Uncle Willie's pork sandwich (an actual sandwich, not a "sandwich order," or smaller portion than a dinner order in common 'cue joint parlance) used to be one of the great, tasty bargains in the area, but I guess I was the only one eating 'em because they don't do it anymore, so nowadays I often go for the beef links.
Uncle Willie's links have a nice, coarse grind. They sport a light smoke ring and have more of a charcoal-grilled flavor than a smoked flavor, though the outer casing bears no obvious grill marks. The medium sauce (on top of the meat if you don't ask otherwise; I like sauce over my links but on the side of other barbecued meats) gets the heat right- the hot has a bit much red chile flakes, which compete with the meat, and I don't do mild.
Sandwich orders come with one side; I usually go with the collard greens. Uncle Willie's are chopped, peppery greens with just a bit of likker, probably canned but you know what? I don't care because they're tasty and I'm eating a large serving of a highly nutritious veg at lunchtime. That doesn't happen much away from Asian cuisine. 2 slices of regulation-issue wheat bread for sopping up sauce round out the order.
$9.73 all-in, and I had a half dozen slices of links left over for a snack later.
Uncle Willie's Original Bar-B-Que and Fish
614 14th
465.9200
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