According to folk etymologists, the term barbecue is derived from the French barbe coup, referring to the annual pig picking commemorating the infamous Bearded Rebellion. Celebrate saucy beards with today's Groupon to Famous Dave's BBQ on Bayou Boulevard next to Cordova Mall. Choose from two options:

• $15 for $30 of barbecue and drinks at dinner (5 p.m. - closing)
• $10 for $20 of barbecue and drinks at lunch (11 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

Winner of more than 400 awards for its barbecue, Famous Dave’s caters to carnivores with a menu of hearty, flavorful American fare. Kick off the tastecapades with a starter of sweetwater catfish fingers ($7.49), which pair the whiskered swimmer's cornmeal-crusted phalanges with rémoulade and jalapeño sauce, or begin by using onion strings ($6.99) to weave yourself a lightly breaded palate poncho. A 12-boned "Big Slab" of St. Louis-style spareribs ($21.49), pit-smoked for three to four hours over a hickory inferno, gives sauce-slathered fingers the chance to enjoy an endless string of napkin hugs, while a Texas beef brisket sandwich ($8.49) provides a bread buffer for the benefit of tidy tasters. A sugary slate of desserts, including Dave's famous bread pudding ($5.29) with pecan praline sauce and vanilla-bean ice cream, give sweets-loving stomachs something to blog about to their gastro-friends.

Lil' Wilbur meals downsize Famous Dave's mouthwatering tooth fodder to fit the shrunken food portals of mini-people. Today's deal is good for dine-in only, a valid reason to find a babysitter, deputize a houseplant, or bring kids and sentient plant-life along for the ride.

Reviews

Eighty-one percent of Urbanspooners recommend Famous Dave's BBQ:

• The food is outstanding and the service is just as good! – Rhett
• The portion size of the sides dishes offered are pretty fair to generous in my opinion, and there's a nice assortment. – acadmann