Brother Jimmy's Restaurant Review:
Brother Jimmy's in Murray Hill offers a belt-stretching menu that starts with smoked Northern-style rib tips with the house original BBQ sauce and moves on to country catfish, a Carolina pulled pork barbecue sandwich, and BBQ platters laden with sliced brisket or baby-back ribs. Pair up your main plate with sides of coleslaw and spiced string beans or a basket of cornbread. Libations include...
"Totally fratty" throngs pile into this "trashy" BBQ chainlet for "filling" snoutfuls of "edible" grub served in "redneck Riviera" settings; the "weak service", "franchise feel" and "stale beer smell" can detract, but at least the pricing's "decent" for a hoot and a howl; P.S. the West Village satellite is for takeout or delivery only.
Citywide 'cue chain just the thing for fratastic M-Hill. Roadhouse kitsch inside, old wood, hubcaps, barrels, trademark "Be Nice or Leave" sign. Bar wallpapered in license plates. Sit at a table shaped like Wonder Bread, gobble down southern-style BBQ, Brunswick stew, blackened catfish, country-fried steak. Food's not much, more about pounding a few pitchers and catching a game. Keep that...
Editorial Review:
Lexington Ave. barbeque joint serves up North Carolina style BBQ ribs, pulled pork, chicken, wings, southern-style food and more.