2019-11-01 Southern Living

TRAVEL & CULTURE

Clockwise from

above: Sauced

ribs from

Interstate

Barbecue;

Central BBQ’s

downtown

location; A&R’s

charcoal pits;

Payne’s pork

sandwich

with slaw

Cozy Corner Restaurant

Beneath a sweet and tangy glaze of

sauce, the ribs at Cozy Corner burst

with intense wood-

smoke flavor, and the

meat is pleasantly firm

and chewy. You can

order the brown sauce

mild, medium, or hot.

But beware: Even the

medium will leave

your lips tingling. In

an unusual twist on

the barbecue sandwich,

they tuck thin-sliced

pork or beef inside long,

sesame-topped sub rolls

with plenty of bright

yellow slaw.

A&R Bar-B-Que

The chopped-pork sandwich at A&R

is a wonder. The first bite explodes

with flavor, the tender

meat merging into the

warm, soft bun with cool,

crisp pops of slaw. The

rib sandwich is even

better—a short, meaty slab,

wedged (bones and all)

between two slices of

plain white bread with

lots of slaw and A&R’s

signature sauce. The

Pollard family still cooks

barbecue on old-school

charcoal-fired pits, and

the sauce here is thick

and only moderately

50 Best

BBQ Joints

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50 Southern picks.

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