The Saltbox Smokehouse — Restaurant in Town of Sodus

We took our takeout meal to a sunset view since Covid-19 restrictions still apply here. The smells were too tempting and we devoured half our meal before we remembered to take pictures for this review.

We had wanted to sample the wings and corn salad but they were out of these (we were very late on a Saturday evening so that's understandable). So we enjoyed the Brisket with Carolina sauce, the cheddar kielbasa, and sides of tender cornbread, chilly dilly beans, freshly made coleslaw and gently spiced salt potatoes. Everything was prepared to perfection. The brisket was so tender, tasty and melted in my mouth. Not too fatty either. The sides were the "usual" but different in a fresh new fun way- I wished I'd ordered two of each so we wouldn't have to share! Lol.

Close to where we spend our summers on Sodus Bay I'm hoping that the friendly people at this new-to-us eatery recognize us as regulars this summer. I think there will be a second location on the other side of the Bay too, very convenient.

My only suggestions- have crackers or some frozen thing to microwave quickly for the gluten free carb substitute. Many times we pay an up charge for some large bun we didn't want anyway but we need something so consider researching a good organic muffin, cracker or other bun substitute that fits the theme and doesn't cost too much. Have an actual gluten free person sample it first so you know it's okay. Also, I'd love to see a smoked turkey or portabella for my vegetarian friends or perhaps pulled chicken...

First time here and will definitely be back! Wife and I split a little bit of everything including the pulled pork, brisket and prime rib and they were all "on point;" tender with a good smoke flavor. We both wish we got another side of the pulled pork and brisket, which was an option, because they were so good. The horseradish sauce was probably the best I ever had and you can tell they make it in house. I kept thinking of having it on a smoked beef on weck sandwich or just a french dip...don't know if that's a special at any point, but it should be! Also will want to try the pastrami next time hopefully in a "mile high" sandwich. Along with great food, the staff was very friendly especially for being on the young side and the place looked very clean. Loved the numerous shout outs to local businesses; love to see local supporting local.

My only recommendation would be to have more of a smoky flavor throughout the sides. They were good, but thought they could use a little something to make them stand out on their own. I think adding more smoke to it in some way would take the sides from good to great. Overall, this is a great local place and extremely easy to get to right off of 104. I personally think it's best BBQ in the finger lakes region outside of Rochester. The meat is the star and you can tell that they put effort into quality. We will be...

Great smoked meats. Pork ribs as good as I've had at any restaurant. Brisket and Kielbasa good too. The rubs are really nice.

Sauces... Not so much, but luckily the meat is good enough not to need sauce.

Sides were ok. Garlic salt potatoes were definitely good.

They do a kind of "half-service" where you order at the counter and they bring it out to you, which is fine we certainly didn't mind.

Sat outside on a picnic bench at it was a nice place to be. Staff was friendly and the facility looked clean.

Saturday night we came at 5, and had reservations, but we got the feeling reservations weren't a big deal here as we could have just walked in and sat down. Seemed like takeout was very popular, perhaps even moreso than their in-house... making getting in a bit easier.

Beer selection was average in quality, on a short list. Glad it wasn't macro, but would have liked an IPA of some sort on tap.

Overall if I find myself in Sodus again I would definitely stop. I would recommend folks going through the area stop by and...