I was offered a chance to review this restaurant for my blog. This restaurant is a gem that I may have overlooked otherwise!\n\nI usually check out the menu of any new restaurant I visit online before heading over. So when I saw the menu below on their website I was pretty underwhelmed. Even though I wasn't excited about the menu I was very excited about the restaurant's location. The restaurants location is a bright, open space on a main street the the quaint, downtown Matthews area with a great outdoor seating area.\n\nUpon entering the restaurant we were greeted a chalkboard listing the side specials of the day. My husband and I were both excited to see these extra options. I am the picky eater of the two of us, and my husband would have been all over the collards and creamed spinach if it wasn't for me.\n\nAfter a not so quick conversation to decide what entrees and sides we wanted we walked up to the counter to order. Ultimately we ended up with 2 entrees, 4 sides and an add-on of wings to each entree.\n\nWhile my husband picked out our seats while I checked out the rest of the space. I was excited to learn that there are 12 local and regional beers on tap, including one of B's local favorites, Triple C.\n\nThe food was brought to our table and looked amazing. Any hesitations I originally had about what I thought was a limited menu were totally gone. One plate included: pulled pork with sauce, jalapeno cornbread, skillet corn, Brunswick stew, and smoked wings. The other included: shrimp \"Moe\" boy, squash casserole, mac 'n cheese, and smoked wings.\n\nSimply said, the food was delicious, some more so then others. Although everything we tried was flavorful, the skillet corn and Brunswick stew were overshadowed by the other items on our plates.\n\nThe two items that I was most impressed with and surprised by was the shrimp \"Moe\" boy and the smoked wings.\n\nI am a huge fan of shrimp po boys thanks to B's family. Although this one was different than many po boys that I have had, B and I agree that it was one of the best. We are used to po boys served on French bread with tartar sauce, lettuce and tomato while Moe's serves theirs on a hamburger bun with their marinated slaw and what appeared to be a house sauce.\n\nThe smoked wings were also impressive. I rarely go outside my box with smoked foods. I usually limit myself to smoked pork. I just don't like the smoky, wood flavor in my food (same with oaky wines, not my fave), especially poultry; but when the cashier recommended the wings I decided to branch out and give them a try and I am so glad a did. They had all of the flavor you look for in a wing without all of the saucy mess. They came with celery and what I think was BBQ ranch, however they were so fantastic on their own that I never even opened the sauce. After a conversation with the chef I learned that they are brined, smoked, and then flash fried. Amazing.\n\nThe only reason there was anything left on the plate was because the portions were so generous!\n\nIf you like BBQ (or even if you don't) add Moe's to your list to try. You won't be disappointed.
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