Daisy May's BBQ USA - Review

Intro
Daisy May's BBQ USA - Highly Recommended
623 11th Ave, New York 10036
At 46th St
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 977-1500

I've been wanting to check out Daisy May's for a while, but never found a reason to head up there. This Saturday the fellas decided to go out for Lord Fluffernutter's birthday and man was it a great idea. Great times and as usual way too much food - 3 dudes and 2 dudettes worked on 15 pounds of pig and yes we finished it - kinda ridiculous, hella delicious, and as usual hella fun. Definitely a go-to BBQ spot from now on and the South Carolina style mustard based BBQ is a great contrast to Hill Country's Texas style BBQ - my other go to BBQ joint. Overall, I give the restaurant a 90/100.

Our Menu
Big Pig Gig Menu (half pig - 15 pounds)
1) BBQ Pig **
2) Creamed Spinach ***
3) Creamy Cole Slaw **
4) Baked Beans with burnt ends **
5) Macaroni and Cheese **

Rating System
--- What the F - in a bad way * Good ** Great *** What the F – in a good way

Dish Comments
1) Incredibly juicy, tender, and flavorful pig with the perfect amount of sweet smoke. Pretty spectacular stuff. Every single piece was delicious with the cheek being incredibly flavorful and tender. This would have been a completely WTF moment if the skin was edible - too much chew and way too much smoke...about 6 hours according to the pitmaster which seemed light to me. Even the mustard based BBQ sauce was a perfect complement to the pig. Great with the texas toast.
2) The best creamed spinach I've ever had - definite WTF moment. Huge flavor and perfect texture - maybe a hint of parmiggiano reggiano? Not super salty or too creamy like most joints - really the perfect side.
3) Another great side in the creamy cole slaw. Mustard based, creamy, with some nice crunch. Great flavor again and necessary to cut the fatty pork down.
4) Great baked beans with the burnt ends. Nice texture on the beans and the right amount of sweetness.
5) I don't get it, but most joints have terrible mac n cheese - terrible texture, no flavor, or too dry. Like all the other sides, this was spot on. Great flavor, real nice texture, and nice creamy sauce. One of the best mac n cheese's I've had in recent memory.

Overall Restaurant Experience (90/100)

• Food 9.0/10 – This place really reminds of Porterhouse - instead taking the BBQ concept and adding phenomenal sides. Great stuff and the piggie kicked massive ars.
  
• Service 8.0/10 – Food came out super quick and the pitmaster brought out the food. He was extremely nice and very cool.
  
• Atmosphere 8.5/10 – Surprisingly a much tinier place that I thought. Seats maybe about 40-50. Very old school picnic style place with the checkered table cloths. The whole place is covered in wood much like Hill Country. More blond wood all around though. Place was pretty busy with lots of couples - older and younger. There was also another group of younger guys. Had reservations for 6pm on a Saturday and were seated immediately.
  
• Price 8.4/10 – $120 for me and the wife which was pricey, but definitely worth it. Me and the wife were extremely happy.
  

Closing Comments
A definite big winner for me - totally love this place and love this style of Carolina mustard based pig BBQ. 100% have to go back, but just need to find a reason to go back to the area.