The Full Moon Barbecue restaurant in Madison closed this week.
The closing comes as no surprise. The food was average. The sammiches were good but not the kind that make you go out of your way to get them. The restaurant made a pretty good brisket but the ribs, oh the ribs. They were always tough. How tough? Well, if you ate them every day for a week, your jaw would probably bulge with muscles after awhile. Apparently others had the same opinion because it was rare the parking lot was more than half full.
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It's got to be Jackson's fault. Still working on why.
"Over the years"? Lived in Madison for thirty years. Never heard of it. Was it a Chinese place?
I guess we all have different tastes and buds lol. It wasn't Rodney Scott by any means but the brisket and ribs were always good tasty and tender when I've had them. The catfish was above average but I adnit it was a hit and miss dish. Rarely went in mostly drive through. The veggie sides were always on point especially the greens. The chow chow was mid though.
Re: above remarks about "tough ribs". Ribs need to cook low and slow to break down connective tissue, until bones poke beyond the meat. After sufficient hours, slabs can be finished in the oven, checking internal temperature often, then wrapped tightly in foil, placed in an insulated air temp cooler to finish to final ecstasy.
If ribs are cooked hastily at high temps, the meat is tough.
If you’re going to try and sell franchise BBQ you got to make it better than the guy at the gas station with the home made smoker and they didn’t.
who fucks up ribs? even walmart and kroger can make good ribs.
was this place run by yankees who didnt eat the food they cook?
Hickory Pit in Jackson might want to take notice. I used to eat there all the time but their BBQ is also average at best. Don't take my word for it - go try some for yourself.
Pro Tip: attempt to be pleasant and don’t act like we are bothering you by coming to give you business. There is a reason the line is two columns at Chick Fil A. Automation replaces the need for you soon anyway.
That's not a BBQ joint. That's a bank. Or is it a gas station? Oh wait, its a liquor store. Never mind, it's Madison, the City.
Old Timers BBQ in Richland had the best pork sandwiches and scrumptious greasy fries. Now its gone.
Leatha’s in Foxworth/Hattiesburg/Petal had the absolute best pork ribs ANYWHERE, not just MS. Now they are gone.
Robert St. John or some other enterprising restaurateur needs to talk to their heirs and learn their methods and make us all happy again.
Maybe don’t put a BBQ restaurant in one of your bastardized neo-colonial buildings. Fake doesn’t mix with BBQ. The original location in birmingham is a winner.
10:44 - Post of the century.
That porch thing on the front, is really gross and ugly. The canopy design is clunky and repulsive, plus the DEPRESSION ERA BRICK STUMPS, holding up tiny, sawed-off columns, is NOT MADISON. It looks Redneck Mawmaw from Corinth (pron: KAW-wryiiiiinth)
In fact, the whole faux-patriotic canned mythos premise is Redneck/Bubba/Bro, and not a fit for Madison. The giant flag is tacky (and constitutes Desecration of the Flag, if you ask me: exploiting a sacred symbol for commercial purposes: and you can bet they didn't observe Flag Etiquette). On the bright side, once that grotesque mess on the front is torn off, the building has good bones, and will be easily repurposed.
Corinthian columns on a BBQ joint ... "just ain't right".
Good BBQ needs no sauce…
Old Timers was the best brisket plate anywhere, and that includes TEXAS. IMHO of course. Was sick when the new 6-8 lane Hwy 49 ate it up.
The column capitals more or less ape "Composite Order", a combination of Ionic and Corinthian, just to be technical.
Madison mooned them.
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