Famous Dave's Pit Bar-B-Que

  • 225 N. Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72211
  • 501-221-3283
  • Fax 501-221-3295
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Description

Practically everybody and everything is famous at Famous Dave's. The waiter on our first visit was Famous Heath; on our second, Famous Derrick. Even the guy who answers the telephone is "famous." The menu features "Dave's Famous Fish" and "Dave's Famous Feasts." The latter, which feed between two and five, include so much food that they come on a garbage-can lid. "No," the menu hastens to explain, "we're not running out of plates"; it's because a garbage can "was Dave's very first backyard smoker." The "sauce tour" starts with the Rich & Sassy, "sweet and tangy with handpicked herbs and spices," and moves up the spice scale to Sweet & Zesty, which adds a little more spice and a touch of citrus; Texas Pit, tomato-based with plenty of black pepper; and the supposedly "XXX hot" Devil's Spit. (The devils Dave employs to expectorate apparently don't have much fire in their bellies because this one barely singes the tongue.) The odd-sauce-out is the vinegar-based Georgia Mustard, which the waiter recommended primarily for the chicken dishes.

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