Southern Living has long published annual “Best of the South” lists, notably of barbecue places (which we’ll visit in depth), small towns, best cities, best beach towns, and, for the first time this year, the Best Catfish Restaurants.  You can see the article here. When I was in the Justice Department, I did a lot of voting rights work in Mississippi.  I traveled all over … Continue reading Southern Living Picks the South’s Best Catfish Restaurants

My cousin Sinclair Griffin Lee, of the Wilson, North Carolina Griffins, sent me a link to Southern Living’s latest list of good barbecue places — this time, the Great American Barbecue Bucket list.  It really is great to have such nice cousins.  I wish that Sinclair and husband Eric (the Charlotte Hamburger Experts) would come visit, but I guess Eric’s free time is taken up … Continue reading The Great American Barbecue Bucket List by Southern Living

It’s a Southern Thing has a list of the top food festivals in the South.  I’m not a big food festival person, although I do like small-town celebrations.  Mainly I don’t like to wait in line, having done little else while I was in the Army.  I especially don’t like to wait in line for food and beer, which I like, or portable toilets, which … Continue reading The Best Southern Food Festivals

Here’s a list  offering the oldest restaurant in each state.  I’m saving it myself as a travel resource.  I’ve been to eight of them, and have a write-up of The Bright Star in Bessemer, Alabama.   Eating at all 50 would be a nice project.  I certainly plan to eat at The Cattlemens’ Steakhouse in Oklahoma City again when we do our state capital walk on Oklahoma, … Continue reading The Oldest Restaurant in Each State