Drunky’s Two Shoe BBQ

We decided to try Drunkys on the strength of a rec from a friend who is a native Texan. Boy were we surprised. Everything was super dry with very little flavor. We got a brisket, rib and chicken combo with coleslaw and a hot link.
The good :
Hot link was good and very spicy. Coleslaw was also really good — creamy and peppery. We liked the spicy sauce and the doom sauce was also good, but not particularly hot.
The bad:
Brisket was very dry. I suspect they aren’t wrapping the brisket. We told the waitress that it was very dry and she said they just pulled it from the smoker and cut it up. If that’s true, there’s the problem. She brought us another slice from the fattier end that was better, but still difficult to eat without a lot of coleslaw.
Pork rib was also extremely dry with no flavor other than char on the dry rub.
Chicken had a beautiful lacquer but again no flavor and very dry.
Décor is pretty weird and kinda creepy.

Having grown up in Fredericksburg, Virginia — If you want a real down home place to eat, great BBQ, Texas style cornbread, Virginia in the 70’s and early 80’s, right sized portions for city living and funky rustic décor — hands down this is the place for a meal.
Try the habanero BBQ sauce and watch out for the chainsaw chandeliers! Great for a work lunch — we intend on coming back!

it has a great atmosphere. decoration is fun. The BBQ is good, not the best I have ever had. Worth the stop to check it out.

We came here for lunch.
Pros:
Awesome décor! Lots of fun flare and the bartenders are nice to look at too! Very manly place. Love the painting of Elvis, especially throne with Elvis and jesus together with halos. The chainsaw chandelier is sweet too! All of the dead animal heads on the walls reminds you what you’re eating.
The food was really good! I had the beans, cornbread and a sandwich with brisket, sausage and pork. All meats were great!
Cons:
It was really expensive. $ 13 for just the sand which and $ 3 for cornbread, $ 3 or beans seemed high for a bbq place lunch. But I get it. I’m paying for ambiance.
My dad had the baby back ribs. They were dry and a really small portion.

I sat down on a cold drizzly Saturday afternoon. After a long work week all that I could think to soothe my soul was a bit of meat I could smell smoking for blocks away. The restaurant it self transports you to a lake cabin and for a brief moment you forget your in the heart of frelard. I sat at the bar one because the playoff game was on two the rest of restaurant was empty. Greeted with a smile a coaster the bar tender asked can I get you a drink as he handed me a food menu. My mouth was already salivating from the smell of smoked meat now infused in my every pore. With one Glacé at the menu I knew … burnt ends … and a paps. It was just a side item but I have dreams of burnt ends after watching DDAD I know the good stuff. He walked over poured my beer and then went to the smoker pulled out a large slab of brisket and cut off the burnt ends. The meat is fork tender but still had a little pull smoke flavors all the way through and the rub is to die for. It did not need BBQ sauce but since it came with it why not. It was the mild sauce but soooo good I wish I could bathe in it. All in all a delightful experience.

So surprised to see anything less that 4 stars here. We had the drunken feast for two and everything was amazing… burnt ends were definitely the start of the show for me.

I have no idea what they would only get three and a half stars. This is amazing BBQ. The drinks are stiff and affordable. Wizards make the food here and it is god damn fantastic. They can have all my money!
Update: this place is still amazing!!!
I wish I could review it every time we go.
Still 5 star.

Amazing!
Met the kitchen mgr elsewhere in Ballard & ordered his 2 favorites, 3 of us in to check it out:
ONE DOLLAR whitebread tacos, 7d/​wk HH, early & late.
I wish I could eat ten, so durn good, oh!
The brisket is the best my Nashville hubby has found here in the NW.
Drunkys 2 shoe is the only BBQ he has found in the NW compatible to southern diligence.
The atmosphere & décor are inviting, with friendly chatty staff.
We all had a grand time & can’t wait to return.
Oh & the delicious true warmth unique to a large open smoker in a cabin. Wafting wonderous aromas abound!

Awesome atmosphere. Great place to hang out on a nice day on the patio. Unlike other bbq places in the city. Unfortunately, I expected more from the bbq.

This place looks cool. It has a chainsaw chandelier, and great décor. It might be something worth returning to, however our service was underwhelming to say the least –we waited ten minutes with empty drinks; had to kindly ask another server if we could get another round (and the place wasn’t busy…) Bbq’d food was way over cooked; mac and cheese needed more time in the oven; salad was probably the best part of our «drunken feast». We ended up with a plethora of (undercooked) Mac and cheese after our server put in the wrong meal. She misinformed us that our choice didn’t include the Mac, however our meal came (served by an attentive server, which wasn’t even ours), and guess what showed up?! Two more sides of Mac (in addition to the one we ordered). Our server finally made her way by and explained she’s rung us in for the wrong meal and asked if we wanted a price modification, but she would need to get approval from her manager… :/​Would have been great to simply get the items removed. Long/​short we didn’t feel like waiting an hour or three for her to get approval so we just paid the bill and left. Definitely not going back.
I hope someone with tastebuds snd service skills takes the place over, because it could be something special.
…really cool chandelier.

Hubby has been wanting bbq for awhile so when we had date night I let him pick and this is where we ended up! It feels more like your crazy grandpas hunting cabin then a restaurant. Lots of funky items on the wall!
We arrived right after happy hour so that was kinda a bummer. They do have a pretty decent looking happy hour menu! But looks like arrived at great time because the place started filling up and having a wait.
We decided to get the drunken feast. Hello you get to try all the sides! Which oh my gosh their coleslaw was amazing!!! I devoured it!!!
For the meat the ribs and the brisket were really good. Sadly our chicken was super dry even bbq sauce couldn’t make it edible.
The Paloma slushy was yummy and surprising strong!
The service was great! Everyone was super friendly and helpful! Food and drinks came out quick!
Overall great place for bbq. I am hoping we just got a bad batch of chicken.

Hello. My name’s Jeffrey and I’m a BBQ addict. It’s been a month since my last plate of ribs.
That admission alone should describe that I might not be the best suited person to review this place.
Sure, in the beginning I used to be picky about BBQ. Only the best places and perhaps only once a week. But once addiction takes over, once a week just doesn’t cut it. Sure, I’ve made excuses to myself: stress, dog eating shoes, bad weather, too many bills (ironically on BBQ), any excuse meant turning to BBQ. In the end, I found that if it’s smokey and has BBQ sauce slathered on it, I’ll gladly devour it. If they outlawed BBQ I’d be that guy in the alley, hiding under a plastic garbage bag, behind a dumpster snacking on a pulled pork sammie covered in sweet, creamy, drippy, oniony cole slaw.
How low can I go? Since DTSBBQ is parsecs away from hitting bottom, apparently I’ve got a long way to go. Pass the sauce, please.

Our waitress was incredibly friendly. The beer was good. I enjoyed the brisket, ribs and chili. I’m never much a fan of chicken and there’s was ok, but not great.
The slaw and potato salad was kind of meh. Cornbread was quite tasty. Overall, probably one of the top five Seattle BBQ places, up there with Jacks, Pig Iron and the BBQ school bus on the way to Stevens Pass.

Stopped by here with my friend and unfortunately they had a fire a week or two ago so their supply of food was low. We had to settle for some chicken in the mean time. I wasn’t blown away by any means but what had me going was the heat of their hot bbq sauce. That stuff was crack and I can’t wait to come back and try the brisket and ribs!
The service was on point, friendly bartender joking around and having fun behind the counter. Because the lack of options I can’t really give them more than a 3 star for now, but I’ll be back and try the rest with that crack hot sauce they got.

Went last Saturday night with a party of 6 around 7pm.
Since they don’t take reservations I called ahead to let them know we were arriving in 30 minutes. We waited 5 minutes to get a table on the patio and all was good.
Ambiance:
This place is wildly fun and different from most restaurants you’ve ever been to. They have one bathroom completely devoted to CLOWNS and the other makes you feel like you’re in the wild west, in fact the entire restaurants makes you feel like you’re camping. The constant smell of fire burning over an open pit made for a fantastic evening. Pigs & Goats roamed freely behind us (in a gated area) while we ate and the bar opens into the dining areas, both inside and out.
Food:
Our entire table ordered the Drunken Feast which was really, really great. For $ 19.95 a person, you start off with a dinner salad (iceberg, house made croutons & a zesty Italian dressing) and then head right into a huge portion of Beef Brisket, Chicken, Pork Ribs, and two side of your choice. I chose the baked beans (crazy good!!!) and the ultimate corn bread muffins with spicy jalapeño’s baked right in.
Speaking of spicy… unless you’re wanting to see JESUS — I’d say hell NO to their ‘doom sauce’. I ate this by mistake and will NEVER make this mistake again. The standard BBQ sauce is packed full of flavor and still allows you to enjoy your meal and keep your insides in tact.
Since we were celebrating the hubs birthday, we all enjoyed a drink or three. =)
The Mai Tai’s come blended and premade. This means that for this lightweight, the single drink I had knocked me off my feet for about an hour. Delicious, reasonably priced and made to perfection. The boys enjoyed various shots & beer.
Service:
Our orders were pretty easy but at the same time the food came out at the perfect times, salad were presented first along with drinks and everything was hot, tasty & cooked to perfection.
This place is a bit of a jaunt if you’re coming from the North end like we did but so worth the drive. It’s kind of in a residential area, has only been open for 6 months and will steal your heart if you’re looking for great food and an even better time with your dinner mates.
We will be back for sure!!!

Sweet spaghetti-​western décor and country tunes; as for the food, I’ll pass, and a return visit is unlikely. My friend shared the same sentiment, as we both ordered the combos, which for $ 13, lets you try some pulled pork, chicken, and a rib with a side. Their baked beans are really good, however the meat was bone-​thin, hard to chew, and left us hungry. It’s a shame about the meat quality and flat flavor because you can tell that they put A LOT of thought into the interior design which I totally dug.

You can smell smoke from this place coming as it’s like a shack by the tracks just off the Burke Gilman Trail. Parking was tight on a Friday night and ended up parked across the RR tracks by the blackberry vines. As you walk up there’s a cord of word spread around the back on the ground and you can smell and see the smoke, definitely a BBQ place.
Walked in and this is the most rustic BBQ place I’ve ever been to and you’d think they been in business since 1950’s. There’s booths, a cool creepy clown themed bathroom, bar area, big screen television and a nice outdoor eating area with chickens, goats, European seating, smoker and strung up festive lighting. The atmosphere is pure BBQ dive bar joint and the waitresses match the atmosphere to a tee with a bit of country attitude mixed with tattoos; they even call me honey (it’s really smooch mooch).
The service is attentive and felt right at home here as I battered with the waitresses; I mean talked with them; not beating them. Drunkys have the full complement of pork and brisket along with a smoked trout too. I wanted to get the burnt ends, but was not available so settled for the rib ends smothered in the spicy BBQ sauce as an appetizer (that came out after the entrees arrived). The sauce here was pretty good and had a kick from the spiciness and the vinegar base.
As for the main course, I got the brisket with cornbread and potato salad. The meal came with a salad that was kind of like of caesar salad, I didn’t finish it as it was just meh with lots of those grocery store croutons sprinkled on it.
The brisket was two large slices a good ¾ inch thick very lean, no fat, cold and dry; not tough, but needed a knife to cut; or eat it like a chicken leg. It was tasty when you soaked in the BBQ sauce, dry not so much.
The potato salad was yellow mustard based using red potatoes, it was okay and didn’t finish it either. As for the cornbread muffin, it was outstanding and you didn’t even need the butter as it melted in my mouth.
Overall, the quality of the food was pretty good and the attempt on good BBQ was noteworthy. I’m puzzled why beef brisket at Seattle BBQ places is so lean and not tender and juicy. I wonder if in Seattle, they remove the entire fat cap as Seattle is too health minded. I can’t find a great ribeye steak either in Seattle.
I think there’s just some missing love in the execution at Drunkys. I expect the beef brisket to be the best thing on the plate and not the cornbread muffin. Hope you don’t mind being smoked too, as you’ll be smelling like your wearing BBQ aftershave after you leave.
Yet another attempt in finding a killer BBQ place in Seattle and I’m still a look-​in.

I’m not likely to ever eat here, as my tastes skew toward fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, cheese and the occasional fish and such, but this place does make the whole block smell reeeeeeally good. (And yes, I realize it’s because they’re cooking land meat… what can I say, it’s a paradox. Shaking my fist at Life.)
Now as you go down Leary or Burke-​Gilman you can go from the smell of beer at Hales to the smell of BBQ here to the smell of cocoa powder near Theo. Fremont is rapidly becoming Seattle’s best smelling neighborhood, at least when it’s not filled with naked bicyclists.

Good food, good service!
We came here during Fremont Solstice Fair weekend looking for a quick bite that wasn’t overly crammed with the fair crowd. It just so happened that due to the fair, they were only serving a limited menu. And by limited I mean one item with a handful of side choices and small drink selection. However, that one item was AWESOME!
The pulled pork sandwich was masterfully done. A heaping mound of perfectly smoked pork on a roll with coleslaw that helped cut the smoke. It was seriously delicious. For being the only option that night, the pork sandwich really hit the spot.
The décor is a little «Texas chainsaw» heavy with chainsaw lighting fixtures and animal heads abound, but adds to the ambiance of a roadhouse BBQ joint.
Though pretty busy with the fair crowd and entertainment for Solstice that night, our waitress was friendly and took very good care of us. Not to mention the food and drinks came quickly.
Looking forward to trying more from the full menu. That smoked trout is calling my name!

The Good: Delicious ribs.
The Bad: We had to ask our server, David, three times before he remembered to get us the check.
The Ugly: $ 7.00 for what amounted to 1 scant tablespoon of bone marrow. That is obscene.
We joked that all the staff were super stoned even before we saw one waitress spill on a customer and before our waiter forgot to get our check again and again. The space is fairly cramped and staff were weaving all around us carrying tubs of food (presumably from a prep area to the kitchen). There are two bathrooms only and a line formed while we were there. The layout of the restaurant is poor and it’s unlikely I’d be back!