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Back in Memphis - King's Palace and Much More
As much as I enjoyed my week-long vacation in San Francisco it felt good to be back home in the city I love. I ended up spending my first week back eating at a lot of my favorite haunts like Three...
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Simplicity as a Guiding Philosophy - Chez Panisse
When we were making plans for our recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area one restaurant I knew we had to visit was Chez Panisse. I know there are newer restaurants doing much more exiting and...
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Napa Valley and Good Food with Good Friends
Last Monday, after three nights in San Francisco, my wife and I ventured north to explore Napa Valley and spend a couple days visiting with some friends at their home in Saint Helena. While several of...
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Gourmet Pork Shoulder in San Francisco - Perbacco
I mentioned in my recent post about a Memphis Thickburger sighting that I wasn't interested in eating pork shoulder during my trip to the San Francisco Bay Area last week. The area's abundance of great...
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Memphis Barbecue Thickburger Sighting in San Francisco
I've had several friends challenge me to try the Memphis Barbecue Thickburger currently being offered at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. restaurants after witnessing the sexually charged ads being used to tout...
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A Country Diner in the City - The Cottage
Located on Summer Avenue near National the Cottage is like a small-town country diner sitting in almost the exact middle of the city. It's the kind of place that serves breakfast all day along with...
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Texas Transplant - Wing and BBQ Shack
I heard about the recently-opened Wing & BBQ Shack on Mendenhall near Winchester from a friend who is a major barbecue connoisseur who devotes a lot of his spare time to both judging and competing...
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Giant Sandwich - Kelvin's
I have a friend who routinely mentions how good the enormous barbecue sandwiches used to be at Kelvin's before the place changed its name to Kelvin's Hot Wings and dropped the barbecue from its menu. I...
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Crosstown Soul Food - Rudabagas
A little procrastination actually helped to make this blog timely. Last Thursday I stopped for lunch a Rudabagas Restaurant, a soul food place on Cleveland just a couple block south of the old...
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Smoke Free - Pig House
If you cook a piece of pork meat slowly over low heat it will end up being tender and juicy. But smoke and seasoning are the additional elements that define great barbecue. After I tried the...
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False Advertising - King's
Regardless of what the sign out front says, King's Home Cooking on Lamar near Shelby Drive doesn't sell barbecue. Just the normal bodega lunch counter selection of fried stuff, burgers and Philly...
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Cooking with Ghee - Salaama
I generally don't mention ethnic restaurant meals in this blog unless they include a menu item with obvious barbecue connection like the puerco asado at Los Compadres or the Bánh mì sandwich at Pho...
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Texas-Style From a Memphis Institution - More Corky's
In most people's minds Corky's is synonymous with Memphis-style barbecue. It may not serve the best pulled pork and dry ribs in the city, but ask anyone in town to name some restaurants that specialize...
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The Giant Burger with Mystery Seasoning - More Cave's
In my original post about Cave's Soul Food I mentioned that I'd, "heard from friends in the neighborhood that the giant, hand-pattied burgers at Cave's are some of the best in town." Since then I've...
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Breakfast Brisket - Three Angels
I've mentioned before that I think barbecue and eggs make a great breakfast combination. On Sunday I enjoyed some beef brisket with my breakfast during brunch at Three Angels Diner on Broad. My wife...
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Roadside Diner Barbecue in Brownsville - Cuz's Smokehouse
I was driving through Brownsville, TN, on Wednesday when I noticed a roadside restaurant on Dupree with "BBQ dinner" written in large letters on one of the windows. I've passed by the building numerous...
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Lifecycles of Suburbs - More Southern Hands
[NOTE: The Germantown Road location of this restaurant is now closed but the Hickory Hill location is still open.] Since I first tried the meatloaf at Southern Hands Family Dining a couple months ago...
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Good Food in the Lowe's Parking Lot - Elwood's Shack
I'd recently seen some impressive-looking pictures of some of the food from Elwood's Shack that a friend posted on Facebook. This friend was the same barbecue judge and competitor who told me about the...
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Another Whitehaven Soul Food Find - Kountry Cookin'
How many good soul food places are there in Memphis? I'm not sure but I keep finding more of them. Last week I was driving south on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Whitehaven planning to stop at Big Bill...
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Simple, Unpretentious Good Food - Patrick's
I've driven past Patrick's on Park near Mt. Moriah at least hundreds, and possibly thousands, of times without ever stopping there. Last spring at the Memphis Italian Festival across the street from...
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