Fine Dining Southern Style

Glenn and I are travelling this week and we had a funny lunch experience that is worth sharing. We were in North Carolina at the time and had been out driving, checking out the scenery when Glenn spots a roadside BBQ place. Of course these are quite common and usually some of the best places to eat. It looked clean and was even getting a fresh coat of paint so we go in and find a booth. As we walk in Glenn immediately takes note of the decor and when the waitress asks what we'd like to drink he orders a Diet Coke.


"Sorry" she says "we only have Pepsi". What?


(Apparently they love Coca-Cola so much they don't want to waste it on the customers.) That's OK, we move on. I'm checking out the menu. Glenn wanted me to experience authentic southern BBQ and slaw but I'm eyeing the Hot Steak plate. Not something I eat very often since it can single-handedly close off my aorta but I'm on vacation and a little diner like this can usually work magic with anything involving gravy. I notice that all plates come with a choice of two vegetables. "Wow vegetables that's different" I'm thinking, so I scan down. Here are the vegetable choices: French Fries, Baked Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Pinto Beans, Mac and Cheese, Green Beans, Potato Salad, Red or White Slaw, or Salad.

This sheds a little light on the obesity epidemic in our nation. "Do these vegetables make my butt look fat?"
Glenn goes for the BBQ and I go with the Hot Steak. It turns out I didn't need to worry about the vegetable choices because she didn't ask for them anyway. The food arrives, it's looking good... Hey wait a sec, what's that little black thing in the slaw? You guessed it, a dead fly! Yep served with a dead fly tottering right there on the edge of the coleslaw. We flicked the fly off and he ate it anyway giving wide berth to the fly area.

We figured if he would have sent it back she would have just flicked it off and brought it back so as he put it "I just saved her the walk." That's my guy, ever thoughtful!
The food wasn't very good, not really a surprise by this point but we were pleasantly surprised that we didn't get any food borne illnesses.
Here are a couple of miscellaneous pictures.
This was my Hot Steak plate. Notice the white hamburger bun which was so eloquently described as "Texas Toast" on the menu.

This is the booth we choose because we needed to charge my phone and the power cord was conveniently located just hanging over Glenn's left shoulder.

So the next time you are passing through Mocksville North Carolina and you notice C's Bar-B-Que think of us but whatever you do don't go in!