Photograph by Martha Williams Chicago on the Chattahoocheeīarbecue places in other parts of the country have long advertised their authenticity by trying to seem Southern. Now I have one, if only it could find a more permanent home. People have asked me whether I know of meatless barbecue alternatives, and I’ve struggled for an answer. While he has built a local following, his business has bounced around from pop-ups to a short-lived restaurant in Stone Mountain to three communal kitchens. ![]() Sargent published a cookbook this year and is one of the nation’s leading authorities on vegan barbecue. As far as I’m concerned, his food meets the basic definition of barbecue because he smokes all his proteins. ![]() At Grass VBQ, he makes faux brisket from chickpea flour and wheat gluten, and faux pork from jackfruit. Terry Sargent serves vegan barbecue, and it’s good. Vegan barbecue at Grass VBQĬourtesy of the Imprints Agency Meatless barbecue No wonder you hear so much ZZ Top in Atlanta barbecue joints these days. Among the high-profile Atlanta barbecue places that stress their Lone Star pedigree: Fox Bros., DAS BBQ, Ford’s BBQ, Hattie Marie’s Texas BBQ, and Moonie’s Texas BBQ. Now it shows up on most menus in town, usually served on metal trays with pink butcher paper, the way they do it in Texas. Smoked brisket used to be unheard of around here. Other notable rib joints include Crazy Ron’s BBQ in Stone Mountain and Herb’s Rib Shack in Marietta. Most of the places in our Top 12 cook good ribs. And the Auburn Avenue Rib Shack downtown shuttered a few years before that, its gorgeous pink-pig neon sign surviving in the archives of the Atlanta History Center.īut ribs are actually more widely available now that people expect barbecue places to serve all kinds of smoked meats. ![]() Aleck’s Barbecue Heaven in West End-Martin Luther King Jr.’s favorite-closed at least 20 years ago. Atlanta’s most renowned rib joints are memories.
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