Since moving here four months ago, I'd been looking forward to getting a chance to try Reo's. The place looked like a dive and everyone knows about it, which usually means a great, inexpensive meal. However, that wasn't the case. We got two of the sampler platters, which is recommended for your first time. They didn't have any yams, so I got the baked beans instead. The beans were ok, but very strange tasting and unlike any I've had before. The macaroni and cheese was good for the first few bites, but then the strange sour quality began to get old, and I was wishing for some good ol' shells & cheese instead. As for the rest, the ribs had almost no substance besides some burnt tasting sauce and a tiny amount of chewy meat. The chicken was too gross to eat; it looked like a huge hunk of fat and bone, and not much else. I must say that the brisket was amazingly good, but I also wonder if it just seemed good in comparison to everything else. I'm not at all a picky eater; I grew up on a ranch in which we ate pretty much anything, but I wouldn't eat at Reo's again.
Pros: Brisket, kind of interesting atmosphere
Cons: Everything else
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