I seem to be in the vast minority hear, and granted only based on two visits but I don't really get all the love. I had brisket and smoked sausage. Brisket was really good, but the sausage was like eating a leftover Johnsonville. Sides I had were good, not great.
I also think there sauces and vinegar kind of all have an overpowering sweetness and combo of spices that gets old really fast. Reminds of Thanksgiving yams with marshmallows. Good at first, but when I get sick of the flavor and look for a reprieve from one of the other sauces or their vinegar they all have that same flavor.
Overall I thought the food was good and the place is nice but overrated and overpriced in my opinion. As a comparison for similar, maybe slightly less $ Flying Mango in Des Moines blows it out of the water in my opinion.
Take it with a grain of salt. I don't go out to eat much and am clearly not a restaurant critic.
I'm a big fan of the Cafe and Provisions in Ames, depending on menu items at any given time. Also like the Spice.
