Smokehouse Steak & Barbeque

8608 Philadelphia Road
{corner of Philadelphia & Golden Ring Road}
Baltimore, MD 21237
Phone: 410-687-0004; Email: SmokehouseRestaurant@yahoo.com
Delivery & Take-out

Personal Review {22 Feb. 1999}:
The Smokehouse Steak & Barbeque Restaurant is a new place, opened within the past month or so in what used to be a corner Pizza place. The menu looks good and the aroma of barbeque as you walk up to the restaurant is very enticing. The special that brought us in was a whole rack of ribs for only $10. This included the 'endless' salad (all you can eat) along with a side. A really good deal. The menu also sports a selection of hardwood cooked burgers, BBQ sandwiches, BBQ chicen, shrimp, pit beef and ham, ribs and steaks and some interesting BBQ appetizers and soups/chili. The restaurant is non-smoking and the service was great. The restaurant is clearly becoming popular already as there was a good ground gathering. However, for our taste, the BBQ sauce used on the ribs was much too sweet. Everything was very sticky after eating because of the high sugar levels. The ribs were cooked well though, not over-cooked and falling apart as is typical in most Maryland rib places we've been (with the exception of the ribs at Pizzaria Uno in Bel Air... those were great). Smokehouse Restaurant also use a bit too much onion in everything including the sautéed spinach and baked beans...much too much for one of our party. Other items on the menu may be ok, but if they're all using the BBQ sauce that was on the ribs, I doubt we would go back for another trip. Getting out of the restuarant on the busy corner of Philadelphia Road and Golden Ring was a real challenge at rush hour.

Bottom Line: OK, but not great. Inexpensive

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