mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog with posts about food. Cathy is writing today, while Kirk enjoys another long day at work.
Since 1947, the Barbecue Pit has been a family owned restaurant located in El Cajon.
It is next to the Baskin Robbins, shares the parking lot with a 99 Cent Only store and is kitty corner from Beef 'n Bun (I'll have an updated post for BnB soon).
Walk in, stay in line to the right…
order (there are some white board specials to the right)
watch your meal prepared, pay
and find a seat.
The pulled pork plate ($10.49) is a BBQ pork sandwich (sauce on the side; there is some sauce on the meat but I like to eat just the 'basic' sandwich first then add more sauce to the second half) and two side orders (slaw and potato salad here, but also choices of baked beans, macaroni salad and French fries). The BBQ here is "pit' style- slow and low heated oak wood smoking in a sealed above ground oven. The flavor is unique yet familiar.
However, that was The Mister's order. I was here for my comfort food on this chilly day. The soup and sandwich plate ($8.99) Split Pea soup, made from scratch daily (as is the Navy Bean soup). Carrots and celery and ham and peas. There may be potato in there, but I've never gotten chunks of potato, so if it is an ingredient, it is sparse, smoothed out and used as a thickener.
The BBQ (smoked) ham sandwich. Plenty of ham…warm, juicy, flavorful. The combination of a ham sandwich with soup is just so right.
Another birthday meal for our eight days …you see the theme now…local, long time restaurants.
The Barbeque Pit 2388 Fletcher Parkway El Cajon 92020 (619) 462-5434 Open M-Sat 10:30a.m.-9 p.m. Website
