Dustin's Bar-B Q — Restaurant in Edgewater

My mom and I met up for lunch on a Monday at 12 noon. Surprisingly, it wasn't busy.

Upon entering, we were greeted and noticed a sign that informed us we could seat ourselves. I don't quite remember the exact verbiage but parties of either 5+ or parties of more than 5 would be seated by a host.

Service was quick and friendly. We got our drinks and then places our order for food. Our lunches were brought out very quickly... Maybe ~5 minutes after ordering.

My mom and I both ordered pulled pork lunch plates. The coleslaw was good, as were the beans.

They had a selection of 4 different BBQ Sauces: Sweet Mild or Medium - (barely noticeable spiciness that was perfect for my non-spicy tolerance) A Mustard-Base BBQ Sauce (I liked this one too) and we were offered a Spicy BBQ Sauce

I can't say what it's like when it's busy but if you're in a hurry, I'd imagine it would be difficult to find a place for a sit down meal that would be able to compete with their swiftness.

Note to Owner: BBQ is a type of food that some people take pretty seriously. Some states are even legendary for a specific type of BBQ.

I attempted to find some information on the website about the history, differentiating factors, and influences of Dustin's BBQ. Surprisingly though, I wasn't able to find anything. With several locations in Florida, I was hoping to have been able to learn a little...

This was our first time at Dustin's. It came highly recommended so we were excited to try it for ourselves for lunch. The menus were already on the table. Our waitress greeted us with "Are you ready?" and we said "no, this is our first time here", so she took our drink order and came back. There was no chit chat, it was all business. So I ordered the sliced pork for a little over $11 and my partner had the soup and salad bar for just under $14. My meal was brought promptly and was 5 thin slices of smoked pork, the green beans I ordered, along with coleslaw and cornbread. The pork tasted fine and came without BBQ sauce and we could add our own choice of 4 options on the table, which I liked because I don't like it swimming in BBQ sauce. The green beans and cornbread were absolutely delicious, and the coleslaw tasted OK, but everyone has their favorite recipe so that didn't matter. My surprise was that the slices of pork were the thickness of bacon and the entire weight of the 5 slices might have been 2 to 3 ounces at best. I guess I was expecting at least two 1/2 inch thick slices instead of what I got. The bill including what I described above plus one iced tea was just under $30, so with tip it was $36. I thought that was quite a lot for lunch but maybe I don't appreciate...

While both of the food and service were good on this visit, I was actually somewhat disappointed

Perhaps anti clematic is a better phrase because nothing was wrong

I was actually headed to a different establishment for dinner. That evening when I passed the Dustin's location.

My last visit to a different Dustin was very good and I had a prime rib that I thought was absolutely spectacular.

I know you don't expect prime rib at a barbecue joint and even if you do, you probably don't expect it to be spectacular

So I made a U-turn on US1 and went back. Figuring I would have another prime rib.

I could not locate it on the menu and began doubting my own memory.

Thinking maybe it was a special and not a menu item, I asked my server and was told that. . .Yes, they did have prime rib even at this location. But they had stopped because Management decided the meat was too expensive.

So I had a beef plate instead. Like I said not really a disappointment just kind of missed the mark of my expectations

Will I go back to Dustin's? Probably, but not as quickly as if I had eaten...