Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2329840)

Oh please ... talked about crap BBQ. Oakwood is awful. I doubt they ever saw a rib, that didn't come packaged in Cryovac and if they did, they wouldn't have a clue what to do with it.

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy (Post 2329577)

TV property management getting greedy on their revenue portion/ rent?

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2329588)

I'm surprised something called the "Gourmet Club" would even know a restaurant such as Sonny's.

Some of them aren't too bad for what they are, but I once ate at the Sumter Landing location and it was scary bad.

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston (Post 2329846)

@BrianL99 et al.....

Maybe recruit Red Bones (Davis Sq. Somerville) as a new tenant!

Guy can still dream!

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2329871)

Davis Square sure isn't what it was, when I was a boy in Somerville.

A friend owned the Rose Bud property (I think I remember the name right) for a zillion years.

I once walked into Jumbo's in Teele Sq and Burton Cummings was the entertainment. Probably 30 years ago.

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2329840)

Oh please ... talked about crap BBQ. Oakwood is awful. I doubt they ever saw a rib, that didn't come packaged in Cryovac and if they did, they wouldn't have a clue what to do with it.

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 2329887)

You are 100% right. Oakwood doesn't smoke ribs, they take boiled ribs and grill them over a flame. That is NOT BBQ.

Terrible.

:BigApplause:

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2329871)

I once walked into Jumbo's in Teele Sq and Burton Cummings was the entertainment.

Originally Posted by BlackHarley (Post 2329744)

Nope. Methyl Ethyl Ketone.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2329729)

Agree.

Two other posts speak volumes.....(1)salad bar and (2) $6 pork.

Originally Posted by ithos (Post 2329944)

I knew it was inevitable on TOV to have a snarky reply about the salad bar....... Then the Derisiveness is deserved.

Originally Posted by ithos (Post 2329944)

I knew it was inevitable on TOV to have a snarky reply about the salad bar. It happens every time. I have the same reaction when I see portly patrons chow down on steaks or pizza.

There are two primary reasons why some people enjoy salad bars
1. There are many fat laden items to choose from.
or
2. My reason. There are far more healthy items such as greens and vegetables to choose from than on the menu.

In the case of lettuce there are only 100 calories per pound. If I tried to eat that much lettuce from a menu the bill would probably be four or five times more.

I will confess though that on rare occasions I will go to an all you can eat restaurant and pig out. Then the Derisiveness is deserved.

Originally Posted by bobmarc (Post 2329939)

Wow...every time I go to Oakwood there are crowds of folk there who like unsmoked, boiled, grilled "terrible" ribs. Imagine if they were good...you'd never get in.

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 2329981)

Not saying the uninformed and uneducated about BBQ may like it. They probably think Olive Garden is high-end Italian food.

Originally Posted by Karmanng (Post 2329907)

Where are the other locations????

Originally Posted by Shipping up to Boston (Post 2329985)

Wait....unlimited salad and breadsticks isn’t high end Italian?! Who knew!

Originally Posted by Cuervo (Post 2329745)

There is another question that should be asked, is the restaurant closing because of quality or due to rising rents.
In N.Y.C. there are restaurants almost on every block, some are good, and some are bad, but most close due to rising rents.
If it is the latter, the very restaurant you love might be next.

Originally Posted by gorillarick (Post 2329787)

Past 2 to 3 years, I'd see many tables never cleaned after guests left, still sitting there after I was gone.

Chaos. Wait staff seemed always seemed to be in a state of confusion.

Never had a manager cruise by and ask how was everything. OK, the guy/gal should be busy bussing tables.

Too cheap to hire a busboy.
IMAO; wait staff should never remove a glass or plate from a table, nor clean a table.
Let the wait staff give the best service possible.
Many local restaurants could use this advice. Yeah, laugh.
I was a busboy. My job was to bust my butt, especially preparing tables for the next guests. While guests were there; never an empty plate on a table - especially on the edge.
I'd get tips from the waitresses (yeah, they were all female - obsolete term? - ToughS)

Hit and miss food. Sometimes good, sometimes not. Sometimes hot, sometimes cold. Sometimes what I'd consider too greasy to eat, sometimes, not.

Got a pitcher of beer recently. I could feel the pitcher was hot from the dishwasher. Mugs, not freezing cold - err, not even refrigerated.
Mortal sin.

Suicide

Time for Oakwood or someone similar to move in.

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 2329887)

You are 100% right. Oakwood doesn't smoke ribs, they take boiled ribs and grill them over a flame. That is NOT BBQ.

Terrible.

:BigApplause:

Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2330164)

Actually most ribs are steamed or cooked in a pressure cooker in most BBQ places. Real BBQ takes a lot of time, patience and much more costly as they need to be cooked way in advance

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 2330166)

Real BBQ takes the time. That makes it real BBQ. Oakwood is not real BBQ. The closest to legitimate BBQ round here is iBBQ Express.

Originally Posted by kkingston57 (Post 2330164)

Actually most ribs are steamed or cooked in a pressure cooker in most BBQ places. Real BBQ takes a lot of time, patience and much more costly as they need to be cooked way in advance

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 2329887)

You are 100% right. Oakwood doesn't smoke ribs, they take boiled ribs and grill them over a flame. That is NOT BBQ.

Terrible.

Wow...every time I go to Oakwood there are crowds of folk there who like unsmoked, boiled, grilled "terrible" ribs. Imagine if they were good...you'd never get in.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2329715)

Stretching himself too thin???? :shrug:

Originally Posted by Karmanng (Post 2329907)

Where are the other locations????

Originally Posted by bobmarc (Post 2329939)

"Every time I go to Oakwood". You say it's "Trimble ", but you keep going back?. Must be a glutton for punishment.

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2330226)

I didn't write that. Someone didn't know how to paste a message.

Originally Posted by Teed_Off (Post 2329538)

I enjoyed their $6 pork big deal today (sandwich, side and drink). After telling the waitress how much I liked it she said the restaurant is closing on May 14.

Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 2329892)

Gary was greedy, but not like the son

Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 2329893)

Used to be a very place, our last two visits we weren’t impressed