Armadillo Willy's

In a rut for where to eat out?  We have started to create a list of restaurants and of course it pairs perfectly with my desire to test out the best diners, drive-ins, and dives.  I might as well sign up to accompany Guy Fieri on his cross-country road-trips. 

Tonight's trip was down Homestead to Armadillo Willy's, a BBQ joint I had been introduced to last year.  It's more of a casual sit-down restaurant where you walk in, order, find a table and wait to pick-up your food.  Overall, lots of good choices with a relatively reasonable price range.  They even offer large party platters, good for catering or large get-togethers.

Sean was probably the most adventurous with his decisions.  It also helps he has a very fast metabolism, but that's beside the point.  Starting off with the root beer float and BBQ melt with brisket and a side corn muffin with honey butter. 

The highly advertised and recommended root beer float.  Always a classic.

Hallie's BBQ Brisket Sliders - An order of 3 served with a side of your choice.  There is also an option of ordering sliders individually.  

I had debated ordering the kid's ribs, but my desire to sample a different part of the menu won out.  I too selected the BBQ melt - a selection of meat (chicken, brisket, or pulled pork), a mix of cheddar and jack cheese, bacon on Texas Toast, with a choice of side - I obviously went with a side salad. It was unanimously decided that the BBQ pulled pork was a better decision than the brisket.  Both tasted great with BBQ sauce (Willie's own mild and spicy varieties).

I still got to see what the kid's ribs looked like.  Little Katie was satisfied with the two BBQ ribs (lacking adequate sauce in my opinion...anything BBQ-oriented needs to be doused in sauce)

Sean treated us to a "Texas Size" cookie, a relatively large, doughy chocolate chip pie, because everything in Texas has to be super-sized.  There were some quality choices made, but always room for improvement.  If your in the mood for a more casual outing, check it out!

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2624 Homestead Road, CA 95051