Had great food in New Orleans, Charleston, and Nashville. Ate BBQ everywhere! but only found Lexington-style mustard sauce near Columbia which surprised me. Did try Rudy's in TX, thanks for the suggestion. Must have gained 15 lbs in three weeks but oh-so-worth-it! I love to eat. (Hanging head in shame but with a happy glint in my eye).
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NFRC - home from our long road trip
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steve2-in-la
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Right there with you!
Trying again, lost the first list I typed (drat!)
Charleston SC - 82 Queen***** was one of the best meals. I had a stack of cheddar grits, catfish, a fried green tomato and a crab cake on top. DH had a very good jambalaya. Dessert was an almost too sweet peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream. Mmmm.
Myrtle Beach area - Chesapeake House**** for great grilled scallops, catfish, and seafood platter. Good family place, good food, and family prices.
Savannah GA - Moon River Brewery*** for casual. Good creole chicken/sausage on jambalaya rice and such. Fun place. Inside and outside seating areas.
Nashville TN - Jack's Bar-B-Q**** on Broadway in the heart of the music. Go up to the counter to order brisket, pork, ribs, chicken and sides. Delish creamed corn.
New Orleans LA - Palace Restaurant**** was a bit touristy but Rotis Chicken and Pecan catfish were good. Didn't have reservations for Commanders and were short on time so skipped there.
New Orleans LA - Jackson Brewery** had a good location looking at the water. Catfish Acadian was very good but the po-boy here not so. It was popular with the hurricane-toting frat boys.
San Antonio TX - Acenar***** for the best mole chicken enchiladas and seafood enchiladas.
San AntonioTX - Paesano's**** at the Riverwalk. Good lasagna and TDF stuffed shells.
Palestine TX - Switch**** for great Italian. Oink pizza and penne pasta called Meatballs Immaculata. It was recommended by the hotel and turned out a lovely surprise. One of our best meals was here.
Asheville NC - Nona Mia - very good pasta with Sunday gravy. Disappointing over-arugula'd Naples pizza.
Maurice's BBQ - my fav for on the road near Columbia SC. It was a rainy day so we did a drive-through order and got the Lexington-style yellow sauce. I liked it! How come they're not in California???
Vicksburg MS - Beechwood*** had really flavorful and tender steak. Crab cake only so-so and was very small compared to other places further east.
Rudy's***** in TX - as was suggested to me. Easy, casual, good! Ask for samples of anything. Thanks for the suggestion. The sides were prepacked. Next time, I'll bring a cooler and pick up food for lunches.
Tucson AZ - Beyond Bread****. I hadn't seen really good brown/seedy bread anywhere for three weeks. This was just what I needed with good soup and great sandwiches. Picked up cookies for the road home. Has local beer off to the side of the big bakery area.
(Can anyone tell me why all bread sides in the South are white bread?)
DONT'S: Chick-fil-a and Sonic Burger. Some like Cracker Barrel but we weren't wild about our one meal there.
Charleston SC - 82 Queen***** was one of the best meals. I had a stack of cheddar grits, catfish, a fried green tomato and a crab cake on top. DH had a very good jambalaya. Dessert was an almost too sweet peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream. Mmmm.
Myrtle Beach area - Chesapeake House**** for great grilled scallops, catfish, and seafood platter. Good family place, good food, and family prices.
Savannah GA - Moon River Brewery*** for casual. Good creole chicken/sausage on jambalaya rice and such. Fun place. Inside and outside seating areas.
Nashville TN - Jack's Bar-B-Q**** on Broadway in the heart of the music. Go up to the counter to order brisket, pork, ribs, chicken and sides. Delish creamed corn.
New Orleans LA - Palace Restaurant**** was a bit touristy but Rotis Chicken and Pecan catfish were good. Didn't have reservations for Commanders and were short on time so skipped there.
New Orleans LA - Jackson Brewery** had a good location looking at the water. Catfish Acadian was very good but the po-boy here not so. It was popular with the hurricane-toting frat boys.
San Antonio TX - Acenar***** for the best mole chicken enchiladas and seafood enchiladas.
San AntonioTX - Paesano's**** at the Riverwalk. Good lasagna and TDF stuffed shells.
Palestine TX - Switch**** for great Italian. Oink pizza and penne pasta called Meatballs Immaculata. It was recommended by the hotel and turned out a lovely surprise. One of our best meals was here.
Asheville NC - Nona Mia - very good pasta with Sunday gravy. Disappointing over-arugula'd Naples pizza.
Maurice's BBQ - my fav for on the road near Columbia SC. It was a rainy day so we did a drive-through order and got the Lexington-style yellow sauce. I liked it! How come they're not in California???
Vicksburg MS - Beechwood*** had really flavorful and tender steak. Crab cake only so-so and was very small compared to other places further east.
Rudy's***** in TX - as was suggested to me. Easy, casual, good! Ask for samples of anything. Thanks for the suggestion. The sides were prepacked. Next time, I'll bring a cooler and pick up food for lunches.
Tucson AZ - Beyond Bread****. I hadn't seen really good brown/seedy bread anywhere for three weeks. This was just what I needed with good soup and great sandwiches. Picked up cookies for the road home. Has local beer off to the side of the big bakery area.
(Can anyone tell me why all bread sides in the South are white bread?)
DONT'S: Chick-fil-a and Sonic Burger. Some like Cracker Barrel but we weren't wild about our one meal there.
Yowza! Thanks. Terrific list. I confess to having cravings for Chic-fil-A but only if
they're freshly made and slathered with mayo. Never understood the fuss over Cracker Barrel other than it seems like a kind of theme park. During road trips through the south, my family was loyal to Bob Evans. I haven't eaten in one in over 20 years. Waffle House was the place my brother always longed for.
Your recap makes me wish I hit the road myself. There's a southern road trip dying to happen!
they're freshly made and slathered with mayo. Never understood the fuss over Cracker Barrel other than it seems like a kind of theme park. During road trips through the south, my family was loyal to Bob Evans. I haven't eaten in one in over 20 years. Waffle House was the place my brother always longed for.
Your recap makes me wish I hit the road myself. There's a southern road trip dying to happen!