Big Art's BBQ - Cincinnati

Closed a long while ago. That's a shame as it was really good BBQ. Now there's not a lot of choices around here for great BBQ. Thank goodness Velvet Smoke opene... read more Closed a long while ago. That's a shame as it was really good BBQ. Now there's not a lot of choices around here for great BBQ. Thank goodness Velvet Smoke opened its White Oak location, better IMHO.

Closed! Permanently out of business. read more Closed! Permanently out of business.

Looked like a dive when we got there but most of the reviews I read were good so we decided to try it. No one greeted us when we got there and waited awhile bef... read more Looked like a dive when we got there but most of the reviews I read were good so we decided to try it. No one greeted us when we got there and waited awhile before we got seated. That isn't unreasonable, considering it was a Friday night. When we finally got our food, it was lukewarm to start with. My wife's pulled pork was so bad it made her sick to her stomach. The beans tasted like they came from a can. They were out of coleslaw. The fries weren't bad but that's not why we went. Restrooms were nasty dirty. Needless to say we'll never be back. Stay away if you know what's good for you.

Big Art's is out of business. Closed for ever. I never tried the Q. read more Big Art's is out of business. Closed for ever. I never tried the Q.

Went to Big Art's BBQ today. Went there at 3:45pm and the doors were locked. The sign on the door said open at 3:00pm. Three other cars pulled up and they along... read more Went to Big Art's BBQ today. Went there at 3:45pm and the doors were locked. The sign on the door said open at 3:00pm. Three other cars pulled up and they along with us waited, but they left at 4:15pm. We stayed until 4:30pm and they finally opened the door. I just now read on Yelp that the restaurant has not been opening up on time. Why is that? Another thing we had 2 servers come to our table. One server said to the other, you wait on them. The other server acted like she didn't want to wait on us, but did anyway. She served us the wrong drinks. Please be careful with that, my husband is diabetic. The food came out quickly and was good and we got what we ordered. We also noticed they had two young children working there serving drinks and bread to everyone's table. The servers were adults that brought out the food and also to other people. If I had to guess the age of the children working there I would say 11 and 14. Is this legal? I also noticed not too many tables were occupied. It used to be crowed. If this continues I fear that they won't be opened too much longer if this type of service continues. It will be sad to see this wonderful family owned restaurant come to a close.