This is a quote from Lori Lambert of Lamberts Downtown Barbeque, which Rudy reviewed last summer and enjoyed.
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SXSW Brisket Cronut
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.
Linkdown: 3/12/14
– 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.
Linkdown: 3/5/14
– 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)