ROY'S BARBEQUE & HAMBURGERS
25 Wabash St.
Milan, MI
4.5 out of 5
This is our favorite kind of place. Mom and pop bbq joint tucked away just off of Main Street America. You can watch the food being cooked right in front of you while the owner is sitting at the end of the counter with a half eaten sandwich calling out the answers to Jeopardy. Waitresses call you by name and if they don't know it they'll just call you darlin'. it's that kind of place and we love it.
There wasn't anything on the menu we didn't like. Burgers and fries. Chicken sandwich. Pulled pork sandwiches with the coleslaw thrown right on top. And damn is it delicious. Cheesesteak. The bbq sauce is a bit sweet so if you prefer the bite of a KC style sauce you may have a hard time with it, but if you don't mind the sweet stuff, you won't mind this. Also, I know people are gonna think we're full of shit, but consider we grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and have tried all the Philly chessesteaks out homeland has to offer, we think we have earned the right to say this: Midwestern style cheesesteaks are better than Philly cheesesteaks and it's not even close. Maybe its because the hoagies are smaller and stuffed fuller. Or because they use orange American and not cheese whiz. Maybe its the cut of meat or the fluffier, lighter buns. We don't know. We just know we prefer it.
I would have been nice maybe if they served beer, but that's probably the only real complaint and it isn't much of one. Any time you find yourself in Southeast Michigan, seek this place out. Please. Thank us later.