text: So I would not normally drive all the way to Cave Creek for anything but we had the week off I had to go to Desert Ridge and I saw this place in the Phoenix Magazine Needless to say save the gasnnThe place is cute on the inside and really had a lot of promise The sides all sounded good and I could not decide between the pulled pork or the brisket so I got both Added a side of potato salad and a side of beans nnWhere to beginnnThe pork was not bad but it was not bbq I mean it did not taste smokey or sweet It tasted boiledand that is nasty It was fatty and generally just lacking flavor The bbq sauce they put on the thing was decent but they did not have any of it out for me to get more What they did have were regular and spicy bbq sauces Both were thin both were a bit spicy and neither was up to the task of fixing this porknnThe brisket was really a disaster It was cut like ham slices Really thick with a big hunk of fat around the outside that I had to remove from each slice This whittled my beef down to medallion sized bits The taste was fine but the thick texture lack of bbq sauce and fatty presentation was all disappointingnnThe beans were okay but I expected sweeter BBQ baked beans in my mind should be sweet and savory These like everything else here were just bland and dull I tried mixing some of the runny bbq sauce available but it really did not helpnnThe saving grace was the potato salad This was some of the best stuff I have ever had I would totally buy a pound of that to bring to a dinner party They should package it and sell it in the stores Really it was creamy and sweet without overpowering the potato flavor Good stuff and well executednnWill not be going back here Too bad too because it had a lot of promise Oh well There is no shortage of bbq in the valley