I'm not sure whether this should be bumped or a new thread started. If the latter, the mods can do their thing.

A plethora of new BBQ joints have opened in recent months and I went to one of them today for lunch - actually it just opened a couple of days ago - County Barbeque on Taylor almost at Loomis. It's a DMK restaurant.

One of us had a pulled pork sandwich, the other the Kansas City Bunt ends sandwich (I was concerned and asked about the amount of work to eat it - but it's just the meaty ends of smoked St. Louis ribs - without any bone, cartilage, gristle, or fat). The meat on both sandwiches was outstanding. However, neither of us liked any of the 3 sauces available (one mustard based two vinegar, one spicier than the other). Luckily, you can get the meat without the sauce and try each and use the one you like best.

The sandwiches come with subtle garlic fries and the pulled pork comes with a vinegar based cole slaw. Fries good, cole slaw was OK (and I do like vinegar based cole slaw). We got a side order of corn pudding, the best thing we ate. It's almost the consistency of a very moist crumbly corn bread - topped with scallions.

The next time, I think I'll get an order of the burnt ends and bring them home and pour on the Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet and Spicy. They were really good - just not with that sauce.

http://dmkcountybarbeque.com/