The Hawg Pit BBQ — Restaurant in Grafton

Really hate to leave this review, but here goes. Smoked wings, in the regular BBQ sauce, were delicious. The loaded baked potato was lacking. The queso, the pulled meat, and bacon were scarce on the potato. My wife rated the potato a 7 out of 10. I would rate it more like a 5.5 out of 10. The pulled chicken is what I actually ordered, but I received the pulled pork on the potato instead. I wanted a pork steak. They were out . They were out of ribs as well. This was also a disappointment... My wife ordered the home wrecker. Well, we never got it. I don't believe we got charged for that, though. The man, i assumed the chef or main cook, told us 20 minutes on the loaded potato. We chose to wait because it was highly recommended. It took 45 minutes. Beautiful eclipse day, about 4:00 in the afternoon, in beautiful Grafton Il. The single employee, at the time (I like this guy, he was trying ), was the cook, bartender, and waiter. The only one there , so probably bad timing for us. More staff came eventually. I don't know if it was the owners or employees, but they were all super nice. Will give it another chance in the future, but won't hurry back. When I do go back, if the service is better, I will take this review down and repost a new review. For now, I hope it's just bad timing...

Haven't been out in a while and figured we would ride to Grafton on a nice Saturday. The ride down river road was wonderful as always with the sun beaming down on us.As we got into Grafton we stopped at the local gas station to stretch our legs and decide our next move.We have been to The Hawg Pit many times so that's were we went.Well we pulled up at 8 pm and the place was empty,literally not one customer.We were sort of shocked because this was always a hot spot.Upon entering we were informed new owners.As we approached the kitchen area to order food we were told kitchen closed,No wait ,kitchen open. We get ready to place our order and informed they have no pulled pork and no chicken wings and no fryers for french fries. We decided to order any way.Shredded chicken Sammich.NOT.More like sawdust chicken sammich.Looked like it been in a blender and just processed to a nice powder.For 9 dollars no thanks.Nachos with powered chicken.9 dollars also.Never again.So we choke down our food and proceed to lease as they close the doors behind us they leave(the staff) leave as well.We understand new owners,but if you're not ready to open,dont.This a known HIGH VOLUME area and we were disappointed to say the least.Maybe try again in July when they get some experience, maybe...

I didn't eat here, only drank, so no opinion of the food. It was really easy going with bikers and "regular" folk at the wooden picnic tables side-by-side. The bartenders all were quick to fill your drink order and handy with a smile. The day I was there they had a pretty good band. And don't expect the Ritz Carlton -- it's a biker bar: cinder block walls lined with antlers, taxidermied animal heads, beer signs, and for some reason a scythe and a boat wheel on the ceiling (possibly appealing to both the pirate and farmer crowd). There were a couple boss bikes indoor, and the building doors were open wide and fans blowing -- no AC -- and a trike out back. PS no indoor plumbing... two port-a-potties out back. In today's 98 degree heat I told a woman I would give her 20 bucks to go to the bathroom there, and she passed. So ladies, you've...