[QUOTE=lovetrucks;4396342]Interesting.



Now you get the picture!

 

I've been there. It's pretty good. Kind of disconcerting that a place that serves food has a gas station out front (I had never seen anything like that before), but once you start eating all that's forgotten.

Red Hot & Blue is just north of mediocre, but it has its charms .

Absolutely.

Have you ever been to Buzz's BBQ, in Nevada? I've heard it's really good. I haven't been to Nevada (and what's up with the pronunciation? Na - Vay -Duh?). But I've heard it's worth the drive.

I had heard nothing but good things about Woody's, which is why we stopped there on the way into Joplin one afternoon.

Another place I've heard about in Joplin is some place called "Lumpy's". I have not been there and am afraid to try it for two reasons. One . . . the name frightens me. Two . . . the guy who recommended it tends to base his opinion of restaurants on his level of inebriation. Any place he recommends usually means he got drunk there. The more drunk = the better the restaurant (and I use the term "restaurant" loosely, which is usually a bar that serves something that passes for food). Also, his choice tends towards dives. Not that there's anything wrong with dives, I've encountered some amazing food at dives (old Hollywood can be a frightening place) but this guy tends toward "bad" dives.

After I arrived here I had to try Arthur Bryant's in K.C. I not sure what the fuss was about. But as far as BBQ sandwiches on Wonder Bread go, it was O.K.

I really liked Jack Stacks on 22nd on the other side of the tracks behind Union Station in K.C.

Speaking of places called Woody's, have you been to Woody's Wood Fired Pizza on 7th? That was pretty good pizza, as was Pizza by Stout. As pizza goes, it's different, but good. (Best pizza is, and always will be in New York and New Jersey . . . although folks in Chicago will disagree).

 

Yes I have. It's excellent BBQ, and the portions are HUGE. It's a lot classier than Woody's but it's still not upscale. They seat you and wait on the table.

I have not been to Lumpy's yet, but it's supposed to be very good. I've driven past it many times, it's a hole in the wall but it doesn't look bad. I believe it's black owned, it's over in that part of town. It's on Broadway between downtown and Rangeline, right near the old baseball park.

I have not been to Woody's Pizza, but I have been to Stout. I'm not much of a pizza eater because I do not like cheese. However, I agree with you 100% on NYC/NJ pizza. To me, Chicago pizza is just a big doughy gut bomb with way too much cheese and bland sauce. I also can't stand pizza that's cut in squares. Give me crisp thin crust pizza with spicy sauce and just enough mozzarella to glue it together - and a good topping assortment.

 

I'll have to check it out.

Wait, what?

 

Battered and fried boneless chicken is referred to as chicken fried chicken. Battered and fried bone-in chicken is referred to as fried chicken. Pretty simple.

 

Simple . . . and dumb. "chicken fried chicken", regardless if the name has always been that way, is repetitive and . . . well, dumb. Probably dreamed up by folks who partake of all THREE essential groups. I guess stupidity is what I'm missing by not drinking beer.