Biscuits Brisket & Beer

 

Located at 275 North Elm Street inside the Stock + Grain Assembly food hall, Biscuits Brisket & Beer offers smoked meats, homemade biscuits, toppings, and sauces, and beer on tap. It is open daily from 11 a.m. until food runs out.

 

Biscuits Brisket & Beer offers a great concept (gotta love the name) and food quality to match but there are a few caveats to eating here.

 

My wife and I stopped by not long past opening on a Saturday (a good time to avoid Stock + Grain’s crowds). We opted for the Big Gull Platter, a sampler than included a quarter pound of brisket, turkey, and sausage plus a biscuit and topping (options included everything from gravy to honey to fried green tomatoes to the pimento we went with). Our food came out surprisingly quickly, and we were given a choice of sauces (sweet, mustard, or garlic).

 

While not the best BBQ in the area, Biscuits Brisket & Beer can hold its own. The brisket was tender and paired well with the sweet sauce. The turkey was nicely peppered though the garlicky sausage was, unexpectedly, the star of the plate. The biscuit was good but not particularly memorable.

 

However, Biscuits Brisket & Beer shares the same high price/small portion problem that plagues at least one of its Stock + Grain neighbors. The lunch specials (brisket or turkey with fries, for $10 or $9, respectively) do seem like a considerably better deal, but the $24 Big Gull delivered little value.

 

I’ve learned to temper my expectations somewhat when it comes to Stock + Grain, but it hasn’t earned a spot on my avoid list. If nothing else, Biscuits Brisket & Beer has enough quality smoked meats to merit an eventual return.