Posted on 08/07/2004 10:07:49 AM PDT by Hootch
In honor of places that we know we could eat without being interupted by Kerry... Please post your favorite BBQ joint, where it is and what your favorite thing is at that place...
Oh yeahhhhhhhhh.....Arthur Bryants!
Damned good BBQ at a good price. I practically wiped out a whole rack back in the spring of '98.
Love their BBQ sauce. Took some home with me.
Ain't it funny how everybody has a different favorite when it comes to BBQ?
A couple more good ones in the central Texas area.
Cooper's in Llano.
Smitty's, Black's and Kreuz Market in Lockhart. (What can I say, I take a ride there I hit all three...).
In Austin Sam's and The Iron Works (the latter mostly cause it's the closest that's tolerable. Can't tolerate County Line, Artz or, gasp, Rudy's!).
In the same neighborhood Boyd's in Statesboro. Very, very different from the Texas BBQ I usually eat but I forced myself to eat about $20 worth.
When I was a kid, my parents always used to take me to Russel's, outside of Chicago. Messiest, tastiest, most marvelous barbecue sandwiches on soft cushy rolls, with extra sauce on the side and a token you could put into the 8-foot tall chef shaped vending machine to get a prize after dinner. Gosh, I'm craving that now.
Outstanding! Gonna get me a Texas Six-Pack!
In NC, this is my favorite:
Jimmy's Barbecue
1703 Cotton Grove Rd.
Lexington, NC 27292
Gary's in China Grove, NC is my second favorite.
In SC, my favorite is :
Mutt's BBQ
101 West Rd
Greer , SC 29650
also in Easley, Greenville, and Seneca SC- they're all good.
and for a different kind of BBQ completely (mustard sauce) I love:
Maurice's Barbeque (Piggy Park)
multiple locations in Columbia, SC
Best name for a BBQ joint:
Butts on the Creek, Maggie Valley, NC (west of Asheville)
Avanti's really isn't a bad place either if you want cheap but well prepared food.
In San Angelo, Tx
"RJ Bar B Que" made the Texas Monthly "Texas's best Bar B Que list"
"Dreamland Bar B Que" In Birmingham Alabama. The best ribs I have ever eaten.
All this talk - and we're off to Danny's BBQ....
Gates BBQ Kansas City
Good to see Harold's is still going. Have eaten many a sammitch at the counter watching them chop that pig and toast that bread.
I'll throw in two local (Upper East Tennessee)
1. Dixie Barbeque on North Roan in Johnson City. Andy Griffith reruns and beach music and all kinds of college football memorabilia. Alan Howell is a sailing man, and he brought back a chicken sandwich (Anagoda?) from some island in the Caribbean
2. Ridgewood, out in the country, between Bluff City and Elizabethton. Get there early, because at 9:00, they lock the doors and no more BBQ.
If its ribs it ain't BBQ.
I see that Coopers does mail order. Is it worth ordering?
Shorty's BBQ, South Dixie Highway, Miami, Fla.
Harold's has pretty good stew too.
The ONLY place I know of
with "Cracklins" in the corn bread.
I'm trying to move to Dayton/Spring city north of
Chattanooga, any good places around there?
Here in Houston, I can't just walk around the corner and get a good Italian beef sandwich or a polish. I can't find a good Chicago style pizza either. While that might be good for my heart, my soul misses that wonderful food!
The good thing about traveling is getting a regional "take" on different food. The bad thing about it is that you can't take all that good food home with you!
I am convinced that once you head North or East of Texas, you aren't going to be able to find out-of-this-world Tex Mex food. This place has spoiled me for Mexican food. I guess I'll have to stay here. :)
Now you did it!
I'll have to wait in line twice as long when I visit there in two weeks.
If anyone goes to "Sticky Fingers", be sure to buy some of their little jars of seasoning. Pretty durn good.
That said, I've have had barbeque all over this country. IMHO nothing beats Texas! I guess it's all a matter of taste.
The Swinging Door is easiest to reach on the east end of Richmond Texas about 3 miles north of Hwy 90A on FM 359. It's pretty good BBQ, but the atmosphere is great.. They are great folks out there.
However, LOLOL, the best BBQ is at the west side of Rosenberg on 90A at a stand with a simple BBQ sign. The old black guy is really.. DA Man.. Take it from a real man from the south.. That's moi, from the south side of Chicago.. :)
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