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I\u2019m a full-on foodie, baby. I\u2019ll eat anything from a gas station taco to a Michelin star amuse-bouche like I\u2019m auditioning for a Food Network show. I love mom-and-pop spots, and I love the pretentious places where the menu is just three ingredients and a mood board. Every time I drive to visit Stephen, I make it my mission to hit a new restaurant like it\u2019s a spiritual pilgrimage. Rarely do I go back to the same spot \u2014 unless the food is so good it makes me speak in tongues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This particular time my soul was screaming for barbecue. And of course, if I\u2019m having red meat, I\u2019m getting red wine. Cabernet Sauvignon if I\u2019m feeling respectable. Pinot Noir if I\u2019m feeling like my inner slut needs grapes. (Pinot is my first love, but Cab is my side piece.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I roll up to this BBQ place that looks like it got lost on the set of a Hallmark movie \u2014 big red barn exterior, cutesy fake flowers, TVs screaming sports ball, and the faint smell of regret and hickory smoke. It\u2019s adorable. The kind of place you expect your ex\u2019s grandma to be working at, judging your outfit but still refilling your sweet tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I order biscuit (not my dog), beans, cornbread, and of course a baked potato the size of my emotional baggage. (Listen, I don\u2019t know why baked potatoes own my soul, but they do. Judge me, I dare you.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s talk about the meat. It was\u2026 okay. A little bland, a little stiff \u2014 like an awkward first date that looks good on paper. But I\u2019m Korean, baby. We don\u2019t just eat food; we slap it with spice and make it confess its sins. So I baptized that meat in hot BBQ sauce until it started speaking fluent Seoul. Then it became delicious. The baked potato? A moist, fluffy miracle covered in butter, sour cream, and green onions. The cornbread? Meh. The beans? Oh honey. Those beans were a war crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall: 3 out of 5 stars. Loved the mom-and-pop vibe, loved my glass of wine, loved the potato, loved the sauce. But those beans can burn in hell\u2019s crockpot. Would I come back? Absolutely. Just not for the beans \u2014 or maybe to throw the beans at somebody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So there\u2019s my restaurant review. Because whether I\u2019m critiquing BBQ or bad theology, I\u2019m always honest. And just remember, my Lovers \u2014 whether you love me or love to hate me, you\u2019re still my Lovers. And Jesus loves you\u2026 and so do I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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