Shane's Rib Shack (Rome, GA)

Score (2) - 2: "Don't stop Green Beanin' (For my Journey friends)"

Shane's Rib Shack is a BBQ restaurant with several locations including one here in Rome, GA. My family is in full holiday swing and we were looking for a quick bite when we recently dined at Shane's. (The fact that I received a text with a pretty sweet deal also led to us eating there).

     When you enter you both pay and place your order at the front counter, which caused a bit of a traffic jam as hungry diners entered. It's probably only a lunch problem but it's a good problem to have.  The BBQ chicken plate appeared to be right up my alley along with a half rack of ribs. I ordered the chicken "naked" (I like to control just how much sauce goes on my food) with fried okra and macaroni and cheese as my two sides.

     After a short wait my food arrived, it was......hot. The chicken was gray, cubed and dry.  The   macaroni and cheese was that typically industrial shade of orange and didn't require the use of teeth. But the okra was to die for and the star of the show.  The exterior crunchy and the interior perfectly cooked saved the meal. 

     Let's talk about the ribs. If you're going to have "rib shack" in your name you better bring some game and they do.  These are some of the best pork ribs I've eaten (hey I'm a southern chick, I know my way around a rib bone). Smokey, fall off the bone with the perfect amount of sauce. We ordered a half a rack, big mistake. My husband and I looked like two stray dogs fighting over the last bone. Perfect for a football watching weekend.

    The staff was capable and courteous, the restaurant was clean, the bathroom was clean- unfortunately the lock was broken.  As always you can read my reviews every Monday and Tuesday at coosavalleynews.com 

CHEERS!

RL

Here's my scoring terminology:

1-5 "(5 being the highest)"

1: "Bless your heart"

2: "Don't stop Green Beanin' (For my Journey friends)"

3: "Medi'okra"

4: "Make ya slap your momma"

5: "MAKE A PUPPY PULL A FREIGHT TRAIN"