Smoked Meat and Spicy BBQ
- May 29, 2009
- Rated 3 of 5 by
Wasatch from heber ctity, Utah
After our fist visit to the Spin Café, we had no desire to return. The food had considerable underlying quality, but the excessive use of pepper in the BBQ sauce pretty much ruined things, the excellent Buffalo Burger excepted, but how often do you want to eat an $11 burger? So, we did not return for quite a while, but eventually we decided to try it again, although that decision was made with considerable trepidation. She played it safe and ordered the Buffalo Burger, which held its place as the best Buffalo Burger we have encountered. I again ordered the three smoked meats (chicken, pork, and beef) sampler plate, and again requested BBQ sauce on the side. Unlike our first visit when sauce on the side was not an option, I got sauce on the side for two of the three meats. While the BBQ sauce was still overly peppered, it was more palatable than the first time, especially since I could control the amount. That was good enough to bring us back a couple more times.
Summing up four trips, the smoked beef is the best smoked dish because it is remarkably moist for smoked meat.. However, the Spin Café’s smoking process has an affinity for chicken. The BBQ sauce continues as in visit # 2– barely tolerable on account of the excessive use of pepper, but you can get it on the side to help you control the fire in your mouth. The Beef Brisket sandwich is second only to famous Bubba’s of Jackson Hole because Bubba’s properly serves theirs dry with a choice of three BBQ sauces on the table. Besides too much pepper, too much sauce hides the flavor of the smoked meat, and Spin goes overboard with the sauce. Rosemary-garlic baked potato pieces were as good as this dish comes. The BBQ sauce aside, the quality of the food is comfortingly consistent. You can trust that your smoked beef or chicken or Buffalo Burger will be as described here.
Ask if there is a choice between curly fries and regular French fries. Their curly fries are outstanding, the French fries are OK. The apple slaw continues as our favorite side, but the BBQ beans are
pretty good, except for all that damn pepper. There is little reason to forego slaw for one of the other choices. However, if your oder a sandwich with slaw, the juice from the slaw, which is served on the same plate as the sandwich, will soak the bottom bun of the sandwich. This is unpleasantly messy. Ask for slaw on a separate plate. Is this Heber’s best restaurant? No. It comes close, but it is the best (and only) smokehouse.
From journal Heber Valley Golf
Editor Pick
Spin Cafe
- August 20, 2007
- Rated 3 of 5 by
Wasatch from heber ctity, Utah
After our fist visit to the Spin Café, we had no desire to return. The food had considerable underlying quality, but the excessive use of pepper in the BBQ sauce pretty much ruined things, the excellent Buffalo Burger excepted, but how often do you want to eat an $11 burger?
So, we did not return for quite a while, but eventually we decided to try it again, although that decision was made with considerable trepidation. She played it safe and ordered the Buffalo Burger, which held its place as the best Buffalo Burger we have encountered. I again ordered the three smoked meats (chicken, pork, and beef) sampler plate, and again requested BBQ sauce on the side. Unlike our first visit when sauce on the side was not an option, I got sauce on the side for two of the three meats. While the BBQ sauce was still overly peppered, it was more palatable than the first time, especially since I could control the amount. That was good enough to bring us back a couple more times.
Summing up four trips, the smoked beef is the best smoked dish because it is remarkably moist for smoked meat.. However, the Spin Café’s smoking process has an affinity for chicken. The BBQ sauce continues as in visit # 2– barely tolerable on account of the excessive use of pepper, but you can get it on the side to help you control the fire in your mouth. The Beef Brisket sandwich is second only to famous Bubba’s of Jackson Hole because Bubba’s properly serves theirs dry with a choice of three BBQ sauces on the table. Besides too much pepper, too much sauce hides the flavor of the smoked meat, and Spin goes overboard with the sauce. Rosemary-garlic baked potato pieces were as good as this dish comes.
The BBQ sauce aside, the quality of the food is comfortingly consistent. You can trust that your smoked beef or chicken or Buffalo Burger will be as described here. Ask if there is a choice between curly fries and regular french fries. Their curly fries are outstanding, the french fries are OK. The apple slaw continues as our favorite side, but the BBQ beans are pretty good, except for all that damn pepper. There is little reason to forego slaw for one of the other choices. However, if your oder a sandwich with slaw, the juice from the slaw, which is served on the same plate as the sandwich, will soak the bottom bun of the sandwich. This is unpleasantly messy. Ask for slaw on a separate plate.
Is this Heber’s best restaurant? No. It comes close, but it is the best (and only) smokehouse.
From journal Ski the Heber Valley of Utah