Dreamland BBQ Duluth

Good atmosphere, delicious food, nice service. We live near downtown Duluth so we go there often and never leave disappointed, by the way best banana pudding I've ever had. Today our waitress was Heather W. a very pleasant young lady. overall a very good experience every time we go.

First time eating Dreamland in more than five years so my expectations were a little high going in. Got the half slab of ribs, Brunswick stew and a sweet tea. Right off the bat, the tea was sour because it was sitting too long in the pot. Switched to root beer. Food looked good when it came out. Brunswick stew was pretty decent. The sauce gave it a bite but the meat was dry but overall, it was good. Would try it again. Ribs were an epic letdown. I have tons of BBQ experience cooking and eating ???? so I spent most of the meal trying to figure out how they messed things up so badly. They were dry, tough, salty, charred too much and fatty for being so thin. It was like they had a cook who wanted to make every mistake in the book on his last day. One out of six ribs were edible and that one was terrible and told me the rack was salty. Service was great which is why I gave three stars. Would try the pork another time just to see if they had an off day. I see they didn't serve brisket which tells me they recognize their limitations which I respect.

The food was good. The service was quick and good. The staff was nice. I think they took one look at our group and could tell that we would be loud. We were in a room in the back by ourselves. Much bigger than I expected. The daddy nachos appetizer is enough for a meal for one person.

I really liked the quesadillas appetizer with the rib tips. My wife had a pork sandwich with Mac and cheese and she enjoyed her food as well. The peach cobbler and chocolate pudding were both delicious. Now for what I wasn’t a fan of. I didn’t know (and it’s my fault for not checking ahead) that the ribs at dreamland are spare ribs. Not really a fan of spare ribs. If I want that I’ll go to a Chinese restaurant. I’m definitely a fan of baby back ribs. Other than that this place was good.