Southern cooking

 Someone wrote:
    >I'm a Yankee by birth, but a number of years living south of the Mason
    >Dixon line gave me a real taste for barbecue; fried chicken; greens;
    >biscuits; grits; real country ham; overcooked vegetables (usually
    >cooked with pork fat); fried pies; sweetened (iced) tea; etc.  I've
    >found a number of barbecue joints around New England, but long for
    >other kinds of Southern food.  I'm interested in hearing about any
    >places, anywhere in the region, that dish it up.  Preferably places
    >that aren't cute or pretentious about the food.

 Bob the Chef's, on Columbus Ave. in Boston, just a block in on the Roxbury
 side of Mass Ave is about as good as you can get, and that's really good.

 Wonderful ribs and fried chicken, greens and other side dishes, and
 glorified (tm) pies, yummmm...