BUCKY'S BAR-B-Q

 

It had been a while since I ate at Bucky's Bar-B-Q at 1700 Roper Mountain Road in Greenville SC, but I have had a "hankering" for one of their sandwiches for several weeks. Unfortunately, it wasn't as good as I remembered it.

 

You order at the counter and serve yourself drinks ( only tea or pink lemonade at this time, but Coke products will be served starting in February).  I had a sandwich plate with sides of baked beans and sweet potato crunch and, of course, slaw on my sandwich. My dining companion had just a sandwich with slaw and we shared my side items. With two beverages, the cost was just a little bit over $12.00. The price was good, but they have definitely cut back on how much meat they put on the sandwich.

While the sides were good, the BBQ itself was just okay - just not much smoke taste, which I'm looking for in BBQ, and really just not much taste at all. The meat was moist and both their sauces were good - a mustard based one and a tomato based one. If I graded this meal on a scale of yuk, not terrible, okay, pretty good, and Wow, Bucky's would fall smack dab on okay. There's nothing wrong with being okay, I'm just looking for something a little more tasty.

TANNER'S BIG ORANGE

Tanner's Big Orange 

322 South Pleasantburg Drive  Greenville, SC 29607

Tanner's has been around Greenville since 1943 and you can see some old photos by clicking HERE.  One of my Aunts worked there when they were located on Main Street.

We had a couple of chili cheeseburgers, an order of onion rings, and we both had a pineapple drink.

We found the burgers to be okay, but nothing more. The onion rings looked like your standard frozen rings, but turned out to be much better and were quite tasty, and of course the pineapple drinks were good. Price was just a little bit over $13.00 which was very reasonable. While the meal was pretty good and the price was fair, I can't really see us going back anytime soon...unless it's through the drive-through for a pineapple drink. Below are some more photos of the inside of the restaurant.

CAFE and THEN SOME

Due to some hard economic times, we haven't been able to go to The Cafe and Then Some for several years, but FINALLY this year things turned around some and we had the extra cash to go to one of our favorite Christmas productions. I might add, any show put on by Cafe and Then Some is well worth attending.

We got there early enough to enjoy some great appetizers. We started with a couple of cups of Brunswick stew, which I really liked, but Peggy thought was a little too spicy. Above is our shared plate of fried green tomatoes -  dusted in corn meal, deep-fried, and served with home-made pimiento cheese and a roasted red pepper coulis. Below is our other shared plate of  duck burritos - Slow-roasted duck mixed with onions, peppers and cheese, then seasoned and rolled up in a warm flour tortilla. Served with corn relish and sour cream. Both of these were great and I would have a hard time choosing which one was better, but the duck burritos might slightly edge out the fried green tomatoes.

 I would also like to mention, how good the service was (as good as many high end restaurants), add that with the Good Food and Good Entertainment and there's not much more you can ask for in an evening out.

KOOKY RECORD TUESDAY

Exciting Christmas Stories on Peter Pan Records featuring Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman

MANICAL RECORD MONDAY

Its A Waffle House Christmas

SWELL RECORD SUNDAY

What I like about this album cover is the little tree and the GIANT presents and as a bonus it contains one of my favorite Christmas tunes - "To Heck With Old Santa Claus"

SWINGING RECORD SATURDAY

The Golddiggers began on  Dean Martin's TV show and had their own show as the summer replacement for Dino.