[Rail Paul]

Stopped by The Wood Pit for a sandwich this afternoon, and came back pretty impressed. TWP has been open about three weeks, it's located at 108 Bloomfield Avenue (eastbound side), just west of Glenfield school.

Nice piece of pork shoulder in the smoker, as well as sliced beef, links, turkey wings, and the usual sides. The smell of the place was wonderful. That's the first thing I noticed, followed by how clean the place was.

I had the chopped pork with a splash of their hot sauce on whole wheat bread. Good, juicy nuggets of pork and fat, modest amount of grease. Nice sandwich, and an overstuffed bargain for $6.50. I wasn't quite as impressed with the sliced beef, but I ordered that dry to examine the smoke ring, etc. Again, a generous helping of meat stacked on whole wheat. I think it would have been better with a splash of the sauce on it. Other choices included beef ribs, smothered pork chops, etc. Sides included beans, slaw, mac n cheese, collards (already sold out).

The place was busy in mid-afternoon. The guy ahead of me bought $57 worth of ribs, chickens, chopped pork, jars of sauce, a pail of slaw, and a large package of sliced beef. A couple was demolishing a chicken meal in the table area. That smelled great.


The local website baristanet did a nice writeup on TWP earlier this week. I'll definitely be back in the next few days to sample more of the menu.

Wood Pit's own site

Parking may not always be available directly in front of the store, but is often found around the corner on Maple street.

[marauder]

No offense of course, but who eats que on whole wheat bread? lol. Actions like that get us Yankees laughed at anywhere south of Deleware. lol.

[Melonious Thunk]

That's just a few blocks from where I lived as a kid. I used to go to the movies near there. The Welmont, I think it was called. I saw The Outlaw there. Hot stuff.

[Rail Paul]

No offense of course, but who eats que on whole wheat bread? lol. Actions like that get us Yankees laughed at anywhere south of Deleware. lol.

They offered a choice of white bread or whole wheat bread.


Melonious, the Wellmont is currently closed, and under contract to be sold. Even in its current, tri-plexed, needs work state, it's a great old theater.

[Rail Paul]

Pete Genovese reports on the Wood Pit in today's Star Ledger. He likes it. A lot.

"We're just going on my mother's and grandmother's recipes," said co-owner Lawrence Hackney.

One bite of the tender, delicious dry-rubbed pork ribs (large, 10-bone dinner, $21.95, with two sides) and you know you've hit the barbecue jackpot. Add some of the outstanding homemade sauce, and there's just no need to head south -- South Jersey, South Carolina, wherever -- for good barbecue. They use hickory or apple smoke wood; it's indirect heat only, no open flames.

I shy from sweetish sauce, but the regular BBQ sauce here is slightly sweet, pleasantly smoky and altogether satisfying. The hot sauce is the barbecue bomb -- tangy, spicy, sensational. You can buy a 16-ounce container for $5, or a gallon for $32. The whole BBQ chicken ($13.95, with two sides) is another winner, with juicy, tender meat and a strong, but not overpowering, smoky flavor. The large beef rib dinner ($23.95, with two sides) was perfectly fine, but it paled next to those outstanding pork ribs, or the top-notch chicken

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