Famous Dave's BBQ Ribs & Blues
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Phone: (612) 822-9900
Fax: (612) 822-9921
- Price:
- $$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Barbecue Food 2006, Barbecue Food 2004
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 10am-10pm
Editorial Review for Famous Dave's BBQ Ribs & Blues – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Eat at this chain and you'll swear the Mason-Dixon line moved to Saskatchewan. The weathered-looking wooden walls of Dave's shacks are decked out with roadside signs and cute pig paintings. You stand in line to order, then take a numbered wooden pig to your table. The sandwiches and platters (including Texas beef brisket and Georgia chopped pork) are filling, but favorites include a mess of St. Louis-style ribs, sticky with Dave's own award-winning sauce.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThere's a separate takeout area in back, where you can pick up some ribs to take home (call ahead).
User Reviews for Famous Dave's BBQ Ribs & Blues
08/06/2008 Posted by Michellehealth
We took our family there during the uptown artfair, we thought the children would love the atmosphere. We arrived at 7:45 and were bullied into paying a cover charge for a show that didn't start until "9 or 9:30" (thats $25 just to be seated for dinner...whatever). Right, we have kids with us like we are going to sit there all night for a show with kids, we told him that we were just there for dinner. The "bouncer" told us if we got out of there before the show started we could get our "cover charge" back...so basically everything relied on our servers capability. Didn't enjoy anything as I felt we were in a hurry to order eat and get the hell out. The food was comparable to that of fast food or a frozen entree. The server was unpleasant...you don't go out to see someone else having a "bad day". Says a lot about the management.
03/20/2007 Posted by muscledj
I was recently at Famous Dave’s with a group of 7 people; it was on a Sunday evening so it was not busy at 7pm. Because the group did not all arrive at the same time, many of them waited at the bar until our table was ready. Once we all were there we went to our table escorted by the hostess (some of us still had our beverages in hand). After 18 minutes one of the members of our group went to talk to the manager about getting a server to wait on us as the assigned server was not waiting on us. We received a new server, throughout the meal the service was alright. At the end of the meal when asked if we needed anything, we said no, hoping to get our check. It took another 10 minutes until another member of our group tracked down the server to get our check. We paid and left. Little did the staff of the restaurant know that every single person at the table was at one point in time or currently in the hospitality industry, so we know what is good and bad service. Some suggestions to the staff at Famous Dave’s: 1) Have the hostess communicate with the server when they are seating a group (especially if there have been at the bar drinking beforehand) 2) Let the serving staff know that just because their friends or someone they think is attractive is in the bar, others need service as well... (There is such a thing a too much customer service) The food was very good and the "open jam" session was very good as well. Maybe next time I go there, I’ll eat before and get my beverages at the bar...
Pros: Good food, entertaiment, price/amount of food
Cons: Inattentive staff. poor customer service.
Schedule
| 10/19/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 10/21/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 10/26/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 10/28/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 11/02/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 11/04/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 11/09/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 11/11/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 11/16/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 11/18/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 11/23/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 11/25/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 11/30/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 12/02/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 12/07/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 12/09/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 12/14/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 12/16/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
| 12/21/2008 | Open Blues Jam: Moses Oakland | |
| 12/23/2008 | Latin Sounds Orchestra | |
