Park Avenue BBQ & Grill

Park Avenue is the furthest south restaurant in a small chain located in southeast Florida.

I had a baby back rib and chicken combo and Carol had a combo that contained chicken, St. Louis ribs, pulled pork and pulled beef. We would call this mediocre food with very good service.

We asked about the smoking technique because the meat did not have much smokey flavor. There as also no smoke ring on any of the meat. Their smoker was designed by the owner and is electric. The ribs were quite fatty. The sauce was very good. Carol could not tell the difference by taste or sight between their pulled pork and pulled beef. She had to ask the server if the plate had both on it. We both had the collard greens and agreed that they were not spectacular and if we went back would not order them again. The corn bread and the mac and cheese was quite good and Carol said the french fries were excellent!

Our server was a very nice young lady and was very good at serving. She even passed the straw test... Okay, I guess I must explain the straw test. When I get a drink, I always remove the straw. I would rather not use a straw. The ultimate test of a good server is the one who notices that I did not have a straw in my drink and does not put another one in. There are often times when a server will bring me back a straw with each refill and I end up with a stack of unused, yet unusable straws and all it would have taken to avoid that would be a little bit of attentiveness. In any case, our server passed the test. She was quite attentive to our needs.

When all is said and done, we both agreed that if we want to get good barbecue in Boca, we will go to Whole Foods down the street from us rather than Park Avenue BBQ & Grill.