Bubbaloo's Bodacious BBQ

Cuisine Barbecue
Hours Mon-Thurs 10am-9pm; Fri-Sat 10am-10pm
Address 1471 Lee Rd
Location Winter Park about 5 min. from downtown Orlando, Around Town
Transportation Take I-4 Exit 88, Lee Rd./Hwy. 423, and follow your nose; Bubbalou's is on the left next to a dry cleaner
Reservations Reservations not accepted
Phone 407/628-1212
Web site http://www.bubbalouscatering.com
Prices Main courses $4-$13
Credit Cards AE, MC, V
Review

You can smell the hickory smoke emerging from this restaurant for blocks, the tangy scent cutting through the humid Florida air. This is, hands down, some of the best barbecue you'll find anywhere. And, if nothing else, you have to love the name. There are other things on the menu. If you can eat the night or day away, go for "The Big-Big Pig" platter (beef, sliced pork, and turkey with fixin's). There also are several barbecue baskets, combos, dinners, and sandwiches, as well as side orders ranging from fried pickles and okra to collard greens and black-eyed peas. The uninitiated should stay away from the "Killer" sauce, which produces a tongue buzz that's likely to last for hours; you might even taste-test the mild before moving up to the hot. The beans are the perfect side dish. Only the sometimes-soggy garlic bread brings the meal down, but not too far. Beer is available.