Month: December 2021

North Carolina

A Look Back at Morris Barbeque, Hookerton, North Carolina

The invaluable Barbecue Bros alerted me to an article in The Local Palate about Eastern North Carolina barbecue. The article helpfully charts an ambitious two-day trip, with meals at four barbecue places a day. The article then adds two relatively out of the way places on the southern marches of Eastern North Carolina barbecue country. It’s a good list — you should read it. I’ve … Continue reading A Look Back at Morris Barbeque, Hookerton, North Carolina

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DC and Maryland, Other foods

Chief’s, Your Neighborhood Bar, Tall Timbers, St. Mary’s County, Maryland

Our next foray in our exploration of St. Mary’s County restaurants led Nancy and me to Chiefs, Your Neighborhood Bar. Chief’s isn’t in our neighborhood and we aren’t surveying bars, as such, but Chief’s is next to — and connected with WJ Dent and Sons. No less than Paul of St. Mary’s reports that WJ Dent’s is the leading purveyor of that delicacy, Maryland stuffed … Continue reading Chief’s, Your Neighborhood Bar, Tall Timbers, St. Mary’s County, Maryland

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Hotels, Midwest, Other foods

Spoke & Steele at Le Méridien, Indianapolis, Indiana

After our 10k state capital walk in Lansing that was broken by a good lunch at Meat BBQ and completed by a drenching rain, Nancy and I dried off and refreshed. The next morning we drove down to Indianapolis for our 32nd state capital walk. My expectations for Indianapolis had been lowered by a college classmate who lives there, Susan Barrett (née Swingle). Susan made … Continue reading Spoke & Steele at Le Méridien, Indianapolis, Indiana

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