1 /5 Solange Usala: This place has gone downhill since the new owner, Brian Tam, took it over. They took the best place to get ribs and turned it into a disgusting bbq place like everywhere else. I had been coming to Socks Love since 2021 and now Ill never go again.
Crazy thing is that Tam was given the original owners recipes so they could continue making the same great food. Instead he threw it all out and started serving basic, generic, and frankly disgusting bbq. Would give 0 stars if I could.
Edit: I cannot respond directly to a reply on my review so I will add it here. I know the transition was two months ago, I was there to speak with the original owner before he left and see the transition which is how I know that he passed the recipes on to you. You guys did ok for a bit during the transition but the last time we went there which is when it was fully under your control with your food being cooked, it was awful. The ribs were the best part about your restaurant and now theyre overly sweet and taste like sugar and ketchup. And your Brunswick stew, I was so thankful there was a bbq joint not just serving up the same basic food and sure enough, you added it to the menu. Socks Love was delicious and unique and you guys have turned it into the same basic meemaw and papaw bbq place on every corner.