Review of Monk's BBQ

This will be a little long. I was so excited to go there because of so many great recommendations from multiple sources, including here. My experience was completely different. When ordering I asked which sauces were gluten free. An employee said, with great authority, that they all were. After ordering a rack of ribs, I went to taste the sauces to see what I liked. I got through half when I saw one labeled stout. I went back to the employee and he said that it was gluten free, that the alcohol is cooked out. I told him that the alcohol has nothing to do with gluten, and that gluten cannot be cooked out.

He then stated that the vinegar ones were also not safe, that the packaging says it may contain gluten. Why did he not say that before? So I double checked that their original sauce was fine, they said yes.

When they called my order, I noticed how dried out the ribs were. These were seriously the worst ribs I have ever eaten. I took them back to the counter and asked to speak to the manager. While waiting for my replacement ribs, I spoke with her. She said they recently changed the sauce recipes, and she believed the original sauce, and most of the others had a flour slurry mixed in. I had already eaten some of it.

Then the cook came over and contradicted her, saying it was cornstarch only. The second ribs were still mediocre at best.

The lack of knowledge and understanding of gluten free was disturbing, I recommend anyone on a gluten free diet stay far away.

Celiac friendly?

No