Tin Roof shuts down
So I'm pretty bummed out. Tin Roof Barbecue, which was right down the street from me in Hoover, Alabama, has shut down. I'm guessing it had to do with multiple failures on health inspections (it was never the cleanest feeling place), but the food was always good, and they had a good sauce selection.
There's been quite a bit of change in the Birmingham barbecue market lately, and this is the latest.
Grandmama's chocolate icingMelt the butter in a heavy saucepan. Smoke report from the weekendIt's been a while since I fired up the cooker to really make a lot of wonderful, wonderful meat. So this weekend I took a pilgrimage to Costco and bought some stuff for a prolonged smoking session. Added a new restaurant listingIf you look on the right-hand menu, you'll see a link that says "Restaurants by name." This link will show you all the restaurants in the database sorted by state and then by name. The cool thing is that you can filter out the list by state so you can narrow your search for a place. We'll keep tweaking it-I think it'll be a useful tool on the site. Welcome, BBQ Brethren!So I was trolling through our traffic report this morning, and I noticed a new "referrer"-(that's a site that sent people to our site)-a site called The BBQ Brethren Forums. Grilled rack of lambIf you've never eaten lamb, but you like meat, you should really try it. It falls on the spectrum somewhere between pork and beef, and it's surprisingly easy to cook. |
Melvin'sThe best BBQ we have had to date, as an aggregate meal. They use a mustard-based sauce for their pork, and it worked really well. Their side sauces didn't really work all that well with much, but the rub on the chicken was divine. Corn on the cob tasted a bit frozen, but was the tenderest I've ever had. Only negative was that one of our servings of chicken smelled like wet dog, but the other was excellent. Web site:
http://www.melvinsbbq.com/
Jim Neely's Interstate BBQThe only BBQ place we tried in Memphis. Their specialty was BBQ spaghetti, which is pasta with BBQ sauce and BBQ pork. My son didn't care for it, but I thought it was very good. Spaghetti sauce was BBQ sauce, and BBQ pork for the meat. Very good pork ribs. The brisket by itself wasn't great, but in the sauce the put it in, it was quite good. Arthur Bryant'sThey feature three sauces - a Sweet/Hot which was more sweet than hot, Rich & Spicy, which was mild, though very flavorful, and the Original Sauce, which was very peppery and spicy, but which didn't seem to pair well with any of the meats. The french fries were old-fashioned home-made fries that looked like they were burnt some, even though they weren't. We thought they were ok. Web site:
http://www.arthurbryants.com/
Baby Back ShakVery good corn (not on cob). Memphis style BBQ. Rub on Beef ribs had a peppery substance that was outstanding! Web site:
http://www.babybackshak.net/
Sonny Bryan's (Original Location)We went to the original location, and if you are looking for old, authentic Texas atmosphere, this is the place. It is a small hole-in-the-wall place that might seat 40 people. Old school desks are used as individual tables, with some having "Reserved for:…" signs above them. Fall-off-the-bone ribs, with great flavor, especially with the sauce, which is served in old beer bottles. Pork and chicken were both moist and well cooked, but were largely indistinguishable from one another. Both were improved with the same sauce as were on the ribs. Beans were basically canned with some onion. Web site:
http://www.sonnybryans.com/
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