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Memphis Minnie's Bbq

576 Haight St
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 864-7675
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Categories:   Bbq, Southern
User Tags:   bbq southern

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AOL Cityguide Readers Poll 2006 - Nominated Best Barbecue


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Not that great
Reviewed By swang May 28, 2007
Tags: bbq southern

The food was okay and edible, but I don't know why most of the reviews are so positive. I like the decor of the restaurant. It is fun and cute. I've eaten their food twice. The first time it was forgettable and we didn't go back again for a year. Then after reading all the postiive reviews we decided to try it again. But the ribs were dry, cornbread bry and burnt, chicken bland, greens yucky and sour, mac 'n cheese just okay, beans okay. I wouldn't go back here. I'm not really a BBQ connossieur but off the top of my head I like Brother-in-Laws in SF better. And I like Armadillo Willie's down in San Mateo.

Hit or miss
Reviewed By howie May 22, 2007
Tags: bbq

We ordered a big assortment of BBQ goodies for my niece's birthday party. They seem to have a few styles of BBQ (like Texas brisket, St Louis ribs, a Memphis-style pulled pork). We ended up getting the beef ribs, smoked chicken, the pulled pork, and smoked turkey, as well as the collard greens, beans, cornbread, and slaw for sides.

The results were mixed. My favorite was the pulled pork. The meat was tender and juicy, and I liked the tangy sauce with a hint of honey mustard. They also have a devilishly hot sauce that sneaks up on you before going in for the kill. It's tasty, but it buries the flavor of anything you dip in it.

I wasn't crazy about most of the other meats. The beef ribs weren't tough, but they weren't fall-apart tender either, and they didn't seem very seasoned with either a dry rub or sauce. I think you're meant to dip them in BBQ sauce, but I didn't like their rib sauce much. I think it was heavy on cloves, which I found interesting, but overpowering and distracting.

The poultry items were both on the dry side, and again not very well-seasoned. I didn't taste much smoke in them either.

My reaction to the sides were mixed also. The collards were a bit sour for my taste. The cornbread was a bit dry, and had bits of hard cornmeal studded throughout them. I liked their light, spicy, mayo-less cole slaw; it actually reminds me of Chinese pickled cabbage.

So it could have been better, could have been worse. I'd like to try their beef brisket which seems to be quite popular.



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"They were handing out little fusion appetizers of sushi rice topped with a golden yellow saffron-soaked scallop. I can't exactly recall the breadth of the ingredients in this dish...."
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"I have had these many times in the past with delicious results, but today's must have bucked off some of their flavorful rub – don't get me wrong, they were still tender and once they got a serious dose of the housemade sauce I enjoyed them, but this meat..."
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"Memphis Minnie's has staked its barbecue turf in San Francisco for two decades, and is led by Bob Kantor, a founding member of the California BBQ Association. How many American-style 'cue joints have you been to that have a full selection of sakés?..."
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"I met some of my scooter girlfriends here for brunch one morning and it was EXCELLENT. The staff was polite and funny, and I was wild about the tacky BBQ decor...."

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"Review: Bob Kantor’s white oak–smoked brisket warrants a trek to this still-gritty stretch of Haight Street. Knowing Kantor’s commitment to authentic barbecue and its fixin’s, this comes as no surprise...."

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"There's a little more competition for the title of "best pork ribs," and though places like Flint's might have an edge, Minnie's hold its own with succulent, juicy bones. And where else can non-red-meat eaters go and find several different options, from c..."

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"Good: Even better-than-ever atmosphere, with indoor wood piles, rolls of paper towels on the tables, old-time blues, and � here's the best news of all � my favorite drink selection ever. Never mind the sake, they have Nehi grape and orange, RC,..."
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"Otherwise, expect to be instantly hooked and almost explosively happy when your teeth and tongue hit this thin-sliced, lemon-drenched meat, with 1) cilantro, 2) mint, 3) ginger, and 4) onions. These are, if not the essential elements of our universe, the..."
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"RATINGS KEY FOUR STARS: Extraordinary THREE STARS: Excellent TWO STARS: Good ONE STAR: Fair (box): Poor . $ Inexpensive: entrees under $10 $$ Moderate: $10-$17 $$$ Expensive: $18-$24 $$$$ Very Expensive: more than $25 Prices based on main courses...."

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"When it comes to sauces, people get very particular, depending on the kind of barbecue sauce they grew up with. The Carolinas are known for vinegary renditions, while Texas features heat...."
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"This Lower Haight eatery, self-identified as the home of "swine dining," features long-smoked pork, brisket, ribs (both pork and beef), fried catfish, and all the expected sides (beans, greens, slaw, potato salad, mac ’n' cheese) in a small but cheerfully..."
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"It was a mess of flavors and strange, unusual taste combinations. Overall, it was very poorly executed...."
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