text: My wifes birthday was over the weekend and it seemed like having a good lunch was in the cards Being a big barbeque fan she selected the Black Dog Smoke Ale House We had heard so many good things about it that we finally decided to give it a try We were not disappointednnWe were aware that the biggest drawback would be the wait for a table so we left home early to get there right before it opened Several other people had the same idea We were given a nice greeting upon entering and were seated immediately We were told that we might have a bit of a wait for service since we were seated before the place opened but our waitress came by right away We decided to start the meal with the appetizer we were most curious about the burnt ends Although a tad pricy the meat lived up to everything we had read flavorful wonderfully chewy around the edges with meltinyour mouth smoky goodnessnnFor our lunch we both had pulled pork sandwiches sweet potato fries and an additional side of twice baked potato casserole The sandwiches were excellent wonderfull smokey meat slaw and excellent Carolina Red barbeque sauce The sweet potato french fries actually tasted like sweet potatoes but I am not sure why others have raved about them They were just okay as was the casserole But we came to this place looking for excellent barbecue and it deliverednnWe were happy we decided to eat right when the place opened because a line formed as we were eating our lunch We decided to make a quick exit so that someone else could get our table We were in and out in about minutesnnWould we come here again Definitely Next time I would like to try the Georgia Peach barbeque sauce and sample the chicken and catfish I decided to only go with four stars because the sides were only average in our estimation Next time we will try some others