Milton's and Barbecue Lodge

We live in the Greensboro/High Point area, and Country BBQ on Wendover is much better than Stamey's.  We never eat Stamey's since we found Country BBQ.  We always either eat it in the car or bring it home as it is pretty smoky inside - even their non smoking section is real smoky.  Good BBQ though!  Speedy's BBQ in the city of Lexington is good, too, and less expensive than 'Lexington BBQ' on I-85 which we find grossly over priced.

Tom G. wrote:
> If you enjoy the wood fired type of cooking, Stamies's in Greensboro is
> great.  We had barbecue there about two months ago, and I recommend it
> highly.  Still, when I bite into Barbecue Lodge's barbecue and it tastes
> liked smoked butter, I doubt if it can get much better than that.  I also
> like their topping sauce.  It's apple cider vinegar mixed half and half
with
> Texas Pete.  There's crushed pepper is in it also, but it isn't too hot.
>
> --
>
> Tom Gauldin, Las Vegas NV
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>
> Leonard L. wrote:
> > On Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:31:00 GMT, "Tom Gauldin"
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Barbecue Lodge has several locations, but the best is on Capital Blvd
by
> > >Millbrook.  The veggies change daily and they offer combination plates
as
> > >well as large/small servings.  Their fried chicken is good but
> unremarkable.
> > >Their fried oysters are good as well, but they use tartar sauce from
> little
> > >Kraft packets.  If they made their own, using mayonnaise and onion, I'd
> > >upgrade their fried oysters/fish to excellent.  The outstanding things
on
> > >their menu, however, are the fried chicken gizzards and livers,
barbecued
> > >chicken (Vicki's favorite, not mine) and BARBECUE.
> > >
> > >Another outstanding thing on their menu is the banana pudding, served
> still
> > >warm with heaping meringue topping.
> > I'm not much of a fan of the barbecue at the Barbecue Lodge. For good
> > barbecue, I start by looking for places that cook their barbecue the
> > traditional way, over wood coals. The best barbecue in the triangle
> > can be found at Allen and Sons on highway 86 between Chapel Hill an
> > Hillsborough. In Raleigh, try Murrays on Old Poole Road (not to be
> > confused with Don Murrays on Capital Blvd). If you don't mind driving
> > a bit, try Wilbur's in Goldsboro. I've also heard some good reports
> > about Guy Parker's in Goldsboro, but I haven't tried it yet.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Leonard
> >
>
>

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Not quite triangle, but...

says...
> Speedy's BBQ in the city of Lexington is good, too, and less
> expensive than 'Lexington BBQ' on I-85 which we find grossly over priced.

Interesting - our hang gliding club flew at the county airport near Lexington (exit 88 off I-85 South) this past weekend.  We had lunch at a BBQ place just across the interstate from the airport - the airport manager said people sometimes fly in just to have lunch at the restaurant.  Was this Speedy's or Lexington BBQ (or neither)?

It was a small old place across from a convenience store, but I thought it had pretty good cue, about $7 for a large tray with fries, slaw and hushpuppies.  I'd never seen a place offer "chopped" and "coarse chopped" plates before.  The difference was pretty obvious in the meat, and I think I prefer the finer chopped pork (I tried the coarse).  Their fries were GREAT.  The slaw... well, it was very interesting, but wasn't what I expected: a very dark color, quite puree'd and very spicy too, even spicier than the BBQ sauce.  I love hot food and it just didn't seem like the two sauces were getting along.  Since the airport manager invited us back, we'll probably be going there again, so I'd be interested in which restaurant was which...