The happy hour menu is very limited, but the choices are good and prices are great! Our server was fantastic! FYI - gratuity (tip) is included already.

The bbq here was everything I hope it'd be. The chips and queso to start were awesome. All the meat was cooked/seasoned to perfection. The green chili Mac and cheese was very tasty. Cornbread was ultra moist, and the collard greens were spot on. Place was definitely busy for a Saturday evening. They were a bit understaffed and trying to keep up, but the food made everything right. Also, an awesome music playlist. Can't wait to pay Podnah's another visit!

Food: 9/10 Service: 3/10 The food was spectacular. We shared a Pit Boss: brisket was perfectly juicy and well seasoned, pulled pork was delicious, ribs were falling off the bone, mac and cheese and beans were both fantastic. Cornbread wasn't our style; we prefer sweet cornbread, this was definitely a savory cornbread without a ton of extra flavor. Banana pudding was amazing! The service left a LOT to be desired. We were there in the late afternoon lull and felt abandoned at several points throughout the meal. We only got water, which seemed to annoy our waitress from the get-go (I get it, a smaller tab = a smaller tip, but really?) Our water pitcher ran out halfway through our meal and we were never offered refills...nor did our waitress appear so we could ask for more. After sitting for quite a while, a different waitress came by and asked if we needed anything else, so we ordered our dessert. It was brought in to-go containers without any discussion (it's clear from other reviews that it's usually served "for here.") Once we were ready to go, we sat with our dishes stacked, waiting on our checks for probably 20 minutes before the second waitress reappeared to ask if we needed anything. We asked for our checks, and she left in the middle of the conversation to take care of something else. She finally came back to finalize our transaction, and Podnah's standard automatic 18% gratuity was tacked on to our checks. I know that's their policy, and I don't love it, but it especially stung after receiving such poor service. I only took off one star for service because the food was so phenomenal. I genuinely hope they were just having an off day, but it was not a pleasant experience.

(From August 2024) Solid solid solid SOLID barbeque in the Portland neck of the woods. My sister and her husband always come here for BBQ claiming it's just like how Texas does it. After living in HOU for several years, while nothing replicate TX BBQ outside of TX, this place comes quite close. All your typical TX bbq meats (pulled pork, brisket, smoked chicken, pork ribs, sausage link) are available here. Beef ribs are also available Fri-Sun after 5PM. Since we came here for lunch, we missed out on those. Nevertheless, we had plenty of eats as we ordered the Pitboss which is practically the entire menu of all the meats (minus the smoked chicken), cornbread, and a pair of sides (collard greens & potato salad). We also added a jalapeno mac and cheese side cause you have to get mac and cheese everytime you walk into a BBQ spot. The best meats were the brisket, pulled pork, and sausage; brisket was pretty tender and moist. Pulled pork is marinated in this carolina vinegar with a touch of spicy which I loved. Sausage had that snap to it and was plenty juicy. The ribs were alright, very good color although didn't jump out like the other meats. The collard greens and mac and cheese are both dope, probably their best sides. Potato salad has good mustardy flavor but we couldn't stop raving about the collards and M&C. Also the cornbread was delicious too, squeeze a bit of honey on that and it melts in your mouth! I'm surprised that it was nearly empty when we arrived around 1ish but I suppose people were running errands or something. Our server mentioned that dinner time is usually the busiest; probably due to the beef ribs. I hope to try that next time. They also have dinner specials Thurs-Fri and the menu includes tacos, sandwiches, appetizers such as their frito pie, and texas chili (no beans!). I told my sister if she really digs this kind of BBQ, she'll need to come to HOU or AUS for real TX BBQ. Portland is lucky to have this here as this is very good BBQ that reminds me of HOU. No doubt I'll be returning whenever I visit!

I've heard about Podnah's a lot so when we were craving BBQ, it was time to check them out! The restaurant is located in a busy area of Killingsworth with several other food places. The food was really good! I had the brisket plate with BBQ beans, potato salad and corn bread. The portions were fairly large. I'm not a huge fan of potato salad with raw onion and celery in it, but the flavor was good! We got there around 7, our food came very quickly! However, they close at 8 and the staff started cleaning up around us about halfway through our meal, which I hate to see. It makes me feel rushed and unwanted. I'm sure that happens at every restaurant but ... I hate it!

Did you know they were also featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives? Located on NE Killingsworth in a fun little strip of other bars and restaurants, you can literally smell the BBQ aromas wafting through the air. We started with delicious house fried chips and their homemade green chile queso. For our main, we opted to split The Pitboss, a BBQ plate with a little bit of everything--brisket, pulled pork, pork ribs, sausage, and cornbread. It comes with two sides, so we got green chile mac and cheese and coleslaw. The pulled pork and sausage were probably my favorite, but the ribs and brisket weren't too bad either. There's a selection of a few house made sauces you can use with your meal as well. I prefer sweet cornbread with my BBQ, but this one was on the savory side and was a bit dry, a lowlight for me. The mac was a highlight, the shells were cooked al dente and coated in their green chile queso. I liked the coleslaw too, it was vinegar-based instead of mayo-based and a nice way to cut the richness of the meats. Recs: The Pitboss + chips and queso

I've been meaning to try this BBQ restaurant for years. Now I wish I hadn't waited so long. Bbq was fantastic! Not often do I see collard greens at bbq joints around town and was happy to see it at Podnah's.

We haven't been for a few years. Visiting from Sacramento. Delicious as always. This morning my husband, grandson and I all had the biscuit eggs, grits and brisket breakfast. Oh so good. Our son had the chicken fried steak with grits, biscuit and eggs. The chicken fried steak was huge!