Valley Park
Sugarfire 44

Sugarfire 44

Meramec Station Road, Valley Park, 63088, United States Of America

Bbq • Cheese • Barbecue • Vegetarian


"I'm being a little generous with the 3 stars, but 2.5 isn't an option. This is a BBQ place southwest of St. Louis. Near the freeway and right next to the hotel. They have really strong reviews so I tried it. I found it very average. I ordered the 4 Bone Ribs with a side of mac&cheese. I pretty much never get appetizers, but I could not resist trying the Pork Belly Hushpuppies. I should have resisted. The hushpuppies came out after I was more than half done with my dinner. They were very dark brown from over-frying. Inside, the dough was dry and almost completely devoid of flavor. I guess they wave the pork belly by the deep fryer while they're cooking as there was no evidence of any pork belly in them. They came with a container of what was billed a jalapeno jelly. Again, I guess they wave the jalapenos at it from another room. The only thing I could taste was the sickly sweet sugar. The ribs were overdone and dry. The rub had a bit of flavor so that helped. There were four sauces on the table. I tried all the red ones. I will not every try anything called white bbq sauce. All three reds tasted straight out of bottle. None of them were the least bit interesting. The mac and cheese was actually not bad. Nice, thick cheese coating. I could be wrong but it may very well have been house made. The absolute star of the meal was the locally brewed stout. Overall, very average to below average."