I enjoyed Podnah's BBQ in Portland when we visited there. It was the only BBQ I've had in the PNW that was good and I really liked the brisket there.
https://www.podnahspit.com/
This was very good. We went right after they opened, first costumers of the day. You could smell the meat smoking when we walked up. I had a starter of Texas Red, that's Texas chili without beans, and it was very good. For my entree, I ended up getting a pound of ribs that came with two sides. I got BBQ beans and potato salad. The sides were awful, hated them. The potato salad was essentially a deviled egg, the beans were too authentic, too much bean, not enough bbq. Their sauce isn't sweet so I think it made the beans taste like just plain ass beans. The ribs were fantastic, great bark and prominent smoke ring. The meat was very tender but not too much, just three right chew.
There other people in my party got things other than the dinners, stuff like just brisket or tacos, and they all said they liked their food, but they had pretty small portions.
One thing I forgot to mention was one of the ladies in the group got chips and salsa for an app and the salsa was handmade, easily the best salsa I've ever had in a restaurant.
The only thing that sucked was the service. First of all, the lady who sat us, not the hostess, literally made me wear a mask for two steps, not an exaggeration. We picked up the menus she, she said, sit yourself, we proceeded to our table which was next to where the menus were, she says to me "sir we wear masks here." So I put it back on, walked two steps, sat down, took it off
Our waiter was rough ridin' awful, too busy flirting with my homegirls and cracking jokes to be attentive. Then I commented that I might want dessert, then homeboy brings me a piece of very mediocre $7 pecan pie without checking with me first
Overall the place was very good. My meal was a cup of chili, 4 ribs, a cup of bad potato salad, a cup of worse beans, one coke, one piece of pie. $52 after tip. No sales tax.
