After hearing about Saltlick’s opening on James Street North in Hamilton, I was on a mission to try it out. Why? Because it’s a smokehouse. I discovered my love for the smoky flavour when I sat in front of my first campfire. I instantly relax whenever I think about the comforting, warm aroma. My first encounter with smoked food was a slice of smoked salmon and since then I never stopped eating it. Years later, I tried my first block of smoked cheddar and decided that my life needed more of it.
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My friends and I visited the restaurant around 6:30pm on a Thursday night and they were about half full. I made the mistake of choosing to sit at the table right by the window because the sun was shining directly in my friends’ eyes! My bad… They both ate while wearing sunglasses 😀
Inside, you’ll find clusters of tables for 2-8 people, wooden furniture and illustrations of animals on the walls. These serve as diagrams to show different parts of the animals and are used as menus! It’s clever because their menu constantly changes.
It’s a family style, share-everything type of dining experience. I love it because you get a bit of everything! Your clothes might be a bit smoky by the end of your meal, but who cares! Your belly would be so happy, it wouldn’t even matter. I’d like to see lighter sides on the menu though. Friendly staff and good food, it’s a nice local restaurant to check out if you’re in the area. I’ll be back to try their oxtail!
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Hi Again: This heat is getting to me. Salt Lick has to be located on James St North; not South. O Happy Day FrancesDate: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:56:37 +0000 To: gracenotes@bell.net
Hi again Frances, I made the correction a couple hours ago and the addresses are showing up as James Street North on my computer! Not sure why you’re still seeing James Street South. Hopefully it’ll update soon 🙂 Thanks!
This place was garbage. I don’t know what people are eating. I had the tacos. The wrap tasted like old and like it had been sitting there for a while. The ribs were small. I don’t know how much you eat but I rather go to a place like memphis bbq than this place.. I went somewhere else to eat after because I was still hungry. And don’t get me started with the service.. When a table of 8 sits down and leaves 15 minutes later w/o being served, you know they terrible. And wtf are they sponsored by ikea
Hey John, thanks for stopping by! This comment is HILARIOUS, thank you for your honesty. It’s unfortunate that you had such a bad experience compared to mine. I thought our portions were huge, they filled me right up. The ribs were a decent size too! So sad they weren’t as consistent. Also, your ikea comment LOLOL good one! Everyone at our table noticed too hahahahaha I’ll definitely be heading to Memphis BBQ soon though! Pretty excited for that.