There’s a good selection of sandwiches. Pulled pork, pulled beef , or a hamburger are each $3.77, and char grilled chicken is $4.71. Add cheese or grilled onions for $0.47, and 1.00 respectively.
Most people come regularly for the ribs and chicken. Smart move. Tasty, and tender, it’s comfort food for a couple, the family, or a party of 60. I like the dinners; each offers a choice of 2 of three sides-fries, slaw, and beans. The rib dinner (1 lb) is $12.73, the half pound rib snack is $8.49. Try the rib and chicken combo, ½ lb of ribs and ¼ chicken for $10.37. A half chicken dinner is 8.49. Sides are French fries-$2.36, onion rings- 3.77, baked beans (small and large) are 0.94 and 3.77. Hot chicken wings -$6.60, Bleu cheese 1.00, and garlic bread is a buck. Best deal? The Brown Bag Feast feeds four adults with its 2 lbs of ribs, a whole chicken, and 3 sides, for $32.08. $8 a head is a deal for very tasty BBQ!
I had the Rib and chicken combo, heated while I waited. The aroma is commanding. The food was nibbled on during the drive home, before this photo. There's more ribs and chicken than in this photo!The ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender, meaty, and addictive. You can cut it with a glance. No need for a knife, fork or smothering sauce with truly good BBQ. The BBQ chicken is also wonderful, so tender and tasty! I’m not one for ordering chicken, let alone at a rib place! Both ribs and chicken are highly recommended. (A note to the BBQ fanatics-neither ribs nor chicken have the tell-tale 2 mm pink "smoke ring" rim, just under the surface, that comes with a classic, long, slow BBQ smoking process.) The BBQ sauce has a vinegar base, like western N. Carolina, not sweet like Kansas City. I also had the pulled pork sandwich- a good sized portion of tender meat and sauce. How about the sides? Stick with the ribs and chicken-that's why you are here. The cole slaw is a somewhat watery mayo base with too finely cut bits of cabbage. The fries are a generous portion, just not crisp, and could use another minute or two in the hot oil (all sampled as soon as I got in the car).
Friends maintain that Brown Bag BBQ is the best BBQ spot in Collier County. I don’t disagree. What’s the Naples competition? Michelbobs is quite impressed with itself, however they had their best times years ago. With their prodigious advertising budget, Michelbob’s is the tourist magnet. I feel like I’m in a so-so BBQ chain there. That’s fine, it leaves more BBQ at Brown Bag for locals! Tastebuds of Naples closed their popular retail BBQ store a year or so ago. Porky’s Last Stand restaurant is a block or so south of Golden Gate Parkway, just off 951, and has its local flavor. Their price point is higher than Brown Bag, serving a rack of baby back ribs for $18, pork chops for $17, a half smoked chicken for $12. It’s a large place, with plenty of seating, a bar and live entertainment- a totally different operation.. Talking chains, Shane’s has good ribs and sauces, and Rib City is decent in a pinch. My favorite chain is Lee Roy Selmon’s, in Ft Myers, worth a trip for BBQ and many Southern foods, with most prices under $10. Brown Bag BBQ is your Collier County spot for tasty take-out BBQ. If you know competitive level BBQ from Memphis, the Carolina's, Georgia, etc.; this is not in that league, nor do they claim to be-it's just a good Nix family recipe.The Brown Bag BBQ- 4748 Golden Gate Parkway, on the south side, at the Coronado Parkway huge street sign, Naples, 455-4366. Cash only.
Friends maintain that Brown Bag BBQ is the best BBQ spot in Collier County. I don’t disagree. What’s the Naples competition? Michelbobs is quite impressed with itself, however they had their best times years ago. With their prodigious advertising budget, Michelbob’s is the tourist magnet. I feel like I’m in a so-so BBQ chain there. That’s fine, it leaves more BBQ at Brown Bag for locals! Tastebuds of Naples closed their popular retail BBQ store a year or so ago. Porky’s Last Stand restaurant is a block or so south of Golden Gate Parkway, just off 951, and has its local flavor. Their price point is higher than Brown Bag, serving a rack of baby back ribs for $18, pork chops for $17, a half smoked chicken for $12. It’s a large place, with plenty of seating, a bar and live entertainment- a totally different operation.. Talking chains, Shane’s has good ribs and sauces, and Rib City is decent in a pinch. My favorite chain is Lee Roy Selmon’s, in Ft Myers, worth a trip for BBQ and many Southern foods, with most prices under $10. Brown Bag BBQ is your Collier County spot for tasty take-out BBQ. If you know competitive level BBQ from Memphis, the Carolina's, Georgia, etc.; this is not in that league, nor do they claim to be-it's just a good Nix family recipe.The Brown Bag BBQ- 4748 Golden Gate Parkway, on the south side, at the Coronado Parkway huge street sign, Naples, 455-4366. Cash only.
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