Like Sen. Frank Underwood in House of Cards, we all crave good barbecue, preferably in a place as unpretentious and expert as Frank’s beloved (and betrayed) Freddy’s. As soon as you smell the aroma of grilling chicken when you enter Al’s Finger Licking Good Bar-B-Que in Ybor, you’ll know this is one of those places. The restaurant definitely lives up to its name. Once you’re done eating the delicious potato salad, baked beans and, most importantly, barbecue chicken or pork, you’re going to literally lick your fingers clean.
This article appears in Sep 18-24, 2014.