Located in the Ghost Town area of Knott's Berry Farm is this little place called Fireman's BBQ. It claims it's the best BBQ in town, but remember were in a replica of an old ghost town, in a theme park. With that in mind, I think the line should read "We're the only BBQ place in town. Take it or leave it!" Having not eaten all day, the clock counting down minutes to 5:00pm, and our stomachs screaming to feed them, the Good Bros took on the challenge.
I think you could get on the most popular ride in the park quicker than you could order and get your food at this place. If I keel over from starvation, are they gonna make my skeleton part of the Ghost Town attraction? Don't get me wrong. I like the look of the Ghost Town at Knott's, (a lot of the props used seem to be authentic) but I want to go home at the end of the day.
By the time we finally got our food, just about anything edible would have looked good to us at that point. Looking back, I regret not following Good Bro #1 in getting the Jr. Fireman's meal here. I didn't think the kid's meal that included teddy bear cookies would hold me over for the rest of the day. Instead, I ordered up a BBQ chicken and ribs combo meal. Bad choice. The meat on both the ribs and the chicken were like leather, and the BBQ sauce was like a mixture of 5 parts oil to 1 part solids. If you're starting to feel sick, imagine how I felt, especially after spinning my stomach arou
nd on rides like GhostRider and the Silver Bullet. Good Bro #1 decided to go with some fresh roasted corn at a different vendor to complement his junior meal. The corn roaster was an interesting contraption, it resembled a big steel box with a ferris wheel inside to hold the corn. The baked potato that came with my chicken/rib combo meal was probably the only thing I should have eaten. Good Bro #1 rated the corn as the most pleasing part of the meal, followed by the bear cookies, Doritos, berry juice and then the chicken.
We were both rather parched and the thought of getting fresh squeezed lemonade to complement the meal was the perfect thought. Approaching the window with glee gave way to disappointment when the cashier said that they had run out of lemons. "Run out of lemons?" How could a lemonade stand at a theme park run out of lemons? Aren't theme Parks all about excess? So, we had to concede defeat and just try Knott's Famous Berry Juice. This Famous Juice was basically Kool-Aid. The kind of juice that would probably leave you with a joker smile
if you didn't drink it through a straw.
Experience and common sense should tell us that you're not going to get "good" food at a theme park, but shouldn't it at least be somewhat edible? When at Knott's Berry Farm, enjoy the rides and the cool features of the Ghost Town attraction , but please, try to hold off on eating until you get out of the park. Head on over to Lucille's Smokehouse, just minutes down the road for some good stuff. Full review on Lucille's coming up.
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I think you could get on the most popular ride in the park quicker than you could order and get your food at this place. If I keel over from starvation, are they gonna make my skeleton part of the Ghost Town attraction? Don't get me wrong. I like the look of the Ghost Town at Knott's, (a lot of the props used seem to be authentic) but I want to go home at the end of the day.
By the time we finally got our food, just about anything edible would have looked good to us at that point. Looking back, I regret not following Good Bro #1 in getting the Jr. Fireman's meal here. I didn't think the kid's meal that included teddy bear cookies would hold me over for the rest of the day. Instead, I ordered up a BBQ chicken and ribs combo meal. Bad choice. The meat on both the ribs and the chicken were like leather, and the BBQ sauce was like a mixture of 5 parts oil to 1 part solids. If you're starting to feel sick, imagine how I felt, especially after spinning my stomach arou
nd on rides like GhostRider and the Silver Bullet. Good Bro #1 decided to go with some fresh roasted corn at a different vendor to complement his junior meal. The corn roaster was an interesting contraption, it resembled a big steel box with a ferris wheel inside to hold the corn. The baked potato that came with my chicken/rib combo meal was probably the only thing I should have eaten. Good Bro #1 rated the corn as the most pleasing part of the meal, followed by the bear cookies, Doritos, berry juice and then the chicken.We were both rather parched and the thought of getting fresh squeezed lemonade to complement the meal was the perfect thought. Approaching the window with glee gave way to disappointment when the cashier said that they had run out of lemons. "Run out of lemons?" How could a lemonade stand at a theme park run out of lemons? Aren't theme Parks all about excess? So, we had to concede defeat and just try Knott's Famous Berry Juice. This Famous Juice was basically Kool-Aid. The kind of juice that would probably leave you with a joker smile
if you didn't drink it through a straw.Experience and common sense should tell us that you're not going to get "good" food at a theme park, but shouldn't it at least be somewhat edible? When at Knott's Berry Farm, enjoy the rides and the cool features of the Ghost Town attraction , but please, try to hold off on eating until you get out of the park. Head on over to Lucille's Smokehouse, just minutes down the road for some good stuff. Full review on Lucille's coming up.
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1 comment:
There are good restaurants to eat at Knott's....you should have tried the Ghost Town Grill, Johnny Rockets, or Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Those are the "sit down restaurants."
Also, it is not "Knott's Famous Berry Juice" it is Boysenberry Punch, and is actually made with OJ...so it's not quite like Kool-Aid.
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