Originally we were set on Dallas BBQ’s over at Times Square but my sense of adventure for new BBQ sparked me to ignore my mate’s desire and headed to Rub.
It’s a Friday night, the place was packed, and we were seated promptly to a table in the hall by the restrooms— with a side view of peoples’ rear ends at the bar. The seating was UN-dine-ABLE for any night—no less for a full house Friday night. (FYI, the hall to the restrooms were also a waiting area so we were surrounded by vouchers and drunks— many that were in between.
All the food came at once, the appetizer: BBQ Bacon Chunks house cured and triple smoked berkshire black pork belly bacon (nitrate free) 7.95 can not be any fatter and damaging to the arteries. The presentation was god awful, 6-7 chunks of lard, no way crispy nor tasty but flabby served with 3 stingy yellow cut slices of pickle—at first I thought it was a side but it was indeed the 8 dollar app. that was highly unexpected. Very very poor choice.
Under the specialty menu was the Szechwan Smoked Duck the baron goes eastern. It has a little heat and a little sweet (1/2) 14.75. Not bad. Half of duck roasted with the bones cut in the bias. Though, Duck is naturally sweeter than chicken, the skin was marinated with sweet sauce which enforced a shine to the layer. The duck was tender.
The meat platter: Told that the Pulled Pork, and BBQ Beef Brisket was the most popular, I ordered the two meat with two sides of Super Fries and Cornbread for 18.75. The Pulled pork was very straight forward, shredded pork moist in BBQ sauce. The BBQ Beef Brisket was dry and very disappointing and quick bland. I had to pour in more BBQ to the Brisket to pretend that I was not eating Brisket jerky—even jerky retains more flavor. The super fries were surely superbly over fried, there is a fine line between crispy fries from burnt thus hard fries. Cornbread: similar to the ones you make from the box.
After the entrees, who would have thought about dessert????? Deep fried Oreo: Four deep fried dough stuffed with an ‘Oreo’ powdered with sugar. We couldn’t eat the dessert because it was steaming hot. Given our poor seating, and a human barricade by the bar and hungry impatient patricians, I had to push my way through to the counter and pay my bill.
Insider tip: Try for a seat in the very back of the restaurant to avoid the incoming traffic and drunks.
BBQ Bacon Chunks house cured and triple smoked berkshire black pork belly bacon (nitrate free) 7.95
Szechwan Smoked Duck the baron goes eastern. it has a little heat and a little sweet (1/2) 14.75
Meat Platter: Pulled Pork, and BBQ Beef Brisket, two sides 18.75
RUB -Barbecue, Bar Food 208 W 23rd St, New York 10011 Btwn 7th & 8th Ave Phone: 212-524-4300
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