GA Pig, Brunswick, GA

GA Pig, Brunswick, GA

Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Log Cabin in LaBelle, FL

     Recently Doug and I traveled from the east coast of Florida to the west coast along Route 80 and discovered this little gem along the way, Skitch and Sara's Log Cabin. The Log Cabin looks very promising from the outside...it's cute, smoke is visible rising up from the back of the building, and there are many cars in the parking lot.  The menu has much more than barbecue on it and looks more like full restaurant menu, with fish, meatloaf, pork chops and a complete list of appetizers on it; however, barbecue clearly rules here. 
     We sat down and Doug ordered ribs, and I had the rib and chicken combo, both with beans and slaw.  We both finished with that Southern staple, banana pudding.
  The ribs here are not among our favorites, and we are getting really good at nailing down what constitutes great ribs and what makes for just good or ok ribs.  These are smoked perfectly and very meaty, so thumbs up there, but they weren't as succulent as some we've had, and a little tough and dry.  I do appreciate the fact that they don't drown their ribs in sauce...they arrive at the table dry and you sauce them yourself.  The dry rub they use was subtle so it took us a few bites before we realized that it was mostly chile powder, and that got a bit old as we worked our way through them.  So, a C+ for the ribs.  The chicken was good, but, again, a little dry, and I only order dark meat, so there's no real excuse for that.  They offer 2 sauces at the table, a sweet one and a spicy/vinegary one, and these were both very good, as were the baked beans and slaw. The banana pudding is the fake banana flavored cream with nilla waffers. A proper pudding has pastry cream with bananas folded in topped with whipped cream. Everything else pales. This one is too sweet as well.  We think The Log Cabin is above average for barbecue, but just.  If I lived in LaBelle, I'd go there and try the pulled pork, and maybe even skip the barbecue altogether and order some fish. They're certainly busy and have a loyal local following, and we're always glad to see places like this doing well.

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