Restaurant Review – Dillon’s BBQ

Dillon’s has been a staple here in Arrowhead for quite a while now, almost to the point where I forget about it.

I hadn’t been there for a couple years and my wife & son went a few weeks back and they didn’t have burnt ends. They’re my favorite, and my wife was really wanting them so we stopped in for an early dinner on a Saturday.

We were in luck, they did have burnt ends this day, but it wasn’t quite the same as I remembered.

Dillon’s is what it is, the decor is a bit tired and its very much a sports bar with live music a couple times a week, which is fine. The amazing BBQ was the reason I went and it was usually a great meal.

This time however, I was left disappointed. The burnt ends were just not the same. They were very tender and had good flavor, and perhaps I am being a bit picky. It seemed to be just brisket they had cut into bigger chunks and called it burnt ends. In my past experiences, burnt ends had a bit of char & a ‘crust’ to them.

I’m certainly not a BBQ expert, but this wasn’t the experience we were looking for. The steak fries were pretty tired and seemed to have sat around for a while.

The one shining star was their beans. They were, and always have been, amazing. We had an order of the onion rings which were also very good.