I've given up and Pittsburgh barbeque, and was loathe to try Mr. Willie's.  How bad can it be, I asked.\n\nBad.\n\nOrdered the 16 piece barbeque chicken meal with three sides and cornbread.  The chicken was not grilled, or heaven forbid, actually smoked.  It was basic baked chicken, doused in barbecue sauce.   Not barbeque by a long shot.\n\nThe sides were awe-inspiring in their awfulness. Red beans and rice was simultaneously hot and bland, made with perhaps ketchup and hot sauce.  No celery, onions or peppers or thyme.  Like a rice-a-roni version of red beans and rice.\n\nThe greens were mixed kale and collards, and not inedible.  Bizarrely, the meat used in the greens was corned beef.  Traditionally, soul food greens include ham hocks or smoked turkey to give it that great musky, funky taste.  But corned beef seems to be some awkward concession to its Squirrel Hill location.  \n\nCornbread?  A hand wrapped two by two inch square of crumbly corn-bread in wax paper.  Looked inedible, and in fact was.\n\nService?  Awful.  Apparently the lukewarm write-ups from Munch and City Paper inspired him to try to increase business by grunting subaudibly to his customers.  Woo-hoo!  \n\nPrediction: the location turns into a kosher restaurant by March of 2009. And it's a shame.  Except in home kitchens, soul food is dead in Pittsburgh.