The Firepit

We had high hopes for a great meal due to the reviews being so great, but unfortunately when we were ordering they were out of 5 popular menu items that drew us to this spot. We definitely would have liked a heads up to missing menu items prior to seating, because the very long wait time was not worth the food quality. We picked the pork belly tacos and they tasted excessively greasy and could not finish. The pulled pork was ok, but I would not recommend. The wings were not great, and the mac and cheese was more soup consistency and was not appetizing. The only thing that got us through the meal were the fries to be honest. By the time we finished our meal we were all not impressed especially for the menu prices and the very long wait time. Honestly do not recommend if you are in Bismarck.

1st time visit was very excited for some good biscuit. But they had none. Husband order the smoked sausage sandwich. Description sounded delicious. Basically it was a brat with cheese and BBQ sauce and then it wasn't even cut to fit the bun. I ordered cheesesteak sandwich. I ordered the onions and peppers on the side because I didn't want it to over power the meat. Not a problem meat had no flavor by itself. And it was topped with nacho cheese sauce just thrown haphazardly on all over the outside. Just a mess. Waitress just bragged up the tutor tots and they were cold and gross. Service was slow for pre prepared food. We won't go back not for the price. Bloody Mary was good.

Had heard good things but was far from it…Sandwich was incredibly greasy (Darrels cheesesteak)-basically hamburger meat with cheese sauce, bun was completely soaked in grease. Smash burger, came with a whopping 11 tater tots. They had no Brisket. Mac and cheese was a bowl of mush. But the biggest flaw was service- there weren’t many other tables, looked like most were done eating. Our server was slow to take order, then came back and said the order was lost, so we reordered our food and it was brought (much later) by another person then nothing. No check back by anyone, needed refills but just asked the first person I saw for our check, paid and left. Won’t be back!

This has to be the best BBQ in Bismarck and one of the best I have had. I did go for something non-traditional and ordered the steak tacos. My daughter and her boyfriend both ordered the pork belly burger(precious experience). Both were amazing. I had one bite of hers and it the beef was very good and the combination of flavors for her sandwich was great. The tacos had a great balance of flavors. I loved the diced jalepeños gave a nice low level of heat with the right amount of green savory flavor. The fried corn tortillas added extra crisp to the taco that made it amazing. We got there too late for me to have the St Louis style ribs, but someone in the booth next to me had them and we made eye contact as he bit into what should have been my rib… I heard him tell his table that this was one of the best ribs he had ever had… will be returning when I come back to visit. There was a wait. We got there at 5:30 and didn’t eat until after 6 - but that allowed us time to talk.