Daniel Vaughn’s quinquennial list of the Top 50 Barbecue Places in Texas is now out, and there are dramatic changes. You can see the list here. The Top 50 list has been one of the if not the most reliable “Best” lists around. I relied heavily on it when I spent a term teaching at Baylor Law School, a position that left me plenty of … Continue reading The Texas Monthly Top 50 List is Out: Big Changes!
The invaluable Barbecue Bros website has a post identifying the top five barbecue places in Nashville. This adds to their existing rankings for Charlotte, Lexington (NC), and Austin, and is a great resource for anyone planning to go through, anywhere near, or to Nashville — as everyone should. The Barbecue Bros – Monk, Rudy, and Speedy – grew up in High Point, North Carolina. You … Continue reading Barbecue Bros’ Top 5 Barbecue Places in Nashville
Winter looms, so I have updated my list of alternatives to fast food for those driving south (and back north) along the East Coast. And, indeed, normally the only sensible thing to do when the weather promises to chill the very marrow in your bones is to head south. In light of COVID issues, special care and consideration must be taken before you decide to … Continue reading Best Places to Eat Near I-95 from Washington, DC, to Florida
Ryan Cooper had an article recently (October 7 — kinda recently) in the Smoke Sheet about a few of his favorite barbecue sauces that you can have shipped right to your front door. Brother Cooper co-founded the Smoke Sheet newsletter and is the genius behind the BBQ Tourist, two great sources for barbecue information. I’m sure you will like some of the sauces highlighted in … Continue reading The Best Barbecue Sauces
Let me recapitulate the results of the 2020 World’s Best Shrimpburger Competition for those who joined us late. I confused things when I led off with the ultimate winner, and only later — several barbecue posts later — started with the countdown: 3d runner-up, 2d runner-up, etc. I did that so you could try the very best before you left the beach. That first post … Continue reading The 2020 World’s Best Shrimpburger Competition: Recapping the Results
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
UPDATE I did take a trip to flesh out the places on there Our State list of 26 essential barbecue places that I had not visited. You can read reviews of the places I tried. They include Switzerland Café and General Store (ugh), the excellent Richard’s Bar-B-Q, and Morris Barbeque (great sauce). While I was on the road, I got sidetracked by Countryside BBQ (good), Log Cabin Barbecue (really good), a … Continue reading 26 Essential NC Barbecue Places
I don’t trust “Best” lists. Often, and virtually always in the case of best barbecue lists, they compare apples and oranges — say, pork and brisket. The two foods are completely different. And, again with barbecue lists, they often include places that don’t actually sell barbecue. The not infrequent inclusion of places that have closed further saps credibility. Think about how a “best list” develops. … Continue reading The 11 Best Cheesesteak Places in Philly
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
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