Baby Blues BBQ

So it's been nearly 3 months since my last post - woops, sorry! A lot has been going on and while I continue to cook at home and occasionally head out to dine somewhere, I've stopped photographing, particularly at home. I'll try to pick it up again, I promise! Meanwhile, let's see what I've got stored in my photo library...

In early July, a few of us headed up to Malibu visit the Getty Villa... unfortunately, we were a couple of days late for the exhibit we had wanted to check out, but still had a nice time anyway. On the way back home, we decided to swing by Baby Blues BBQ in Venice, as featured on Guy's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

It's a fun, not-quite-a-bar, not-quite-the-back-of-someone's-house feel where they specialize in, you guessed it: BBQ. According to Yelp!, the must try was the pulled pork, the mac n' cheese and the cornbread. And they make their own BBQ sauce in 4 different flavors: Sweet, BBQ, (something I can't remember the name of but it happened to be my sauce of choice), and XXX (the hot one).

So... the hubster and I ordered some chicken wings and the "Big Blue" platter (24.95) with 3 choices of meat (we went with the pulled pork, Memphis-style ribs and baby back ribs), 2 choices of sides (mac n' cheese and collard greens), and it came with cornbread. YUM!

Between the two of us, we didn't finish. It was good though, real good. The ribs were tender and yummy and the mac n cheese was pretty darn good... it was kind of thick, so any more than the serving they gave might have gotten me sick, but splitting it, it was the perfect amount. I wasn't fond of the collard greens, but the hubster was all right with that - more for him!

Would I recommend this place? If you're in the area, sure, why not? But if it's going to be a trek, I think your local BBQ place might be okay. Like Lucille's or something. Yeah.