Best barbecue
A pulled pork sandwich with a side of collard greens at Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q on DeKalb Avenue in Atlanta. Photo: Becky Stein / Special
YOUR PICKS
1. Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q
You say, “Fox Bros. have no competition! If you think some other place is better I suggest you go try it!” and “There are a lot of great choices around here, but Fox Bros. has to be the best. Anyone who says they don’t like it is either a vegan or works for a different BBQ joint.”
2. Fat Matt’s Rib Shack
3. Pig-N-Chik
4. Community Q
5. Fresh Air Bar-B-Que
6. Swallow at the Hollow
The pork platter with sides of mac and cheese and baked beans at Swallow at the Hollow in Roswell. Photo: Phil Skinner / pskinner@ajc.com
OUR PICKS
1. The Swallow at the Hollow
Food and beverage writer Bob Townsend says, “Purists may sneer at the foodie barbecue Bill Green does at this weathered-wood cabin in Roswell. But like his Southern comfort cooking across the way at Greenwood’s, there’s no arguing with the quality or intention. Feast on smoky pork or beef, baby back ribs and house-made sausage, with terrific portobello mushrooms and fried green tomatoes, and freshly baked bread and pies.”
2. Garden Produce & Country Store
3. Sam’s BBQ 1
4. Dave Poe’s BBQ
5. Community Q BBQ
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517 comments Add your comment
gavanman
September 26th, 2010
8:47 pm
C’mon guys, Sonnys? Fat Matts??? Harolds???? Beef Brisket???? Nothin’ even comes close to Pig n Chik (real BBQ…Pork!) in Sandy Springs. Makes all the others taste like amatuers.
TK
September 26th, 2010
9:01 pm
Unfortunately the best place closed many years ago. It was Home Folks Corners in Butts county. They had the best stew and ribs. The ribs had the right amount of fat and you never had to chew the meat off the bone. Wish it was still open.
Rock Solid
September 26th, 2010
9:27 pm
There is soooo much good “Q” across this land. Atlanta doesn’t have the “” pedigree of some other places, but boy, is there some good quality for the BBQ fan. I am saddened by the “snobbery” and attacks on the best of what this area has to offer. If this is so disperiging to you folks, perhaps it is time for you to go back to your beloved places that you feel are so much better and leave out the crap comments.
I truely think that the best of the best have been clearly represented here.
I am looking forward to discovering all of places that I have not tried yet. There will be places that don’t “shine my knife”, but I will not run my mouth about them here. Bring on the best of Atlanta!
rufus
September 26th, 2010
9:29 pm
dairy queen bbq sammich
Gary
September 26th, 2010
9:44 pm
Bub- Ba – Q / Woodstock & Jasper. Now this is real BBQ!
cfarris
September 26th, 2010
9:45 pm
Pulled Pork Winner- Pig N Chik, Beef- One Star Beef Ribs, Chicken- who cares, Ribs- Mustard Seed
Matt
September 26th, 2010
9:47 pm
Mashon’s Smoked Meats and Seafood in College Park
Old School
September 26th, 2010
10:15 pm
Craig’s in DeValls Bluff . . . if the Big A is Arkansas. Otherwise, I love me some Daddy D’z (especially the collards and Q wraps)
HammondXK
September 26th, 2010
10:35 pm
Beetles in Woodstock is just not good, there are 2 others that are much better JD’s and a new place called Daddy Q’s there sauce needs work
UK THOROUGHBRED
September 26th, 2010
11:01 pm
It’s the best BBQ in Atlanta.
You idiots talking about places out of state or even out of the metro area are dumb. Who cares about NC, Memphis, or where ever. The question was the best BBQ in the A and that A stands for Atlanta.
Ed
September 26th, 2010
11:42 pm
Community Q in Decatur is terrific much better than Fox Brothers plus you can dine in on clean tables that are not covered with a coating of grease. Community has a nice organic salad for anyone who wants to eat something healthy with their Q. Excellent Mac and Cheese and very good Banana Pudding.
The Real McCoy is in NC
September 26th, 2010
11:51 pm
As Lewis Grizzard said, the closest Atlanta will ever come to authentic bar-b-que is when a tractor-trailer of hogs jack-knifes in flames on I-285. You must order your bar-b-que from North Carolina for authentic, OMG-This-Is-Awesome “que”.
TJ
September 27th, 2010
12:25 am
Tooks… REX, GA…
Steve
September 27th, 2010
1:33 am
Anybody who says Fat Matt’s is a yankee. Anyhow, what is surprising about Atlanta cue is that there is nothing great inside the perimiter. At the risk of sounding politically incorrect, you would think that some of our city’s African-American folk could produce great BBQ. But, no, you have to go outside the perimiter to find good cue, which happens to be made by white folk.
Darcie
September 27th, 2010
1:49 am
Hambone’s…. Hapeville, Ga
Sambo Pete
September 27th, 2010
3:47 am
Try Country’s BBQ in LaGrange or Columbus for a real treat on ribs. Their stew is good, as well as their sliced or diced BBQ. Great service!
JJ
September 27th, 2010
4:47 am
JJ’s in Marietta!