Old South Bar-B-Q
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Corner of Windy Hill & Burbank Circle (1 block east of South Cobb Drive)
Smyrna, Ga.
770 435 4215
Family owned since 1968 (tumultuous year!). The tangy, pasty, tomato-based sauce is somewhat overabundant. The attraction here is the succulent, precisely done meat, served chopped, sliced, or "pulled" (recommended for its ample "outside" content and toothsome "mouth feel"). The sandwich was served on an institutional green melmac-type ("Dallas Ware") oval plate, on an untoasted bun with sliced dill pickles on the side. The French fries were agreeably inconspicuous. Also available: okra, applesacue, brunswick stew. The reviewer ordered chocolate pie, which suffered from prolonged refrigeration. Lemon and pecan pies were also available.
There are varnished plywood booths with various hot sauces and catsup on the table. The cash register sits squarely in front of a pass through, over which there is a back-lit takeaway menu featuring (in plastic movable letters) delicacies such as "P salad" and "T salad". Through the pass-through one looks directly into the pit, glimpsed through a clothesline on which the orders hang. The decor features photomontages of customers, numbering in the high hundreds. Smyrna's most famous resident--Julia Roberts--is not pictured. She is not known ever to have dined here, despite having graduated from nearby Campbell High (summa cum attitudinis).
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