Crane & Q

Bob and Bobby McGee's

Comments (0) By Stephen Lemons Thursday, Nov 24 2005

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Jackie Mercandetti

In a pig's eye: Bobby-Q boasts atmosphere by the bucketload, but the swine is only so-so.

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Bobby Q

8501 N. 27th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85051

Category: Restaurant > Barbecue

Region: North Phoenix

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Fire-pie pizza: $8
St. Louis-style ribs, whole rack: $17
Smoked beef brisket: $12
Blackberry crisp: $6.50

602-995-5982, »web link.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Q-Lounge open later.

8501 North 27th Avenue (off I-17 between Dunlap and Northern avenues)

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On the flipside, Bobby-Q's cornbread was delectable, though rich enough to come at the end of the meal. Too bad it didn't, because the desserts were grotesque, ranging from the bland to the bad. The three I tried -- the blackberry crisp, the apple griddle cake, and the C.O.D., or chocolate overdose -- came crowned with a baseball-size sphere of hard, cheap-tasting vanilla ice cream. The sour, soupy blackberry crisp might have worked as a cobbler, with a lot more sugar. As is, it's inedible. The apple griddle "cake" was a mess of cinnamony, not-sweet-enough apple slices and an outer crust of crepe. Blech! And double blech for the C.O.D., a goopy, half-cooked brownie that did not even live up to the conventions of the cliché.

Oh, well. I'll make a deal with you, Bobby-Q: I'll keep chasing the ghost of Bob Crane, you keep after improving your victuals, and maybe one day we'll kick it in the Q-Lounge and exchange notes. Deal?