Alamo BBQ: Ok, Some of You Hipster Are Alright (Richmond, VA)

In my earlier review of 8 1/2, I discussed my dislike of Hipsters. I fully stand by this, and am confident that any angry hipster’s frail arms could do little damage to my more hearty carriage. As much as I dislike them, I decided to try to understand them. Naturally, this was initially to attempt to find their weaknesses, so I can destroy them once and for all. I needed first to find out where these loathsome creatures gather. I found that many of them enjoy frequenting coffee shops (but never Starbucks) during the day, and filthy noise filled basements at night. This left me with a dilemma, as I do not enjoy waiting half an hour for a coffee, so a hipster coffee place is out; and they would be on to me in a second in the lion’s den that is their club scene. So I had got word of Alamo BBQ in Church Hill, where goofy jean jacket clad youngsters carouse around like its their safe place. This confused me to hear this as BBQ seemed like far too substantial of a meal for the bird size stomach of a typical hipster. But I figured it was a good chance to listen in on their probably irritating conversations while getting my grub on, so took a trip to check it out.

Alamo is located in the Church Hill area of Richmond. This area is an old historic district that’s sort of run down, but recently hipsters have come in and with it comes weird food places. I think Alamo used to be a gas station or something, its located on a corner of an intersection in a tiny one room shack decorated to look like a western style adobe house. In this tiny shack, they churn out some fine BBQ. They have chicken, pork, ribs, and some mighty tender brisket. All of these meats are great, juicy and spiced. They have several delicious sides, ranging from cowboy beans, black beans & rice, and Alamo slaw, but to me, there are only two: the corn bread and the jalapeño mac & cheese. The cornbread is some of the best around, and the mac & cheese I could eat by the bucket. They also have fresh made limeaides, grapeaides, and a few other aides. On a nice weather day, Alamo is a fantastic way to relax and eat.

With that said, the need of nice weather is really its only downside. See, Alamo has no indoor seating, just a couple picnic tables with an awning over them. This is fine on a nice day, but if it gets rainy or chilly, or just too damn hot, you might not take the trip to Alamo. I guess I can’t blame the weather on Alamo, but it is a huge factor in going there, and with that, Alamo becomes a place you only go to when the mood really strikes you. But with the weather being as it is lately, I think I might show up more often…