Category Southeast
Le Petite Grocery – New Orleans, LA
The first nice dinner in NOLA was at Le Petite Grocery, which ended up being Jo’s favorite meal of the week. Located Uptown, on Magazine, this restaurant opened in 2004 in a building that had housed a grocery store, under one set of owners or another, for more than a century. Executive Chef (since 2007) […]
Port of Call – New Orleans, LA
Arriving in New Orleans, fairly late, on Monday evening, and looking for a quick dinner, Hamburger America sent us to Port of Call, a bar (there’s no other word for it) on Esplanade. I called to check their hours, afraid they might close at nine and found that they were only open until midnight, since […]
Mr Ed’s Oyster Bar – Metairie, LA
Arriving in Metairie for a meeting, I was surprised when they asked me what I wanted to do for lunch. Because, as always, when there was food involved, I did have a plan. Before I left, I looked on my list, for places near where we were going to be, and found Bozo’s in the […]
The Rodney Scott in Exile Tour, at Gunshow – Atlanta, GA
After the smokehouse at Scott’s Bar-b-que in Hemingway, SC, burned down last November, members of the Fatback Collective brought some of its members together to put on the “Rodney Scott in Exile Tour”, bringing Rodney Scott and his whole hog barbecue to towns around the South. The Atlanta stop was on Monday, at Gunshow, where […]
Sugar’s Ribs – Chattanooga, TN
As you drive south on I-24 from Nashville, there are repeated signs touting the glories of Sugar’s Ribs (“Best Barbecue – 2011”, etc). Then as you head through Chattanoga, just as you’re about to go into the giant curve toward Atlanta, you’re suddenly confronted by this giant woman holding a tray of ribs, with a […]
Bar-B-Cutie – Murfreesboro, TN
When you drive by a place and see the cowgirl on this sign, how can you not stop? That was the dilemma I was faced with. I had seen another location on Friday afternoon and had then driven by this one on the way to Fat Mo’s. (Whenever I see a tag line like that […]
Fat Mo’s – Murfreesboro, TN
My original plan for Saturday morning included having breakfast in downtown Nashville. The first restaurant that I tried had a line out the door and down the street, so I went to the second. They told me that there was an estimated forty-five minute wait. For breakfast? For one? I ultimately ended up skipping breakfast […]
City House – Nashville, TN
One of the articles I reviewed, before I made my trip to Tennessee, was from Garden and Gun Magazine, in the 50 Best Southern Foods article from the October / November, 2011, issue. In it, they raved about the locally produced ham belly pizza served at City House in Nashville. After a day of wandering […]
Rotier’s Restaurant – Nashville, TN
I had decided, on the drive up to Nashville, that this was the day to try Rotier’s Restaurant for a burger. They’ve been atop Nashville’s best burger list for years. Located in Nashville’s West End, the parking is, effectively, non-existent. There is street parking available (a total of about five spots in front of the […]
Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint – Nolensville, TN
I first heard about Martin’s Bar-Que Joint in an article in Garden & Gun Magazine titled “100 Southern Foods You Absolutely, Positively, Must Try Before You Die”. The author “didn’t care for the slur” in their “Redneck Taco”, but loved the sandwich. I had intended to go there on an earlier trip back from Nashville, […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 