Fresh on the high of a great set of ribs from Squealers not long ago, hubby has become slightly obsessed with barbeque. He wants to try them all, like tomorrow, so he can compare and contrast them all while it is still fresh in his head. So we invited friends over the other night to finally get around to trying Black Diamond which is like 5 minutes from our house, and which we have never tried. It is a pretty small place, and there isn’t a lot of ambiance there, and since it is so close, we figured it probably wouldn’t lose much in the 5 minute drive from there to our house. Not to mention, barbeque is inherently slow cooked anyway right? The people working in there are really nice and they put together your order super fast.They do a lot of barbeque chicken at Black Diamond which I like, although the more I eat, the more I realize it is tough to do it well. But I still decided to go with the half chicken anyway, figuring that at least the dark meat would be tender. So my meal was a half barbeque chicken dinner which comes with two sides—I had the mac and cheese and the greens ($9.75). So unfortunately, the chicken was quite dry really and even the leg meat suffered from that fate. Extra sauce helped, but not enough. The sauce choices are sweet, mild, and spicy. I got the mild, thinking, well it wouldn’t be sweet since they actually have a separate sauce that is sweet, but I still found it a little too sweet. If I went again, I would certainly go for the spicy, as one friend who had it at the table did not think it was really spicy at all. The mac and cheese was fine—it was your standard noodles in cheese product—you know, like Velveeta-esque. Didn’t taste bad, but wasn’t wowing anyone for sure. The greens weren’t bad, but honestly weren’t my first choice. I always want to try the potato salad at barbeque places, and when I asked for that as my side, I was told they were out of it (I was also told if we wanted hot dog kids meals that they had on the menu it would be a 30-40 minute wait which was weird I thought. What kind of hot dog takes that long to cook?). Anyway, I was kind of bummed about the potato salad thing, but I can adapt.
I don’t know, I have heard so many good things about this place, but compared to what I have had locally, I would put this in the very average category. Luckily for us (and hubby is already planning the next place), we have lots of barbeque choices around town. Of course, I always want to hear which one you think is the best and why.
Black Diamond Barbecue
6404 Rucker Road, Suite 5
Indianapolis 46220
317/251-7427
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