Locally Sauced

Tried Locally Sauced and honestly left pretty disappointed. The place is doing this Mexican BBQ fusion thing, which sounded interesting, but the food just didn’t land. Almost everything was incredibly sweet. The BBQ sauce tasted like straight liquid candy, and even the slaw was sweet. After a few bites the whole meal just felt kind of cloying. The prices also didn’t match what you actually get. Around $30 for a brisket plate and it was basically four strips of brisket. Portions felt really small for the cost. On top of that, sauces cost extra, which felt a little ridiculous given the price point. Another thing that stood out: the “chips” were literally just Tostitos out of a bag. Not even house-made tortilla chips. For a place trying to have this unique, elevated vibe, that felt pretty

Brisket burrito was good. We ate outside (which was nice) because inside was loud. The brisket burrito comes with chips and homemade salsa. The chips were too salty. We arrived around 6:30pm on a Wednesday. The restaurant was out of pulled pork and brisket platters and hot cider.

Tucked away in somewhat of an office park, I was pleasantly surprised by the offerings, and a bonus ‘taco Tuesday.’ The in-house smoked meats and homemade sauces came recommended, so we had some of the fusion-y tacos including brisket, chicken fajita taco and carnitas. Good ingredients and good smoked meats. Also excellent and generous portion of chips and salsa at the start. Even though they had a sign saying they were understaffed, they were still very attentive, and I was extremely thankful that after absentmindedly walking out without the burrito I ordered to go, the waitress, ran out after me and came to my car to make sure I got it. I tend to be skeptical of Mexican north of Portland(still being geographically generous),but for what it is, where it is, I recommend!

My wife and I are frequent travelers to Maine and must have driven past this hidden gem a dozen times never knowing it was there. Our loss. However on this trip, the stars aligned and it came up at the top our our search while "googling" in the parking lot of a nearby gas station. I had the brisket burger and shattered potatoes and my wife had tacos. I can say without reservation that my burger was the best burger that I have ever had in the State of Maine and I would be hard pressed to recall every having a better burger anywhere. My wife absolutely loved her tacos and we both enjoyed the shattered potatoes, there were more than enough on my plate to share. We both left full and happy and looking forward to our next visit. We didn't catch our servers name, but she was very nice and check

Came in hopeful and hungry, left disappointed and hungry. When we were told they didn’t have fish, we should have ran, this is Maine for crying out loud. Chips and guac was $11 for a barely half an avocado with lime juice and half a bag of rounded Tostitos chips. Chicken taco was so bland, “Korean” taco was just kimchi and mushy compacted rice with poorly cooked meat, and the pulled pork taco, well, how do you even manage to serve tough, not-even-pulled-pork? Nearly $85 dollars before tip for the worst Tex-Mex/ BBQ meal I’ve ever had is criminal, don’t waste your time or money.