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: