T-Rex changed hands last year and I heard from a reliable source that the food is better, so I put that to the test with a whole slab of spareribs to go ($34). It comes with potato salad and cole slaw.
I ordered them with sauce on the side (not their default). I think they were St. Louis cut, trimmed of the fatty ends and sides, so that was disappointing for me. That aside, the texture was good. Sauce was too sweet and bland for my taste but was pretty good after I doctored it with some piri-piri.
The potato salad was as good as I’ve ever had from a restaurant, better than most homemade. Yukon potatoes, lots of eggs and black olives, a little chopped pickle. I’d have ordered more if I’d known how good it was.
The shredded red cabbage, carrot, and onion was underdressed and underseasoned. Good ingredients, probably would have made excellent cole slaw if they’d added more salt and dressing and let it sit for a while before serving. Maybe they usually do and I just hit it at a bad moment.
Overall, definitely much improved. My informant told me the fried chicken was very good. Happy hour menu is still a great deal. Contrary to what it on their web site, the sign on the door says the late happy hour is 8:00 to close. I didn’t check if the early happy hour is still 3-6.