Q: My favorite go-to bar. Friendly staff that recognizes regulars. Food is getting better, but certainly isn't perfect, but the beer selection MORE than makes up for it.

A: positive

Q: The building looks nice from the outside, so I figured if they spent that much time making the building look good, the food must be outstanding. It isn't. I asked for a sample of the meat, and they brought me a sample of turkey and a sample of brisket. Neither of which I was considering ordering. So, I ordered the pulled pork, half a chicken and baby back ribs. Little did I know that they completely ruin these meats by over-seasoning them. For example, the pulled pork tasted like someone dumped a bottle of mustard in it. Turns out, that's pretty much how they make it. The baby back ribs had so much black pepper (and I really like black pepper) it was burning my mouth. Why would any 'chef' disguise the natural taste of smoked meats with seasoning? It completely ruins the flavor of the meat. Offer the sauces and pepper at the table and let the customer season it how they like. Don't force the customer to eat food seasoned the way YOU like it. Who does that? They take a perfectly good piece of meat and drown it in seasoning to the point where you can't taste anything but the seasoning? Seems like they are trying to cover something up. You know, in the old days they used a lot of salt, especially on spoiling meat (in the days before refrigeration). That's what this meat tasted like... like they had no refrigeration and needed to over-season it to cover the flavor. Why else would a chef do that? The employees were very friendly, but you do have to do everything yourself. There is no wait staff and they have one of those arrogant signs on the wall that says "Your mother doesn't work here. Please clean up after yourself!" That's all fine and good to tell an employee, but as a customer, that's just plan rude. Do you think that sign makes any difference? I always clean up after myself, sign or no sign. Others don't. Sign or no sign. They are basically saying you have to clear the table for their next customer. What's my incentive to do that? Here is a quick summary of the food and prices from our receipt: Small potato salad: $2.09 Small cole slaw: $2.09 2 medium drinks ($1.79 each): $3.58 1/2 BBQ Chicken: $5.99 1/2 lb of BBQ pulled pork ($9.98 per pound): $5.19 1/2 lb of BBQ baby back ribs (4 ribs - $14.98 per pound)): $7.79 Small cream corn (bland - no seasoning at all. Had to add salt): $2.39 Small peach cobbler - $2.19 Total: $31.31 Tax: $3.22 Grand total: $34.53 There is no one to tip and no tip jar. So at least they aren't greedy. The country store looks like a poor mans version of Cracker Barrel. Not much in there. Not sure what anyone would possibly buy there that you can't get at World Market or other department stores that have a larger selection and cheaper prices. I really wanted to like this place, but they have given me little reason return. If I heard there was a BBQ chain worse than Famous Dave's, I wouldn't have believed it. My stomach is severely upset (probably from the mustard sauce on the pulled pork. Mustard makes me nauseous and I had no idea anyone would even conceive of forcing the public to eat it without any warning that its not simply PULLED PORK. My guess is that my ribs and pulled pork were probably delicious before they ruined it with the seasonings. The chicken was good, but its hard to screw up chicken. Lucky for me the seasoning was only on the skin. The chicken still tasted like chicken underneath the skin. The dogs got the pulled pork. They seemed to enjoy it. Glad someone did.

A: negative

Q: The night started out with a craving for mac n cheese. My boyfriend and I googled a few places in Charlotte that served it and Nix came up as one of them. Since I live within walking distance we decided on here. When we got there we stood around for a minute waiting to be noticed and then were told by a flustered waitress to pick anywhere to sit and somebody will notice. When we sat down we were greeted by a soft spoken server who wasn't particularly knowledgeable of the menu. We asked a few questions, one in particular being about where the mac n cheese was on the menu. Apparently it had been removed a while before and no one had bothered to update their website. We decided to stay, my boyfriend and I were both starving and couldn't wait any longer. We started with the tater tot app which wasn't completely disappointing. The concept was nice, we just simply waited too long. Again we had to wait a good while until we got drink refills and to order our burgers. Once they did come out you could tell the food had been sitting in the window for a while and the burgers at that point were tough and generally unappetizing. This place has potential if they take a new look at the service team and standards and bump up the quality of food a little bit. I may try again next year once some of the servers have been turned over.

A: negative

Q: It's hard to find a good mariscos spot on the west side of the valley, so when the 'Grand Opening' sign went up, I knew it would be a matter of time before I would be there. I've been there twice in the past week, ordering something different each time, and twice have been pleased with very delicious meals, as well as the people I've been with. The service was friendly, and given the meals ordered, there was a slight wait, but along with awesome food, there is also the presentation of the food, which adds to the flair of the meal. While waiting, you do get a bowl of warm chips and freshly made salsa to chomp on and there is an assortment of hot sauces on the table to test as well. The owners would mingle and talk to the customers instead of just watching people spend their money there. The prices were a little slightly higher than the average mariscos place, but the food is just a little better than your average place. The menu proves this isn't just a Mexican restaurant with fish and shrimp added to fit the name, the menu is real deal mariscos! The decoration and design of the place is very fitting with the mariscos theme and really adds to the comfort level, there was some actual thought and effort put into it. There is also a small bar with a wide variety of assorted liquors to mix up type of flavorful concoction, from a michelada to a margarita, to a bucket of coronas and almost anything in between as well. It's an overall very good restaurant and to me a very high 4 stars! Will most definitely keep coming back!

A:
positive