I’d like to start this entry with a tip of the hat to Marie, Let’s Eat for pointing me toward Southern Smoq Bar-B-Q. When I got the email signalling the blog entry about their visit, I was excited to find a new place (relatively) near my office that was getting good reviews. I have a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
As we were heading to Charleston, I only had two places on my food list, the Glass Onion and Martha Lou’s Kitchen. We heard about the Glass Onion on Road Trip with G. Garvin on the Travel Channel. Then I found out they had been on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. And then I read an […]
As a bit of general advice, the worst time in the world to go on a barbecue hunt is the week of the 4th of July. Not thinking that through completely, as we were heading over to Charleston for a long weekend, I had a couple of places in mind to try along the way. […]
I’d been wanting to try Grand Champion BBQ, since I saw them listed in Atlanta Magazine’s May, 2013 barbecue issue. When we were discussing lunch today, I was reminded, as was my dearest, of last year’s 4th of July rib debacle where we struck out in 4 places (The Old Brick Pit, Heirloom Market, Thompson […]
Burgers, Barbecue and Everything Else 