Payne's Bar-B-Que

"3⭐️ sando | 4⭐️ ribs The meats are very well smoked here but the sauce is a bit overwhelming and sweet. We would probably rate everything higher if we’d gotten the sauce on the side or gotten the hot sauce on everything (medium by default). As it stood, the sandwich was too soggy/messy from the sauce + slaw for our taste, and we had a couple bites with bone shards/tough tendony pieces. The bark on the ribs was excellent - a great combo of crispy exterior plus moist, fall off the bone interior but then the sauce made it a bit too sweet as an overall experience. Their mustard slaw is good and crunchy, but laid on a bit thick. Beans are unique and good. Note that they close when they sell out, which was about 1:30p on the day we went. Posted hours are until 2p. From Pitmaster Ronald Payne himsef: “Crispy and smoky bits in the meat and sweet ‘n tangy dressings makes a chopped pork sandwich that stands out from any sandwich you’ve ever had.” This modest shop is uses a cinder block pit and hickory coals to smoke their no frills, delicious meats."

"Suggestion from Abby West - good! Fun atmosphere (veeeery old school; you can smell the cigarette smoke baked into the walls). Meat was great but heavy handed on the sauce and slaw. Next time I’d order sauce on the side and build my own sando. Ribs were better than the sandwich. Again, I’d get SoS and I’d ask for the “hot” sauce which is slightly less sweet. "

"Good! Fun atmosphere (veeeery old school; you can smell the cigarette smoke baked into the walls). Meat was great but heavy handed on the sauce and slaw. Next time I’d order sauce on the side and build my own sando. Ribs were better than the sandwich. Again, I’d get SoS and I’d ask for the “hot” sauce which is slightly less sweet. "