We’d planned to come roaring back to your subscription feeds with a series of six or more stories over the course of the next few weeks. Sadly, the drive was there, but the meals weren’t… Continue reading “Taco Tico, Lexington KY”
Category: kentucky
South Central Kentucky Barbecue
I wondered whether there might be any barbecue around Tompkinsville to sample after our meal at Dovie’s. Was there ever! The area is absolutely packed with small restaurants that offer a regional variation that I’ve never seen anywhere else. Continue reading “South Central Kentucky Barbecue”
Dovie’s, Tompkinsville KY
When we moved here last summer, I hoped that we’d start to cover Kentucky a little more and visit a wider variety of places than we have. Better late than never, I suppose. Continue reading “Dovie’s, Tompkinsville KY”
Ferrell’s Hamburgers, Hopkinsville KY
On the Friday of our trip, our friend Louis had been telling us about a chain of burger places that used to have multiple locations throughout western Kentucky. He said that Ferrell’s had once been a very special place. They had an outlet in his hometown, Henderson, along with multiple stores in Owensboro and Bowling Green. These days, they were down from perhaps a dozen stores to just three, in the towns of Cadiz, Hopkinsville, and Madisonville, and he believed that the survivors were nowhere as good as the Henderson store once was. Continue reading “Ferrell’s Hamburgers, Hopkinsville KY”
Peak Brothers Bar-B-Q, Waverly KY
Our favorite meal of the trip came at a very interesting location. Peak Brothers Bar-B-Q, which first opened in 1947, is located on the outskirts of the town of Waverly, surrounded by farmland and wide open skies. It’s about thirty minutes west of Henderson, and it’s definitely worth the drive. If I lived in the area, then I would eat here all the blessed time. Continue reading “Peak Brothers Bar-B-Q, Waverly KY”
Mr. D’s, Henderson KY
In the previous chapter, I mentioned that some amazingly good fried chicken originally brought me to the Henderson area. That’s no longer available, although the rights to the old Bon Ton recipe can be purchased or leased for a price. Our friend Louis Hatchett was very clear that while nobody’s fried chicken was quite like the Bon Ton’s, there was some pretty good stuff available at a drive-in called Mr. D’s. Continue reading “Mr. D’s, Henderson KY”
Thomason’s Barbecue, Henderson KY
The small city of Henderson, which is kind of a “bedroom community” of Evansville, Indiana, is a very, very under-explored region for food lovers. Back in the spring, I asked the well-informed regulars at Roadfood.com for some recommendations, and writer Louis Hatchett strongly recommended that I come his way and sample the astonishing fried chicken at the Colonel’s Mini-Mart with him. Sadly, this once-booming little place, while still serving up the most amazing fried chicken I’ve ever had, was stumbling through bad decisions and mismanagement, and shut its doors for good a week or so after my stop. (Here’s the story.)
I was really taken with the countryside and intrigued by what else we might find up this way. Since it turned out that the area has a couple more places with very good fried chicken, more barbecued mutton, some amazing bridges, and a couple of other treats, I dropped Louis a line to confirm our schedule, and we met him in the mid-afternoon at Henderson’s most popular barbecue restaurant. Continue reading “Thomason’s Barbecue, Henderson KY”
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