Age 10 in 1865 (end of CW) born 1855, lived to 110(?), 1965. If the grandson heard the story at age 10, he would now be 50.
Is he that old?
If grandma only made it to 90 the grandson would now be 70!
Some memory.
I just completed a 2000 mile road trip around the South in early August (college tours).
I probably didn’t go to any places that are world famous for barbecue, but I still had some really tasty stuff in Memphis (Central BBQ) and Birmingham (Jim ‘n Nicks Bar-B-Q, home of Morgan County style, mayonnaise-based sauce, and famous cheese biscuits). I’d recommend both of those places.
I don’t know who owns them but a mixed group of employees work at them, and a mixed group of customers shows up hungry.
To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin: BBQ is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
I hate to say but I don’t feel safe at urban black restaurants. But I’d be happy to eat at a black BBQ place in Cody if they ever have one!
Obviously BBC doesn’t watch the Travel Channel and Food Network food shows featuring BBQ restaurants and steak places, “Man vs Food,” or “Diners, Drive ins and Dives.” Or if they do, they selectively don’t watch all of the Black/African-American BBQ resturant owners that are featured on those channels and shows.
I’m in GA, you can find tow-behind pits and smokers on rural roadside corners. It’s torture to drive by!
Maybe they are great pit masters but not great business people?
When all you know is racism, all there is to say is ‘Black and White’
From the article:
That’s what Ryan Mitchell, Ed Mitchell’s son, says he experienced first hand. He was helping in his father’s restaurant from an early age, but then left for college on a football scholarship and then pursued a career in banking after that. He says his initial reluctance to get into the family business had everything to do with painful history. He remembers listening to his grandmother’s stories about working on a plantation.
I don’t think I’d eat there. The owner admits he’s a racist.
Now for my other thoughts:
Arthur Bryant’s in KC was a disappointment.
The best pulled pork in Memphis BBQ in Horn Lake, Mississippi. It’s owned by a white woman.
The second best pulled pork is a place north of Tyler on I-20. I can’t remember the name of it. The pit master is black. He knows just the right amount of fat to mix into the sandwich. We’re looking forward to going out of our way to stop there in a few weeks on our way to Oklahoma.
Interstate BBQ in Memphis is awesome. Owned by a black man.
I’ve always thought brisket was started on the cattle drives in Texas.
I do believe if I had to choose between two restaurants and one had a black pit master and one had a white pit master, I’d choose the black guy.
In Kansas City Arthur Bryant and Ollie Gates are looked upon as barbecue deities.