NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:27:11 EDT Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu alt.food.barbecue:10113 Your N. wrote: > Apologies for not posting sooner. I did promise a report, and it took > some gentle chiding from Bill Loftin to get me off my bbq-padded butt > and post. > > So, anyway, here's the report: > > 1. Lexington Barbecue: I've been waiting at least 8 years to try this > place. The only other time I was in the area it was on a Sunday, when > many bbq joints are closed. I ended up at the first place I found open, > which I believe was Smoky Joe's, but that was so many years ago I won't > even venture any comments. > > As for Lexington Barbecue, it was worth the wait. We got two large trays > of chopped coarse outside (or "brown") meat. I have never tasted such > succulent pig. Big chunks, most with browned skin that provides a great > contrast to the juicy inside meat. The sauce (known as dip) is extremely > thin, predominantly vinegar with just a hint of ketchup. It needed > nothing else. The slaw is chopped fine, and slightly red as well. The > hushpuppies -- according to my wife, who is not a big hushpuppy eater -- > are excellent. Smaller than most, with a pleasing crunch. The tea is > less sweet than that found along the I-95 Eastern NC BBQ trail, so we > liked it more. > > Overall, easily one of the best barbecue meals I've ever had. > > 2. Staymey's, Greensboro. To make comparisons easier, we got the same > meal: two trays. The bbq was chopped finer, since I didnt see coarse on > the menu. It was quite tasty, but not quite up to Lexington's standards. > The slaw had more bite than Lexington's. I'd give it a teeny edge. My > wife found the hush puppies to be inferior to Lexington's. Bonus here > was the peach cobbler, which comes in individual servings. She liked it > a lot. The tea was again very good. Overall, a close runner up. Maybe > Lexington spoiled us. But if you're going to a game at the Greensboro > Coliseum, it's right across the street. > > Both places are easy to get to, relative to other top bbq spots. > Lexington is right on the Business 85-29-70 loop just south of > Lexington, while Staymey's is on High Point Rd., just about a mile off > I-40. > > Next month I have to drive through NC again, and I hope to try Short > Sugar's in Reidsville, and probably one or two other spots. > > Bob Wells Short Sugar's is good but I like Fuzzy's in Madison much better. Stay away from the Fuzzy's in Eden - the bbq is not cooked on the premises, it's trucked over from Madison. Sometimes the taste suffers. -robert-
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