Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick
I used to like Buffalo Joe's in Evanston, but I haven't been there in years so I don't know if they've maintained their standards.
Wings are good at Joe's for sure. I like their ribtips, following taken from the chicago bbq thread:
the place I speak of is Buffalo Joe's. There are two more locations, one on Clark in Evanston and the other is near NorthWestern U.
I wanted to hate this place, typical neon colored signs advertising specials, Buffalo Joe's even looks very franchised. But I was hungry and had not had any Q for awhile so the green neon colored sign advertising great rib tips caught my eye.
Rib tips were tender w/a nice amount of charring. Lots of sauce, but it is not a very sweet sauce. Served over Very good fries (for some reason a tough thing for Q joints to serve well). I brought back some for the guys at our worksite. All agreed it was some tasty Q.
While there is better in Chicago Metro area, Buffalo Joe's sure was a tasty meal.
Small ribtip meal is $5.29, large is $8.59 and serves three.