Lively’s BBQ

If you read my other reviews, you know I don’t hold back on my BBQ write-​ups. On non-​BBQ reviews, three stars is not exactly a compliment, but here, those three stars are well-​earned.
This place looks like a BBQ joint, meaning if they served anything other than BBQ, you’d keep on driving. Somehow, we like our smokehouses to look like absolute dives. I ordered the pulled pork, and it was good. I heard someone come in after us and order his with sauce on the side, and he knew what he was doing: the sauce was good, but they dropped a whole mess of it on the pork and I had a hard time tasting the meat for the sauce. When I did, though, the meat was nice and smoky and the blackened pieces were the highlight (as usual.) The slaw was just right and the beans had a fair amount of pork in them. And the portion of meat on the pork plate was more than I could handle.
The folks were friendly and the prices were fair, so I’d say if you’re in Cedartown (And just what in the world are you doing in Cedartown?) this is a fine place for a bite to eat.

Pork & beef ‘q only, no chicken. Personal help through door for my mom, who needed it. The Slaw is a standard mayo base. The stew is fair. The beef is tender & good. Pork & sauce fair. I’d stick to pork on a return.