Category Barbecue

B J’s Original Bar-B-Que “Hog Wild” – Jesup, GA

What an appropriate question!  After an afternoon meeting in Jesup, I was heading back towards Savannah when I passed the barbecue place that I hadn’t seen until AFTER lunch.  Since it had been almost three hours since I’d last eaten, I thought it would likely be okay to stop for a snack.  When I walked […]

Old South Bar-B-Q – Smyrna, GA

On a rare Saturday afternoon without any plans (including for lunch), we found ourselves on the road between Austell and Kennessaw. As we were meeting some folks for dinner, I saw a chance to knock another restaurant off my “list” – Staq’s BBQ in Smyrna. They’ve been on the list since the 2011 Atlanta Magazine […]

Bone Lick BBQ – Atlanta, GA

A couple of weeks back, I heard that a new BBQ spot had opened on the Westside, of which the proprietor was Mike LaSage (the chef behind Monday night barbecue at P’Cheen).  When I was deciding where to grab a bite down town and found myself on Howell Mill, my memory kicked in and down […]

Spiced Right Ribhouse Barbecue – Suwanee, GA

Eons ago, when my office was in Stone Mountain, I used to eat at the Spiced Right location in Lawrenceville.  It was part of a regular rotation with Matthews Cafeteria (along with several other places that no longer exist).  As the office moved north, first to Norcross, then to Duluth, Spiced Right grew further from […]

‘cue Barbecue – Cumming, GA

When I was looking to meet someone for a work lunch, somewhere between Duluth and Alpharetta, we had settled for Dreamland on Peachtree Parkway.  The next day, we both acknowledged we were merely “settling” (as none of the Atlanta-area franchises can approach the Alabama locations) and I had to find some place else.  So I […]

House of Ribs – Atlanta, GA

If the quality of a restaurant was directly converse to it’s level of “shadiness”, House of Ribs (known both as Ms. Betty’s House of Ribs or Bouldercrest House of Ribs, based on where you find the reference point) would be, hands down, the best restaurant in the city. In a trailer that has seen better […]

Merle’s Bar-B-Q – Dallas, GA

Some times you drive by a place for years and never stop. Then one day, for whatever reason, you do stop and the food is so amazing that you wonder how you ever lived without it. Or maybe, instead, one day you do stop and you realize that driving by for all those years was […]

Moonie’s Texas Barbecue – Flowery Branch, GA

Summertime at the office is kind of slow, and as my usual lunch crowd was all gone, today was a day for adventure.   “Crowd” is likely a strong word, as there are never more than three of us.  And three’s not a crowd, unless you’re on a date, or in a sports car or __________ […]

Golden Rule Bar-B-Q and Grill – Irondale, AL

Back in the late 1990s, I ended up traveling to Birmingham often.  And by often, I mean a lot.   Over the course of about three years, I probably drove back and forth between Birmingham and Atlanta at least twenty times.  Every one of those times, I drove by this sign for Golden Rule Bar-B-Q […]

Old Brick Pit Barbecue – Chamblee, GA

While Jo and I were preparing for the Peachtree Road Race on the afternoon of the 3rd, she mentioned that she’d seen this thing in Southern Living naming the best barbecue in the South and there were two Atlanta places.   She couldn’t remember one of the names and the other had “Pit” in it.  I, […]