Glick’s Rib Shack

Located in the Reading Terminal Market, this place had a decent lineup when I went. Ordered the Combo #2 with 3 spare ribs, 2 side orders and a drink. Opted for potato wedges and the mac n cheese. The ribs were fantastic, nice, tender and very fresh. I'd say the wedges and mac n cheese were decent but nothing amazing. But all this for $14 is quite nice in my opinion! Very filling and they open really early (8am!) for those that have an appetite for BBQ in the morning... :)

Delicious baby back ribs! Loved it! $20 for two people to eat :-) visiting from California. Would come here again.

I had the combo with 1lb of ribs, mac n cheese, coleslaw, and a soda. The ribs and sauce were really good together. The mac n cheese was overdone, very goopy. The coleslaw was perfect. Total was about $20. Very worth it!

I gotta be honest and say I expected very little from the Rib Stand. Putting a rib in my mouth and experiencing the fall off the bone well flavored meat though was much much more than anticipated.I got a half pound of their spare ribs ($9.29/lb or about 5 bucks for the half pound) which translates to about 4 rib bones. Again, the meat fell off the bone and was tender, well seasoned, and received the respect of my taste buds!Like so many other locations in Reading Terminal, there's no seating to be had here, and you probably wouldn't want seating considering the large crowds here, but there is seating to be found all over in Reading.Operated by Amish, they seem to know their ribs well and if ribs are part of your regular eats, you owe it to yourself to hit the Rib Stand!I'll be back!!

A great place for ribs. The line moves fast. The options were okay but we also went when they were almost closed.

The ribs were outstanding! Ordered the combo which was $11 for 3 ribs, 2 sides and a drink. Service was extremely fast and the ribs were perfect! I wasn't a fan of either sides, which is why I am not giving a 5. Options were green beans, Mac & cheese and the potato wedges. The green beans and mac&cheese were ok. Will definitely be coming back for more ribs though!

So many choices, so little time! The RTM was busy today lots of shoppers. All the staff wearing masks, some shoppers not wearing masks and not being told to do so. No obvious visual table cleaning between guests. Plenty of hand sanitizer locations throughout the market. The restrooms were clean and stocked, that's great with so many places having closed their restrooms due to the pandemic, doesn't make sense to me since hand washing is an integral part of preventing the spread of COVID19.I entered the RTM off 12th street, immediately the taste tempting aroma of barbecue heightened my senses and increased saliva flow. I walked the entire market seeing crowds at pre pandemic non holiday levels so still not what these hard working businesses need. I noticed a lot of tempting delicacies along my walk. So back near the 12th street entrance I followed my nose to that BBQ aroma and found myself at Glick's Rib Shack. There were two gentlemen behind the counter keeping product fresh, the work space clean and serving customers. The younger had a great warm welcoming smile and was very friendly. I asked some questions and the elder answered them thoroughly and added more information without missing a beat. I ordered a half rack of the Baby Back Ribs, they were seasoned cooked but not sauced so I ordered a side of mild barbecue sauce they also offered hot bbq (spicy) sauce. It was just under $15 for the ribs and sauce I believe $11.99 a pound. It was wrapped in foil in a bag with napkins. I asked if they had any wet-naps since I was in need of BBQ now. They had to search but gave me two. I paced the market till I found a seat, I had to share a table with a stranger. It was dirty so I ate on top of my bag.The ribs had almost no fat, typical of baby backs but was rather dry. It was logistically impossible to dip into the sauce only the tip of the bone would get sauced. The ribs were cut for convenience. Together were tasty lots of flavor if only they were not dry. I could only eat three bones of about 7. I attempted to reward them using the foil for my trip home, the foil kept ripping. But since the bag was plastic, come to think of it isn't there a plastic bag van in Philadelphia? So no mask enforcement and ignoring the bag ban. Apparently lots of other stands were using plastic bags too based on the numbers of people carrying them. I mention this because ignoring regulations could indicate health concerns also. I'm confident the city has plenty of enforcement personnel on payroll that somehow let this happen. I am giving the place 4 stars for effort and they could have earned 5 if the ribs were not dry. That was an expensive meal to not be completely satisfied.UPDATE: Took them home just pulled them out of the refrigerator and poured the side of bbq sauce over them sealed with plastic wrap and microwaved them on low for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. They are moist and delicious! Highly recommended!

I have to be up front about this: Rib sandwiches are not my thing.But THESE Rib sandwiches ARE!If you're anything like me, your thought or typical complaint about past rib sandwiches is that "there's too much fat", "there's not enough meat", or you bite right into that little gummy part and it makes you not want to eat anymore.This is NOT the case here.One bite of my sandwich was all ribs. Meaty, flavorful, and I might've taken two bites before adding bbq sauce. Sweet, tangy and bold, delivered all the way and delivered the right way. As I said in my initial overall Reading Terminal Review, I swear my father in law drove here just for this. He was telling me about another sandwich at the market that he knew I would like, but I have to try the rib sandwich, it would "change my life" and it did. Changed my perspective on rib sandwiches entirely.Thank you, this a will return.

Always a favorite place to get food from if I'm ever in the Reading terminal! If you like ribs, Glicks has you covered!!

The food was amazing recommend the potatoes if you like a sweet and spicy but not too spicy the meat was tender and juicy the service was amazing each menu item was properly priced and worth your money.