Category Barbecue
Fred’s Bar-B-Q House – Austell, GA
Over the course of my life, I’ve eaten at the Bar-B-Q House dozens of time, and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever eaten their barbecue (this visit was in February, 2012). When I was kid, my dad took me to the Bar-B-Q House for “yellow jacket” hot dogs. For barbecue, we always went to Wallace’s, […]
Ginopolis’ Bar-B-Q – Farmington Hills, MI
So, here it is a cool December day and I’m driving into our Detroit office for an afternoon meeting and I see this sign: “World’s Greatest Ribs”? Challenge accepted! I know when I think of the centers of the rib universe, Michigan jumps right to the top of the list….. So, I get inside and […]
The Georgia Pig, Brunswick, GA – CLOSED
THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED. On the way to a meeting, after flying into Jacksonville, I stopped off at the Georgia Pig in Brunswick, GA for some barbecue. I had eaten there two or three years back, but I didn’t remember anything at all about the meal. I blamed that on my memory – what I […]
Barefoot BBQ – Seaside, FL
So, after my bad dinner / Jo’s excellent dinner at the Shrimp Shack, I was still hungry. As we walked back to the car, we came upon the wonders of AirStream dining at Seaside. There are six trailers parked along 30A and, for my sudden snack need, I chose Barefoot BBQ. Barefoot is spread among […]
Country’s Barbecue – Troy, AL
For the last eight or nine years, we’ve headed toward the Redneck Riviera for Labor Day weekend where we share a house with two other families. We’re always looking for a faster route and, about three years ago, we settled on the path that we now take: I-85 South to Waugh, AL AL80 to AL85 […]
Thompson Brothers’ Barbecue – Atlanta, GA
So I keep these three “lists” of places that I want to eat in my trunk (I also have a digital version in my phone) – all for places in Atlanta. One Saturday in July, I decided to venture out in the quest for ‘que. Thompson Brothers BBQ, in the Cumberland / Smyrna area (right […]
Blind Pig – Jackson, GA
After the excitement of the Hickory Pig, the next barbecue place was bound to be a let down, but I didn’t realize just how far that there was to fall. Driving back home from Macon, I realized I’d have a chance to stop at the fifth best barbecue in metro Atlanta (from the June 2011 […]
Tom’s Barbecue & Deli – Memphis, TN
We were in Memphis for a funeral and were talking with folks about food, as we sat around afterwards. I had my stand-bys in line (Interstate Barbecue and Rendevoux), but two folks told us about this place that we needed to try, over by the airport – Tom’s BarBQ and Deli. Before we headed over […]
Hickory Pig BBQ – Gainesville, GA
Sometimes you go to lunch. Sometimes you have a “dining experience”. This Friday was definitely the latter. It being Friday, and me being bored, I headed up to Gainesville, GA (about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta) to sample some barbecue. You see, in May, 2011, Atlanta Magazine named the Hickory Pig in Gainesville as the […]
Southern Soul Barbecue – St. Simons Island, GA
So, over Memorial Day weekend, I had to be in Jessup on the Friday morning before, so we went down for the weekend. It gave us a chance to visit with Colleen and a weekend at the beach (Jekyll). After I finished up with my meeting, we were wandering through an Antique shop in Brunswick […]
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