Hands down my favorite barbecue restaurant. The meats do not disappoint! Hearty portions, yummy sides, and not insanely expensive. My favorites are the wings and the prime rib dinner they do on Friday night only. The cocktails I've tried have been well-constructed. Good service, good atmosphere. Don't be turned off by the location, this place is awesome.
I absolutely love everything about the Opal! First, the owners are wonderful people that truly care about not only their business, but the businesses around them and the people that frequent these places. On top of that, everything I've eaten at the Opal has been wonderful, from the homemade pickles and pickled eggs to the brisket, the pulled pork, the smoked meatloaf, and my personal favorite, the Cubano! Amazing selection of whiskeys and beers as well. Such a great place! :) Cheers ?
Service is solid. Wings and ribs are on point. Whiskey selection is fairly extensive. The southern greens were under-done, but the flavor was pretty good. The brisket was completely disappointing. For one it was served as a sandwich by default. No BBQ spot sould or would do that with brisket. Chopped up, over sauced, and more importantly more than half fat. I understand how much fat a brisket has on it in certain sections, but you should never give such a fatty portion of the brisket to one customer. The portion size with one side was very small for the $17 resulting in about four bites of actual meat. Bottom line is if you want pretty good service, wings and/or ribs I recomend it. If you want brisket I highly recommend you go elsewhere.
Best Cubano and Reuben in town if not some of the best I can recall having. Nice atmosphere, clean, staff in kitchen wears informs.... None of that matters except the smoke on their food is delicious in that they also know how to prep it. Mac and cheese was spot on. Not the best in the world, but not a single person could complain. Same with the corn bread. It's all very tasty.
Great lil dive with good food. I want to thank the bartender who wore a mask and made our second round of drinks! I realize the owners do not mandate masking but please mandate your new bartender/employee to NOT OPENLY COUGH when serving drinks and food. As a first time customer It was very disturbing to me, as I watched the bartender openly cough 3 times, touching her nose never once washed her hands or used hand gel.
The best wings I've ever had! The wings have a wonderful dry rub, then smoked, then fried. They're juicy, a little sweet, a little spicy and drool worthy. I look forward to trying their BBQ, cause if it stands up to the ribs, I'm going to be extremely happy!The nachos are not bad...but I won't order them again. I prefer regular nachos personally, but you might love them!The snakebites, a bacon wrapped, jalapeno popper, is really tasty, but not everyone's cup of tea.That baked potato is delicious!The drinks are perfect! Good bartending.
Food was great! Drinks were spendy. Will go back for the food. just fewer cocktails. Bartender was awesome.
I just love the decco style art of the entry way. Delicious brisket and mezcal cocktail styling makes it more of a gastro pub than a dive bar.
Fancy divy!! Dive bar.. but done well! Special spot for good times and good eats. It's cold now but they have a cool ducked off patio in back..so legit!! Eat here!! Ps.. wings are exceptional!!
So glad I found this place! Drinks are made well and the food is awesome! Their happy hour is very good, and affordable with enough options still to choose from. As a local I will be coming here every chance I get. They're only open from Wednday - Saturday currently.