Al's Finger Licking Good Bar-B-Que and Soul Food — Restaurant in Tampa

After you are done reading my review you must: Contact at least one friend or family member and make a date to visit Al's Finger Licking Good BBQ within 7 days. If your first friend or family member can't commit, repeat step 1. I've been searching for the best BBQ in Hillsborough County over the last several months and Al's could be the very best! Al and his staff were very friendly and welcoming. We ate there on a Saturday evening around 7:15, and sat at the "bar" near the cash register. I selected the dark chicken dinner, which included two sides and white bread. I opted for the cole slaw and potato salad, which are my favorite BBQ sides of all time. Holy 🐔! All of my food was very tasty and the portion size was excellent. The dinner only set me back $8 and change and one Corona was under $4. I also squirted generous amounts of Al's homemade BBQ sauce and his homemade spicy BBQ sauce. I thoroughly enjoyed both of them, and my nose even got a little runny due to the heat. I love a little extra heat on my BBQ! Al told me they have been in business for 8 years and due to the quality of their food, this is NO SURPRISE! I will have to return on a Friday because I've been told their famous Mac n' cheese is served only on Fridays and sells out quickly. You will have a very difficult time finding BBQ in this area tasting this delicious, this generous of a portion size and at Al's very reasonable prices. I can't wait to go back! I'm nearly 100% sure that Al's will now by favorite BBQ go to joint! On another note, I was so full that I struggled with beer consumption on 7th...

Boyfriend has been begging me to get food here so today finally made our way there even though we both sleep during the day since we work nights he said it always smells good so I decided to give them a shot service was kind of slow considering we were only the second customer once they opened but they were friendly or at least the person who rang me up was my boyfriend ordered half slab of ribs I ordered half chicken they said they only had dark meat at the moment so I took it we got the yellow rice and spicy greens and corn bread for one the corn bread was dryer than a Popeyes biscuit it crumbled so bad the second I took a bite and it was a very small tiny muffin shape was disappointed mac n cheese is only available in Fridays Greens in my opinion tasted like just hot sauce and vinegar thrown over them had a sour taste to me so I threw mine away bf ate his greens I liked my rice other than the pieces of burnt rice in it same for bf the sauce was really good but I doubt it’s home made boyfriend said ribs were ok but he didn’t eat all of them and said he felt like he needed to throw up on his way out the door to work the chicken was good with the bbq sauce on it but in all honestly not a place I would likely return to Might give them ONE MORE TRY cause maybe they were having an off day or try later in the day maybe idk not when they first open idk but idk we will see my first experience not a place I...

Good Que vibe at this converted bungalow to smoked bbq joint. This joint is staffed by a great group of folks that love their job and BBQ service to the community. Gave the ribs, chicken, and sausage with potato salad and baked baked a try on this visit. The potato salad is straight up your mustard based 'tator salad with the beans being your standard sugar sweet baked beans. The smoked sausage is tender with an excellent flavor profile, except it's on the salty side. Would be a 5 star link with less sodium. The chicken has a smokey flavor profile which is what you would expect, but it was a tad on the dry side. To overcome the slight dryness a dab of the hot bbq sauce hit the spot. That was just enought to out the moisture upon the chicken and it also kicked the flavor profile up to be a solid 4 star though and leg. On that sauce note. The original is nice and the hot is where it's at. A very good hot sauce. 5 stars on that sauce! And for the ribs. Ribs were the same as the chicken. A bit on the dry side, but a dab of that hot bbq sauce did the ribs well. Another solid 4 star nice a dab of sauce was added. And a nice tough is the white bread. Thank you for the white bread. You can't have good bbq without a side of white bread. If in the area worth a stop. Try the BBQ. And stay for awhile and chat with the great folks that both work and patronize this staple...