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Originally posted by Suppressed:
There are several near me. Every day at noon, they play the National Anthem and everybody stands.

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Lee Greenwood... Fox News... MISSION BBQ. What do these things all have in common? Patriotic exploitation at its finest.

When I walked into Mission BBQ at noon today, the ENTIRE RESTAURANT was standing while the Star Spangled Banner blared throughout the room as if to say "salute your meat". "But, why", you may be wondering. Because it's the gd national anthem, you commie. Mission BBQ seems to cater exclusively to the disciples of overtly-fetishized patriotism. These dopes were all standing for the national anthem AT LUNCH... IN A CHAIN RESTAURANT. Let that sink in for a moment. You wouldn't do that at TGI Friday's, would you? No? Then why would you do that at any other chain? It was absurd. Almost as absurd was all of the first-responder ephemera that decorate the walls.

Anyway, moving on to the food: It's surprisingly good for a chain BBQ place! The brisket is decent; not the best sauce, but certainly not bad... for a chain, that's really saying something. Every other bbq chain is pretty terrible. The cheesy potatoes were my favorite side dish, and I really appreciated all of the smaller soda brands that they carry. And Mission's portions are the perfect size, so I didn't leave with any regrets.

In short, if you don't like Mission BBQ, then you don't like America. But if you love meat, believe "blue lives matter", enjoy restaurants that encourage audience participation, or wish your lunchtime was more like the start of a baseball game, put on your best #MAGA cap and haul your F150 over to Mission BBQ. You won't regret it.

Mission BBQ: hunger's first responders.

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Great patriotic and Veteran-honoring BBQ spot!

But let me first address some of the slower people (bless their hearts) out there who are apparently too dull to recognize that this place was founded by two guys whose family all served in the United States military and they chose to honor…VETERANS. The horror! How DARE they honor our servicemembers, police and other first responders and the country they served by playing, GASP!, the EVIL NATIONAL ANTHEM! I suppose the sound of that to him is like a cross to a vampire, hmm?

Yes, I’m talking about this clown complaining:

“…When I walked into Mission BBQ at noon today, the ENTIRE RESTAURANT was standing while the Star Spangled Banner blared throughout the room as if to say "salute your meat". "But, why", you may be wondering. Because it's the gd national anthem, you commie. Mission BBQ seems to cater exclusively to the disciples of overtly-fetishized patriotism. These dopes were all standing for the national anthem AT LUNCH... IN A CHAIN RESTAURANT…”

“These dopes” keep your bearded, knit-cap-wearing hipster butt FREE, buddy. “These dopes” keep you safe and sound at night. “These dopes” will run into a burning building instead of out of it to rescue you, my friend.

Back to the review, enough with the pettiness of people who clearly never served their country (and would have lasted about 10 minutes in Basic Training anyway). This place opened near where I work and they catered a BBQ lunch for us Vets recently which was delicious! After signing up for the Veterans VIP club email (there they go again, those EVIL Veteran-honoring monsters!) I got an email for a free sandwich (the HORROR!) and decided to give them a try. Wow! The chopped brisket sandwich was huge and smoky/saucy deliciousness on a nice soft brioche type bun. The mac & cheese was super cheesy and great and the “cold slaw” (coleslaw) was quite tasty as well and NOT sickly sweet as too many places seem to make it. I loved the military/police/FF decor and the tall flagpole with US flag and US Army flag out front. As an Army veteran, I say HOOOAH to Mission BBQ and this is my new go-to lunch spot!