Black Dog Smoke Ale House - Champaign

This was our first time at the new location. It’s a bit odd of a space. Food seems a bit less spectacular as I remember the old space. Service was good.

First time. Solo diner. Brisket was excellent. Loved the smoked sweet potato. This place will stay on my list for whenever I am in town.

Food was excellent, servers are up to the minute with items as they sell out, and prices are fair. Don't sleep on the smoked sweet potatoe for a side, they are delicious Only slight change I could ask for, is a few kid friendly items. Overall our family loved it, and will be back again.

I have recently been unable to eat meat so eating out has been somewhat more challenging. I ordered their Jackfruit Plate it's smoked and, while it doesn't have a meat texture, the flavor was great and there were several vegetarian sides to choose from. The BBQ sauces were wonderful as well. Highly recommend the Alabama White sauce. I think the only reason we didn't have consistent check ins from the server was because they were busy, but everyone was friendly and helpful. Will return soon!

They did a great job . We had a huge party. Got us all seated pretty close to each other in a reasonable time frame. The brisket queso was disappointing to me . Not much cheese in there . More like brisket and gravy the way it tasted. The Texascaviar wasn't that great either . Really bland . I ordered the two meat special . I thought the brisket was really good . Thehot polish was ok . Lots of bbq sauces to choose from . You get two choices with each order. Thank you for getting the wholeparty seated in a timely manner