John Tanner's Barbecue Blog

While walking around the neighborhood I noticed a new restaurant in Van Ness featuring Indian and Nepalese dishes. Nancy and I went to try it on a cold wet night, and strategically drove down just in time for the 6:30 pm opening of free parking on Connecticut Avenue. We found a space right in front of

Whole hog cooked over hickory coals by someone who flat knows how to do it! Need I say more?

Well, I’ll say more anyway. After fortifying myself for the day’s work with a country ham biscuit at Tommy’s (I was still sav...

Have you heard about One Eyed Jack’s over in Hollywood … the Southern Maryland Hollywood?

It’s a combination seafood market an...

One of the many reason I travel is to eat things I can’t get in Washington, or at least that are very hard to find. One of these is a noble country ham biscuit, which I regard as one of the world’s culinary treasures. Good biscuits are rare as hens’ teeth around Washington and I can’t think of a single place that serves real country ham.

(Note: This is an opportunit...

Stop #3 on my Upstate South Carolina Best Pork survey was Fork Grove outside Anderson. at SC 1721 SC 187, just a few miles from Lake Hartwell and the Georgia Line, and only about six miles from I-85. It has a wonderful setting in pastureland dotted with mature trees. Big smokers work busily to ...