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Happy Fourth of July weekend! Just to get you in the mood for the grill, here’s a shot of our BBQ platter from Baby Blues B.B.Q. in Venice. We were so hungry, we started eating before we remembered to take the pic. So if you notice a few bites missing, that’s why.

It’s easy to see how this little hole-in-the-wall joint is so popular. We shared the “Blue Devil,” a feast of four different meats with three sides: chicken, baby back ribs, Memphis ribs and pulled pork with a side of collard greens, mashed sweet potatoes and sauteed okra. The meat was moist and delicious, the BBQ sauce tangy and tight. Loved the cornbread, too. Cornbread is usually too dry for me, but this cornbread was like melted butter. The sweet potato was definitely my favorite side, though. Such comfort food. Collard greens tasted a bit too smoky, almost burnt, and the okra was drowning in garlic. Was it the best BBQ I’ve ever had? Sorry, I’ve lived in the south, so no.

But I can’t say enough about the service at Baby Blues. We got white meat chicken instead of dark by mistake, so they just cooked us up some extra dark meat and let us eat the white meat, too. Then, the friendly guys working the grill saw me salivating over the mac & cheese and gave me a small bowl to sample for free. We rolled out of there fat and happy, the American way. God Bless America, and God Bless Baby Blues! — Jenny

Baby Blues B.B.Q: 444 Lincoln Blvd., Venice. 310-396-8023

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