I've talked about the Weber Grill restaurants on this blog before (see here), but I had never tried their barbecue items before until just recently.
I had been traveling around seeing a number of dealers in the Chicago area recently and it was getting late in the day, well past dinner time, when I saw my last dealer. I was near the Weber Grill restaurant in Lombard (see map) and I decided to stop in for a bite to eat.
Since it was late in the day I was pretty hungry, but I knew that if I had a big meal, I wouldn't sleep well that evening. I went into the bar area and sat at the bar so I could watch some football and read my Chicago Tribune.
I looked over the menu and the prime rib just kept jumping out at me. But something else kept catching my eye - their barbecue menu. In all my visits to the Weber Grill restaurants I'd never had their barbecue. But I thought I would go for something else that night.
I ended up ordering up the prime rib, medium-rare. The bartender took the order and about two minutes later she came back and said, "I was afraid of this, we're out of medium-rare prime rib."
Well, that solved that. I took the menu back from her and I looked right at the barbecue. I ordered up the beef brisket and meatloaf combination with garlic mashed potatoes. I thought I'd give their barbecue a shot.
And I'm glad I did. The meal came out and there were four or five large and thick slices of beef brisket on the plate along with a slab of meatloaf that they bake on the Weber Grills in the kitchen. Then when someone orders up the meatloaf, they slather on their rib sauce (which is nothing more than the Jack Daniels barbecue sauce) on both sides, then put the meatloaf on the grill for about three to five minutes a side, crusting the sauce on the meat. It's actually very good.
But the beef brisket was outstanding. Thick and juicy, the brisket was some of the best I'd ever had. Their secret is cooking it low and slow, I was told by one of the managers who stopped by to see if I was doing OK.
Their garlic mashed potatoes are good, but not as good as my wife's. Still they were a wonderful complement to the meal.
I was pleasantly surprised by the barbecue at the Weber Grill. The one thing I haven't tried at their restaurants are their burgers. I'll have to give them a shot sometime soon and let you know how they are.
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