Bush's Bar-B-Que — Restaurant in Rutledge

A small, locally owned, and homestyle establishment. Very nice and welcoming staff. Smells amazing inside and outside! We got the large pulled pork plate with baked beans/slaw & the full rack of ribs with a side salad/turnip greens. Run down: Ribs- excellent! 👍👍👍 Pulled Pork-excellent 👍👍👍 Slaw- good 👍 👍 Baked beans- ok...needed a little more depth in flavor (tomato sauce based) Turnip greens- no seasoning, salt, or anything. Tasted just water boiled.👎 Side salad- Excellent 👍👍👍 Bbq sauce- 👎 The meats were very tasty! However, I would've liked to taste a little more smoke. Baked beans were very bland, but had meat in it. Turnip greens...they need work. I can't believe in Southern Alabama that there are no onions, pork, salt, or seasoning at all. The bbq sauce tasted like canned tomato sauce. Very bland, no bbq flavor, and tasted like it was quickly thrown together, from a can. Very disappointing for a bbq place.. Slaw was ok.. Shockingly, the side salad was incredibly fresh and the balsamic vinaigrette was absolutely delicious!! I used the remaining vinaigrette for the meats and it was incredible! The most positive thing is that they give you some serious Southern helpings of the pork and ribs!!!! I will definitely be back, but I would like to try the pulled chicken and I will bring my own bbq sauce with me lol. If it were my restaurant I would definitely kick up the sauce, greens, and beans. They have a wonderful little place going here, though. The owner was a doll. I also would suggest that you call your...

Had the smoked cheeseburger, sweet potato fries and mac and cheese. Others had the barbecue plate and BBQ sandwich, regular fries and mac & cheese. The barbecue had a good flavor but it was a little dry. And the barbecue sauce was different in that it was tomatoey vinegar based. It was okay but not my favorite. The smoked cheeseburger was really good. It had a smoked flavor and it was not dry. The sweet potato fries were very very good. They mac and cheese was okay. The homemade pound cake was very very good and moist. The service was good and the guy behind the cash register was very friendly and very helpful. Will probably stop there again for another burger and pound cake. Or maybe just the pound cake. 😆 Went again on the weekend and had their special Shrimp and Grits. It was really good, had sausage and a soft fried egg in the middle. Should be on the...

I tried the 3 meat plate with chicken, pork ribs, and pulled pork. I thought the meat was all pretty good. Moist, and cooked well, but a little under-seasoned. The meats all pair well with their sauce. The baked beans are as bland as can be - maybe this is some regional style, but I’m not into it.

Ribs 4/5 Pulled Pork 4/5 Chicken 4/5 Beans 0/5 Fries (standard frozen crinkle cut) 3/5 BBQ Sauce 4/5

The plate with a drink came to about $25. Hard pass on the tip screen with minimum 15% suggested, that’s an automatic no from me for counter service.

Fairly good value, over half the meat I took for leftovers, so this meal turned into 2 full meals for me.

I would repeat if I came through town again.

I think a full slab of ribs was only $23… I should’ve...