Haven't been to H-town in over a year, have a minute and pop into Corkscrew. Line was from the counter to the door at noon. Not bad at all.
Ordered a rib plate with mac & cheese with 1/2 pound of moist brisket. The ribs were great. I ate everything on the plate except the biggest rib. I was solo and just didn't want to feel bad all afternoon, LOL. The mac & cheese was better than most in that was creamy and cheesy, not that goopy shit that is just stuck together like noodles and paste. I dipped the bread in the sauce. It was fine. I'm not picky there. I view sauce basically as a parachute for bad meat. That was not needed today.
The brisket was the best I can remember having. I know sometimes you just luck out on the cut, but it was a tender chew, with the fat rendered perfectly. I was eating alone and took my time and was soooo grateful not to have to rush. Cutter threw in a burnt end at my request.
Plate was $48 with a 15% gratuity- fuck it, they are a mom and pop, so let's go. My meal was a 10 out of 10 and I'm a grumpy sumbeech. That's indeed pricy, but if I had had a buddy with me we probably would have only added some sausage and another side.
2 things that were interesting/ funny to me:
1) no knives available. That's putting your money where your meat is. I didn't need one, once I got going.
2) those sliced jalapenoes were like playing Russian roulette. First one was damned near bell pepper. 2nd slice was about a 6 out of 10. they kept going like that.