SXSWin: Dominique Ansel (baker extraordinaire and creator of the Cronut) and Aaron Franklin (of Franklin Barbecue fame) teamed up to make one mighty fine sandwich. We can’t actually decide if it would taste that good, we just like the fact that two very different food titans hung out.
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Huh, so this happened.
– So there’s this: The 10 Best Barbecue Chains in America
– Big Wayner checks out Whispering Pines, a hidden jewel of barbecue joint that still cooks over wood in Albemarle
– Fervent Foodie has the lowdown on the new brunch menu at Elwood’s Barbecue & Burger Bar in Ballantyne
– TMBBQ’s Austin barbecue guide for those in town for SXSW (jealous)
– There are two ways to win a ticket to the NC BBQ Map launch party at NoDa Brewing this summer
– Bob Garner is having a book signing for his barbecue book March 19 in Pittsboro
– Taste Trekkers offers up Five Unique Barbecue Experiences in Atlanta and an interesting perspective on barbecue in the city in a post guest-written by Grant from Marie, Let’s Eat!
One of the meanest things that has ever happened in the last forty years of people writing about regional food was somebody, somewhere, up and decided that Atlanta, Georgia was not a barbecue city. Since then, scores of misinformed food writers have made the poor decision to give the Peach State short shrift and focus on barbecue in other places. Make no mistake, I bow to nobody in my admiration of the awesome barbecue traditions of Texas, Memphis, North Carolina, and all points in between. But this nonsense that Atlanta’s not a barbecue town, that Georgia’s not a barbecue state, has gone on long enough.
– The newly-formed NC BBQ Association is hosting a cooking school next Saturday at Mac’s Speed Shop in Charlotte.
– A little late to the party, the Durham Herald Sun has a story on ‘True Cue and their righteous crusade
– The Lexington Dispatch also has a story on True ‘Cue and highlights several Davidson County joints on the list
Businesses on the list from Davidson County are Speedy Lohr’s Barbecue, Stamey’s Barbecue of Tyro, Speedy Lohr’s BBQ of Arcadia, Smiley’s Lexington Barbecue, Smokey Joe’s Barbecue, Tarheel Q, Troutman’s Barbecue in Denton, The Barbecue Center, Cook’s Barbecue and Lexington Barbecue No. 1.
– More coverage on The Great NC BBQ Map
– Eater: How Franklin Barbecue’s Aaron Franklin Survives SXSW
– Confirmation from Buxton Hill’s Twitter that it is not moving forward. It does state that Elliott Moss’s barbecue restaurant is but no further details at this time:
Buxton hill is not happening. A BBQ concept by Elliott Moss is. Follow him @blacktablecloth for news to come.
— Buxton Hill (@buxtonhill)
– Vote for your favorite barbecue restaurant in Charlotte Magazine’s Best of the Best Awards for dining and nightlife here. May we kindly suggest the current Barbecue Bros fave and True ‘Cue approved Midwood Smokehouse.
– The James Beard Award semifinalists were named last week and several Fatback Collective team members were honored
Proud of our brothers & sister for their #jbfa nominations. @hseanbrock @greekporker @poolesdiner @herbsaintdining @PecheNOLA @robcmcdaniel
— FatBack Collective (@FatBackTeam)
– Speaking of which, the preliminary Rodney Scott In Exile totals are in and approximately $81,000 was raised
– Austin’s La Barbeque is named one of GQ’s best restaurants in America for 2014
– Pride and Joy BBQ’s future NYC location runs into more issues (via)
– South Carolina barbecue chain owner (and noted racist) Maurice Bessinger has died; Southern Foodways has their take on his death
– Firefighters responded to a fire at Old Hickory House in Charlotte earlier today; I haven’t seen anything further about the extent of the damage
– The NC State student paper The Technician had a short profile on Bob Garner, who is currently serving as “minister of barbecue culture” at The Pit in Durham
“My job [as minister of culture] is much more cultural than it is technical,” Garner said. “I do everything from developing new variations of recipes from the original menu, to training staff and taking plates out to the table. Customers faces are shocked to see me and it gives me a conversation starter that allows me to do what I love the most, interact with customers.”
– After not opening in Fall 2013 due to construction issues, Ed Mitchell’s ‘Que (who he is opening along with his son) is now shooting for an April 1 opening in downtown Durham