Finding The Best 'Cue In Miami
The Herald's got a good roundup of barbecue spots in Miami that venture away from the usual spots. (Except for Texas de Brazil. The couldn't find a better Latin-influenced barbecue joint than a humungous chain?)
We're craving the 'cue from Mama Lucy's in particular:
On Friday and Saturday evenings you'll find Lexuses, SUVs, antique convertibles and rundown pick-ups squished together in the tiny lot where people stand in line for the full slab ($21), half slab ($13) or for the regular rib sandwich ($6.50). The barbecue is a smoky, sweet, supple pork flesh doused in a rich crimson sauce bejeweled with fine black pepper dots. There's a cinnamon-y finish that leaves your fingertips smelling like a world where cholesterol is myth and caloric obsession, an abomination. The barbecue is served with a couple of slices of white bread -- a naked sponge cake for those who love the sauce just as much, (if not more than), the meat. Owner Jack Homes opened the venue 14 years ago as a tribute to the recipes of his late grandmother Lucy Palmer -- a native of Brunswick, Ga., who worked as a Miami-Dade metro bus driver for 25 years.Oh man. Need barbecue. Now.
BBQ scene in Miami is smoking hot [Miami Herald]
