Daddy D's Southern Style BBQ — Restaurant in Vancouver

I have been to this place many time by myself and the food here is always delicious but my problem the other day was actually service. I tried calling a huge lunch order a week ago. Trying to feed 25 of my co-workers as a thank you for all of their hard work. I called in to see when we could set that up and the guy on the phone asked me for a date. I told him that we are flexible with the date as it may take time to prepare for such a big catering event. He told me that they don’t do anything without a 24 hour notice so I simply said that it was no problem and we could work around their schedule. Then he proceeds to tell me what I want and I said that I would like a little of every meat. He then asked me for a budget to which I replied “we usually spend around 500$ a week on lunch, but this time we want to go all out! No limit” and the guys on the phone just kept on saying that they couldn’t do it for $500. I kept on reassuring the man to please help me take my order and that the budget is flexible. He insisted that he couldn’t help me or take my order. I mean what restaurant says no to that? My budget is flexible, my schedule is flexible, and I want to pay you a lot of money to feed my hungry co-workers. I was totally open to making it happen and their employee ,whoever it was on the phone, just refused to work harder I guess? Wack. We ended up getting some pizza from Sasquatch but we were all left dying...

I'm in the middle of a three month 15000 mile round country BBQ motorcycle tour. A couple of weeks back I passed through town on my way into Oregon. The buzz was good for Daddy D's so I decided to stop in and try their smoke. The owner and pitmaster hail from one of our countries BBQ headquarters, Louisiana and they haven't lost that southern hospitality. The 3 meat sampler was just the thing to warm me up after riding through rain and mud all day. As I travel I find many "BBQ" stops cut corners with their smoking, preferring to give the meat a quick smoke bath before finishing in an oven or, (and yes, I have had the misfortune to come across this) a microwave. At Daddy D's they do things right. This was especially evident in the chicken, perfectly smoked all the way through. Chicken has been one of the biggest inconsistencies I have encountered in my trip through the states and I usually use it as a benchmark for judging the skill of the various chefs and pitmasters that I have eaten with. And Daddy D's is some of the best. Their ribs and brisket along with their homemade sides and BBQ sauce proved to be every bit as good as the chicken and it all comes together to form my opinion that this little unasuming pit smoker in the back of a gas station offers the best BBQ...

AS far as I'm concerned, it doesn't get any better than this! Donny (Daddy D himself) is the sweetest guy you ever want to meet. And pretty much his family all works there. Everyone is so friendly, polite, greet you with a smile, thank you when you leave, even if the food was only half as good, I would probably still go there because they know how to treat people and make them feel welcome. Now for the food... the best brisket and the best ribs I have ever eaten! Not to mention that everything is smoked for many hours so its fall off the bone, melt in your mouth incredible! The collard greens are alwasy fresh and not to be beat, as well as the baked beans, cole slaw and potato salad...all homemade. My wife and I love this food so much that we had Daddy D cater our wedding! So if you are looking for the best BarBQue west of New Orleans, this is the place to go! And BTW, Daddy D's has 2 stands at the Moda center now serving fresh food anytime you go for a concert, hockey or basketball game. So be sure to stop by and get some fresh hot home cooked BarBQ! Thanks for being there and you know that you have my...