BBQ ??
MzBigtop2
really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
kcaj_jack
>I'm fairly new here to Atlanta. Does anyone know where to get some
>really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
There's not any. People in Georgia like to pour Karo surup and Brown
sugar into something they mix with tomatoe sauce and other things they
call Bar-Be-Que sauce and baste in on the meat and pour it all over
the meat when it's in the sandwich. There are plenty of places that
cook the meat until it's nice and pink, even using real Hickory wood
and maybe even Mesquite for Texas style, than they ruin it by basking
and soaking it in Karo Surup and Brown Sugar confectionary mix which
is about the same thing as pouring snowcone surup all over the
Bar-Be-Que. They don't believe in using vinegar-based bastes and
suaces and vigorously argue against any type of vinegar baste or even
sometimes vinegar based hot sauces. For the majority of the
Bar-Be-Que, and the people who eat Bar-be-Que in the Southeastern
United States and elsewhere, this is odd and most others consider the
people who eat it this way to be oddballs. But some people in Georgia
love to argue with the majority of other Bar-Be-Que connoisseurs
telling them the Old Hickory House sauce of extremely sweet Karo Surup
and Brown suagr "snowcone" surup on their meat is the only way to go.
If you want real Bar-Be-Que, go to Memphis, Mississippi, some parts of
Alabama or North Carolina, buy 200 pounds of it and freeze it in your
home freezer. They know what vinegar really is and how it's properly
used.
Curt Wells
I like Daddy D'z on memorial, east of downtown but west of Boulevard. I
also like Stubb's, but have never gone there, just had some at a Bar they
were catering for. Some folks have said good things about Factory's, just
south of I-20 on Boulevard, across from the BP.
There was a joint in town called Feeders that closed down, and I am sad to
this day.
Curt.
Holger
>I'm fairly new here to Atlanta. Does anyone know where to get some
>really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
One place lots of people go is:
DUSTY'S BARBECUE
1815 Briarcliff Road. 404-320-6264.
There's nothing quite like starting out the day with barbeque for
breakfast. Dusty's is an award-winning BBQ haven by day and serves up
a mean breakfast too. The Chattahoochee Wake-Up features a three egg
omelet stuffed with tangy barbecue - pork, beef or chicken -- and is
served with homefries or grits and your choice of toast or a biscuit.
There's plenty of lighter omelets too, plus great yellow grits, light
and fluffy pancakes plus home-made pork sausage that's lightly spiced
with chili flakes and sage. This is the place for the breakfast of
champions.
http://www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2000-07-29/cuisine_eats.html
Another place lots of people go is Fat Matt's Rib Shack.
Below are some comments both good and bad about it.
User comments about Fat Matt's Rib Shack
"This place is overrated. The one in Buckhead is always filthy. The
food is "so-so" but expensive and having to buy almost everything a la
carte is annoying." -- mrodz71, 01/15/2002
"Best ribs I've ever had, period. We'll find any excuse to drive down
from Athens, by the carload, just for Fat Matt's! A show, business
meeting or visiting friends is secondary..." -- , 12/16/2001
"I have been a patron of the shack for 10 years and it is the best! I
live in Marietta and drive down to Matt's about twice a month. Jay" --
, 12/13/2001
"Woo baby! Any place that only serves ribs has gots to have some
gooood ribs. And they does. Um mmmm good. Great atmosphere. Great
food. Great music. Be prepared to sit smack against people you don't
know cause man, it gets packed in there. You actually have to walk on
a corner of the stage to get to the men's bathroom. Recommend it for
dinner over lunch so you can enjoy beer and the great bands. A little
heavy for lunch time fare-plus there is a very good chance you'll get
rib sauce on your clean white business shirt. " -- rudepolice,
07/30/2001
"When I moved here from Oklahoma, I thought there were no good rib
joints in Atlanta. Boy was I wrong! Fat Matt's is some of the best
barbeque I have ever had! And the ambience of the usually jam-packed
little hole in the wall is the best! I love the live blues band they
have there and the waitresses all call you honey!
6/27/01" -- nburge, 06/27/2001
"How about an obscure question. What brand of potato chips do they
serve at Fat Matt's? I was there last week and can't remember the
brand name... Thanks!" -- bradyg23, 06/19/2001
"Me and my girlfriends are affectionately called the 'Golden Girls' by
those close to us. One things that we are always in agreement with is
that there are no ribs in the city of Atlanta that can top Fat Matts.
It's truly a tight little 'hole in the wall' joint, but the barbecue
is definitely 'on'! - the Golden Girls of SW Atlanta" -- hatsgal,
05/30/2001
"Awesome ribs, cold beer, enough said. Dreamland could learn something
here." -- ronkleem, 04/24/2001
"Awesome ribs, cold beer, enough said. Dreamland could learn something
here." -- ronkleem, 04/24/2001
"Heard alot of good things about the place. Went and was disappointed.
Should change name to Matt's Fat Rib Shack....never had ribs that fat
before...only been once so maybe I just got a bad serving or something
so don't write it off 'cause of me. " -- , 04/09/2001
"I went there in 97 and FM had the "best ribs in the south"" --
Maepayne717, 03/30/2001
"whoever rated this below 5 stars is an idiot- best ribs in town" --
banders75, 03/20/2001
"DELICIOUS!
Best ribbs in Atlanta!" -- jim_mize, 03/09/2001
"Man Please!! I discovered FM's on a hot August day with my van window
down, the aroma came in, I masde a U turn, ate a Rib sandwich have
been back ever since that afternoon in 1990. Ribs, sauce, white bread
and sweet tea, It don't get no better." -- bagman57, 02/15/2001
"Good BBQ. Better atmosphere than food. If you want the BEST BBQ in
town, look up GUNTER'S BBQ in the book and go there!!! Great sauce and
very lean meat!" -- jeffstaton, 11/24/2000
"This place used to be INCREDIBLE, but the last few visits have been
real disappointments... Overcooked, fatty ribs, with surly service....
C'mon Matt, bring your place back to the hot spot it once was!" --
sdritchie, 11/03/2000
"This is a very bad rib place!!!" -- chuck_h_30080, 11/02/2000
"Finger-lickin'-good ribs. And you sit so close to the live blues
bands you can see the barbecue sauce stains on their fingers." --
paulcox, 10/20/2000
http://www.accessatlanta.com/auto_docs/dining/22046-comment1.html
Holger
MzBigtop2
and it was NOT it. I'm from Wisconsin and we know about the vinegar base
which is truly what I'm looking for.
Thanks for answering (smile)
MzBigtop2
Hmmm, I might try that though...maybe it's close to what I'm looking for.
Thanks !!
MzBigtop2
so maybe I'll give Fat Matt's a try along with Daddy D'z and see if
either can satisfy this craving for BBQ...thanks!! (NO, I'm not
pregnant..Hahaha)
kcaj_jack
>On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:45:28 GMT, MzBigtop2 <MzBi...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>I'm fairly new here to Atlanta. Does anyone know where to get some
>>really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
>
>One place lots of people go is:
>
>DUSTY'S BARBECUE
>1815 Briarcliff Road. 404-320-6264.
>There's nothing quite like starting out the day with barbeque for
>breakfast. Dusty's is an award-winning BBQ haven by day and serves up
>a mean breakfast too. The Chattahoochee Wake-Up features a three egg
>omelet stuffed with tangy barbecue - pork, beef or chicken -- and is
>served with homefries or grits and your choice of toast or a biscuit.
>There's plenty of lighter omelets too, plus great yellow grits, light
>and fluffy pancakes plus home-made pork sausage that's lightly spiced
>with chili flakes and sage. This is the place for the breakfast of
>champions.
>
>http://www.atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2000-07-29/cuisine_eats.html
>
>Another place lots of people go is Fat Matt's Rib Shack.
I may have to "shut miiiiiiii mouth." I haven't tried Dusty's or Fat
Matt's. I know Dusty's has been there a long time, since the early
80's I believe and I have heard a few food things about it. I know
one place that I tried and think is over-rated and I won't go back is
Williams. They really knew how to cook the meat and the half-chicken
and bar-be-que tasted like it had a pound of brown sugar poured on it.
I wanted to puke it up all over the floor in the middle of the
restaurant. I hate to see somebody cooking the meat for 10 hours or
so, nice and tender and pink like a really good bar-be-que and then
glaze it with some type of concoction that would go over really well
on ice at the little league baseball world series.
MzBigtop2
Jim Patterson
<MzBi...@att.net> wrote:
>Hahaha...I think you're right...I've had BBQ from a couple places here
>and it was NOT it. I'm from Wisconsin and we know about the vinegar base
>which is truly what I'm looking for.
>Thanks for answering (smile)
For a variety of BBQ and sauces, try Spiced Right on L'ville Hwy up Lilburn
way. Another one that is not the same mold as Old Hickory House type BBQ is
Dusty's, corner of Briarcliff & Clifton. Basically, AIUI, you have sweet
sauce BBQ (Texas) and spicy vinegar sauce(Carolina style, the other two I
mentioned).
Each has it's place. I haven't heard of Wisconsin BBQ. You might try the
hot mustard sauce at Spiced Right and the 'sizzlin' at Dusty's, the latter
will dissuade anyone of any idea of 'sweet'. --jp
(Geez, I can't believe I'm in one of these 'where to eat' threads. :-))
AftonOkla
in the world at www.gatesbbq.com
"There are no permanent friends, only permanent interest".
Jimmy Hoffa
MzBigtop2
writing them down and going to try them.
MzBigtop2
MzBigtop2
w.g. wrote:
> Somewhere around Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:45:28 GMT, MzBigtop2 was brave
> enough to write:
>
>
>>I'm fairly new here to Atlanta. Does anyone know where to get some
>>really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
>>
>
> Personally I like "This is it bbq and seafood" there are a few
> restaurants around , the one I go to is in Decatur on Memorial drive
> close to Covington Highway. There are 2 sauce choices mild or hot both
> are vinegar based.
>
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Tom of Bunyon
It depends on what style BBQ. There's Texas Style, Philly Style, Southern
Style, and so on.
Texas Style - Texas BBQ in Alpharetta. You get one rib. But when you get it
you immediately think "Flintstones".
- Country Buffet / Roadhouse Buffet. Various Locations. They have an
all-you-can-eat Beef BBQ ribs night.
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Andy Walton
Jim Patterson <jrp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
:Basically, AIUI, you have sweet sauce BBQ (Texas) and spicy vinegar
:sauce(Carolina style, the other two I mentioned).
Those are the two broad families. There are variants of both. Kansas
City BBQ is a more-surupy variant of Texas style, while there's a lot of
variation in the Carolina style. Some people will insist that BBQ is
either served on the bone or pulled, and that sliced brisket doesn't
belong. I have a certain sympathy with that argument as a purist, but I
like the stuff to much to shun for a mere principle.
:Each has it's place.
Agreed.
Some of the best Appalachian-style BBQ I've ever had was at Two Brothers
in Ballground, Georgia. There used to be three brothers, but one of them
had to go to Milledgeville. They made real pit BBQ -- not a brick thing
in the restaurant, but an honest-to-Jehovah hole in the back yard. I
might be inflating how good it was in my misty memory -- I haven't been
there in years, and don't even know if they're there any more.
--
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Jim Patterson
<att...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Some of the best Appalachian-style BBQ I've ever had was at Two Brothers
>in Ballground, Georgia. There used to be three brothers, but one of them
>had to go to Milledgeville. They made real pit BBQ -- not a brick thing
>in the restaurant, but an honest-to-Jehovah hole in the back yard. I
>might be inflating how good it was in my misty memory -- I haven't been
>there in years, and don't even know if they're there any more.
I might be sounding like a commercial for Spiced Right, but they have a shed
in the back of the restaurant where they cook the meat. On weekends, at
least last time I was there, they have a buffet spread with several kinds of
BBQ and chicken as well as the side dishes.
MzBigtop2
critical stage of BBQ craving...hahaha. Thanks again.
panera001 wrote:
> In article <3C4C53C9...@att.net>, MzBigtop2 <MzBi...@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I'm fairly new here to Atlanta. Does anyone know where to get some
>>really GOOD barbeque? Name of establishment and location, please?
>>
>>
>
> Any Johnny Ray's location in B'ham. At two hours from Atlanta, it's
> about the same as commuting from Hartsfield to Marietta on Friday
> afternoon.
>
> While you're there, check out Dreamland for the best ribs anywhere.
>
> Or find these two places on the web and ask them to FEDEX an order to
> you. Both are happy to do it and you are guaranteed to be pleased.
>
> As for Dusty's and Fat Matt's--Dusty's is about as good as it gets in
> Atlanta and Fatt Matt aint been the same in years. Go eat at one of his
> brother's places instead.
>
> panera001
>
MzBigtop2
out back...makes some good eating BBQ. <sigh>
MzBigtop2
BBQ Pit" Sounds like a place to do laundry doesn't it...LOL...but it is
good !!!!
no name
heard that KB's near
cumming uses a similar sauce.
"kcaj_jack" <kcaj_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Craig Nance
have eaten there, but I was never that impressed with their pork-I
didin't think it had much flavor. I don't think that they use any
wood in cooking it, but I might be wrong. I did like their sauces a
lot.
MzBigtop2
agree...it is still as you remember it.