I googled Ridgewood Barbecue and found their facebook page. looks like a great place and I will definately try it the next time I’m in Johnson City.
Funny the first facebook comment was pertinent to this thread:
* Great smokey flavor in the Great Smoky Mountains with scrumptious sauce. Great service and a great break from the greasy, vinegary, chopped like confetti stuff that they serve in Eastern NC. We left full, too! Five stars!*
Be sure to check operating hours. On Fridays and maybe Saturdays they close for a couple hours of the afternoon. Closed Sunday.
Do not fail to get the beans (I get the small cup).
And the fried taters are fresh cut. I think they put too much sauce on the sammitches. And iirc they will put slaw on if you don’t tell them not too.