Pg Bbq #1

Place is adorable! And food is Great!
The ribs make my Top 10 and the Hush Puppies were the best ever (this paleo girl ate two). And that’s saying something. Everything is super-​homemade. Servers are really sweet and attentive. Love the fact that locals were coming in and out. And very clean, which is not usually synonymous with BBQ shacks.

If I could give this place zero stars I would!!! This is not BBQ. The ribs are boiled and then put on a grill to give the impression of BBQ. To make matters worse the ribs have no flavor! Yuck Yuck Yuck. I literally ate one and threw the rest of the half rack I ordered away! Someone needs to tell the cook to put the BBQ down and walk away!

Great service!!.I know it’s weird but I got the catfish here for my first visit. it was excellent, tender and juicy.wow. I’m very happy. second visit, theBBQ pit was blazing out front and I ordered the pulled pork. Just have to say that I love this place… cant wait for another meal. everything is so fresh.

Disappointed! My wife and i were driving north on I-​95 and were getting low on gas. We pulled off a random exit near Petersburg, VA and refueled. We decided to find a local place to eat since we had already stopped. We Unilocaled and googled food, restaurants and eateries and came up with this place. We read the reviews and they were only just ok… so we were skeptical about eating here. Should have followed my gut instincts because the parking lot was empty (sign #1). After we pulled up, two other couples and a truck driver pulled up. I felt a little better. I ordered the sliced brisket and a few minutes later… I was told they didn’t have any more (sign #2). The waitress acted that she didn’t like having to work on Labor day (sign#3) but she might have been going through something personally that day.
$ 40 dollars later… I ordered the BBQ chicken, jalapeño poppers, hot wings. My wife ordered a house salad. Salad was wilted and old. It was sent back and the exact same thing came back a second time. (Note to self… don’t order salad from a BBQ place). Poppers were ok… fried, greasy, hot and totally what we expected. Hot wings were fried yesterday, then re-​fried today but burnt. But that BBQ chicken platter though… tasted like it was cooked yesterday and microwaved.
If it were Saturday at 11am. The food could have been great… but Saturday food served on Monday just doesn’t work. Any ratings above 3 stars must be related to the owners. We met 5 other total strangers who were also there for the first time and they got the same vibe… bland, blah and a waste of time, money and effort. I dont usually rate this low… (Only 1 star) but I people are starting to follow me and I want to accurately describe my experience.

Got minced pork BBQ platters. Meat was dry but that could be because it was near closing time. Excellent sides. I’d try again but get different main dish or just get sides. Delicious collard greens. Flavored right. Very good potato salad (potatoes fully cooked which is huge) and quite possibly the best hush puppies ever. Mac and cheese was ok and slaw had good flavor but was big. Tried two desserts. Banana pudding was ok. I think it was made with banana pudding instead of vanilla which made it somewhat strong. Carrot cake was excellent. Want to try again when passing through.

Wow. What ribs. They were awesome the first night. I reheated some two days later (leftovers), they were still delicious. Great job guys! Fried okra and mac/​cheese were tasty… but the ribs. I have been looking for a place with this type of ribs since I moved here 12 years ago. Place was right under my nose.

Sunday’s lunch on Jeff Davis with pleasant surprise at PG1. Don’t let the area and building scare you away! The menu was comprehensive for a BBQ restaurant and reasonable. I had the sliced pork with Mac and cheese and butter beans. My partner has sliced pork with potato salad and collards. There was more pork than I could eat at this sitting with ample sides. The hushpuppies were very good and all the meal was served very quickly. Of all the BBQ restaurants on southside — this is my first choice. Looking forward to «all you can eat» rib night on Wednesdays.

Service was wonderful. Really friendly people behind the counter and waitress. There is a big expensive looking smoker in front of building but it was not fired up. I appreciate the taste and tenderness of smoked beef and pork. We ordered a BBQ sampler which included chicken, ribs, BBQ, and beef brisket. The brisket was disappointing. It had sear marks like it was reheated on a flat grill. It was dry and did not pass the pull test. Ribs were decent, Chicken was dry, minced pork was good. May want to fire up the smoker and get meats juicer…

Every time I drive home south I have that one, first meal that makes me feel like I haven’t really eaten anything in a year. The collard greens were so good I wanted to cry. There’s a depth to this food that says it’s been cooking a long, long time. The highlight, in addition to the greens, was the beef brisket (sliced) which tasted like smoke and wood and the little bits melted in my mouth. The ribs, also, were so generous and melty good. And the fried pickles were excellent – only southerners know how to do fried pickles right. I love a vinegar sauce so this place was perfect for me. Really nice people and mellow local vibe inside.

I was driving through Virginia and wanted to find a local spot to try something other than the fast food I was forced to eat on my road trip. The highway exit signs mention this BBQ joint just a short drive from the exit.
After one left turn, a helpful sign saying ahead on right was appreciated but somehow I drove right past it. After turning around I spotted the tiny building, parked and walked in around 3:45.
When I came in a girl was sitting at a customer table on her tablet and looked startled but was very nice and asked me if my order was for here or to go. I was the only one in the place and that kind of worried me. I always feel awkward when I am the only one in a restaurant other than staff. It took me a minute to figure out the hand written menu board and then I settled on a BBQ plate with two sides (collard greens and mac-​n-​cheese) and hushpuppies.
Only two or three minutes later my food came out.
I should have looked close at the menu because I didn’t like what I got. The sliced BBQ was 10.99 i think and the minced BBQ plate was $ 8.99. I thought that I was getting a *chopped* BBQ plate.
Let me tell you when they say ‘minced’ they mean it. I have never seen BBQ this ground up. It looked like little tiny granules of pork dirt. I think the chef must have been using all his free time Slap-​chopping the meat to a fine mist of meat sand.
The result was a dry and odd texture of BBQ that really had no flavor. There was a red BBQ sauce (not their own) available to put on the meat and it needed it bad but still didn’t help.
Now I live in NC and love BBQ and take it either sliced or pulled or even chopped but this minced meat was bad.
The collard greens were way too salty and greasy. The mac and cheese was the powder cheese type and over cooked. All the items I got were microwaved and not served from a fresh batch made that day I could tell.
Sadly, the hush puppies could have been great but they were microwaved too. The batter seemed good and had some nice onion and jalepeno or peppers of some sort in it, but instead of getting two fresh hushpuppies out the fryer they were nuked and sent out to me — I guess to help with lost food costs. Sad.
The girl who served me was very nice and the food came out quick. Too bad it tasted so bad. I felt like crap the rest of my drive to Greensboro.
I would avoid this place as a drive thru traveler.

I love Saturday lunch dates with my man! He always has a surprise up his sleeve. Pg BBQ was the latest victim. You know it’s the place to be when you can see the smoke coming out of the old fashioned stove that’s right out front! It’s a small place, but from walking in, I knew it was popular. Almost all the tables were filled. I went with the BBQ pork sandwich combo, and my partner in crime went for the hot dog combo. Both came with fries and a drink. I had the sweet tea and the waitress was always on point, making sure I was always topped off! She made about 3 rounds with the pitcher of tea, and I love me some sweet tea!
Again, this is one of those spots that let YOU decide how much BBQ sauce you want on your meal. And I love that. The sauce they had was the perfect mix of sweet and tangy, with a bit of a kick. I was able to slather as much as I wanted on my sandwich. The amount of meat overflowed, and I had my beloved coleslaw too. The fries were good and plentiful (I couldn’t finish them all). I really enjoyed the meal and the service was great. I highly recommend coming here for some be-​be-​que.

Passed Richmond looked for Bb-Q.Followed sign from 95 easily to location. Small family style resta
urant.Fast friendly service and large choice of meats and sides. Had chopped pork sand with slaw and collards. Very good !

When I’m in Richmond Va I make the trip south into Chester/​Chesterfield to this place. Small mom and pops place that has a real home feel to it. Food and service is great! I had a half chicken on this day with sides. Man they loaded me up with the sides and plenty of sauce for the chicken (for it was a little on the dry side). I come here often and I will continue to do so.

All you can eat ribs on Wednesdays.