepare for this trip, I asked Howard to
print out a listing of barbeque restaurants in the Las Vega area. It turned out to be a listing of 150
restaurants in the area. Even eliminating
all the Hawaiian (tried it, hated it, never again), Thai, Korean and nationwide
chains like Famous Dave’s and Lucille’s that we have already tried, it was
still a daunting list. So, while at the
Verizon store to find out why my !@#$%^&*()_+ cell phone wasn’t ringing and
sending everyone to voice mail, we asked the young, trendy, technologically
savvy (but still couldn’t figure out why my cell phone was acting up) man to
review my list of barbeque restaurants and tell us which was his and his fellow
geeks’ favorite establishment. They disclosed that Memphis Championship
right down the street was great but recently closed (not so great after all, I
guess). They do have two other locations
in Las Vegas that appear to still be open.
However, all the guys in the store agreed that they liked Dickey’s the
best. So, off we trundled to Dickey’s.
Dickey’s is a small store front located in the Premium
Outlet South mall, sandwiched between Dunkin Donuts and Buffalo Wild
Wings. The decor was pseudo Southern
backwoods roadhousish but the staff was friendly, the prices reasonable, the
portions large and meat served dry, just the way we like it. Jann ordered the two meat combo of smoked
turkey and brisket with coleslaw and baked beans and I ordered the one meat
meal of pulled pork, mac & cheese and the waffle fries. Both come with a roll, dill pickle slices and
raw onions on the “plate”. There is also
a help-yourself pickle barrel of dill spears near the sauces and other
condiments. The pickle spears were okay,
but I’ve definitely had better elsewhere at just about any deli serving decent
corned beef and pastrami. Golan in North
Hollywood is my favorite, but don’t go on a Friday or Saturday afternoon as
they are observant. As far as Howard and
I are concerned, they are the gold standard in pastrami – lean, flavorful, moist
and tender. They make it themselves and
that is what makes it so great. But I
digress.
We ordered at the window and the food was served promptly
at our table on waxed paper in plastic “bowls”. The sides (except for the waffle fries) came
in separate cups. We had a choice of
three serve-your-self sauces: regular, sweet or hot & spicy. We tried the regular and sweet. Jann preferred the sweet and I preferred the
regular. The sweet sauce seemed a little
lacking in taste and body. The regular
was much more flavorful and a little spicy.
We shared everything and came to the following conclusions:
Smoked turkey breast – very disappointing. It was thick slices of a chopped, reformed
breast roll that tasted more like ham than turkey. We sent it back and got another order of
brisket.
Brisket – it was generous slices of tender beef with a
good smoky flavor. A definite plus after
the disappointment of the turkey breast.
The only disappointment here is that our hotel room didn’t have a refrigerator
to take home the leftovers for a midnight snack later.
Pulled pork – it was served in a generous heap, enough
for at least two sandwiches. It was
melt-in-your-mouth tender with a good, smoky flavor. Again, the only disappointment was the lack
of a refrigerator in our hotel room so we could enjoy the leftovers again later.
Waffle fries – they were large, hot and crispy with good
flavor, not the least bit greasy and no funky after taste from the oil they
were fried in.
Coleslaw – it was vinegary with lite mayonnaise. It was best described as down home, no
nonsense, good, basic coleslaw.
Baked beans – the beans were cooked in a molasses and
brown sugar based sauce that was not overly sweet and had a picante after taste
that hinted of cider vinegar in the sauce.
Mac & cheese – it was creamy and not salty. We suspected that the cheese base was
Velveeta. It was not overly flavorful,
just plain, basic mac & cheese that kids will love. I prefer some of the more elegant versions
found at restaurants like the Elephant Bar or the Boneyard Bistro, with
flavorful cheeses and al dente pasta. I
am definitely a mac & cheese snob.
Roll – it was hot, buttery and delicious.
All in all, Jann and I found Dickey’s definitely
acceptable and we can recommend it if you ever find yourself starving in Las
Vegas (and can’t find a buffet) while shopping at the outlet mall. We give it a 7 ½ for food, service and
portions.
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