Category Southeast
Central BBQ – Memphis, TN
As we continued the journey, barbecue stop number two was Central B-B-Q, in Memphis. I didn’t realize until I went out to take a picture of the sign that we were one block from the Lorraine Motel and the National Civil Rights Museum. We visited this a decade or so ago, and it is powerful […]
A & R Bar-B-Q – Memphis, TN
Stop number one on the Eclipse barbecue scramble was A&R Bar-B-Q on Elvis Presley Blvd. Located on the end of a strip mall in an unassuming storefront, you’re confronted with the counter as soon as you walk in. The first thing I noticed was the happy hour frozen drink specials. This is a ‘cue place […]
Westside Bar-B-Que & Cakes – New Albany, MS
For the last 10 years, I’ve had Westside Bar-B-Que (& Cakes) in New Albany, Mississippi, on my list. And we’ve driven thru New Albany at least twelve times, over those years. But we were never there on the right day. We always are driving thru on Wednesday or Monday, going to or from the Walnut […]
Red Pearl – Birmingham, AL
Finishing up our trip home from the happiest place on earth, we were going to hit Birmingham in time for a late lunch. As close as home-base is to B’ham, I keep a pretty broad list of what’s happening food-wise there. By that I mean and I get several newsletters specific to food in Central […]
The Pelican and the Pig – Nashville, TN
In town for an anniversary weekend, I was looking for dinner options and the Pelican and the Pig kept appearing as recommended choice. 2019 Eater Nashville Restaurant of the Year being among them. So off to Resy I went and we were booked for an early dinner in East Nashville. Husband and wife chef team […]
C.H.O.P. (Clay’s House of Pig) – East Tupelo, MS
>As we were driving to Kansas, it was approaching lunch time and we were in Mississippi. I put “barbecue” into Google maps and several popped up. Clay’s House of Pig (C.H.O.P.) had the best name and was not too far off I-40, so off we went. Pulling up to a restaurant that shares space with […]
Mud Creek Bar-B-Que – Hollywood, AL (Photo Blog Post)
As I didn’t get around to posting this timely and I can’t remember all the details of the meal, I’m now posting this restaurant as a photo blog. I can say that Hollywood, AL, is a town with a population and this restaurant, opened in 1946, was part of a Saturday journey down the […]
50 Taters – Scottsboro, AL
A barbecue place that advertises on the “North Alabama barbecue trail” but calls itself comfort food, on their signage, does not portend well. Nonetheless, our second stop, after Dale’s BBQ, was to give 50 Taters a try. With two strikes against it (giant parking lot filled with vehicles that were not trucks / building not […]
Dale’s BBQ – Boaz, AL
On a ridiculously hot Saturday, I decided we needed to explore a section of the “North Alabama Barbecue Trail”. Being slightly OCD, I do enjoy a good list – one that I can check things off of, as I complete them. I was guided to the existence of this list by a podcast episode of […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 