Silverstar Smokehouse & Saloon

I had been here because I have enjoyed meals at the Country Tavern and Texas St. Tavern/Steakhouse, which the proprietor either used to own or perhaps still does. The restaurant does not have its own webpage. While both of the other places the people have been dressed in an appropriate manner and were friendly, the waitresses here are scantily clad, most in in Daisy Duke style shorts. All of the employees I came into contact with had horrible attitudes. For a BBQ place in the South and particularly in Louisiana, they need to work on the way the young staff treats customers. They also sound as though they are out of breath and are not willing to spend any time answering questions. The goal is to quickly turn the table and get you out of there. The food was nothing like the high quality food that I have had at Mr. Alvis' other restaurants and was not very diverse as at the other restaurants. There were several people in our party and no one was impressed. It is extremely loud in there and is in a very unappealing location. It is out of the way, only a portion of the parking lot is paved and the rest is gravel. The grass has not been mowed near the entrance to the parking lot in obviously quite some time. Save your money or go to a really good BBQ place, of which there are many in the Shreveport/Bossier area in nice locations. It is disappointing to see Mr. Alvis is allowing this business to be run this way, when he has previously been known by his successes. This will likely not be one of them, except for people who prefer to have a meal in a loud and undesirable location with rude staff, many of which are barely clothed. Unfortunately, I had not read the awful reviews on numerous sites before trying this place. I will not ever go back and would not recommend that anyone do the same. Although I have not used their catering service and have not booked a private room, it is clear that their staff is way off the mark on that front as well, as is shown in so many reviews on numerous sites.