The kids went to Franklins...

[Gore]

THIS!!!!


Crazy when people are judging the sides and sauce at a BBQ joint. It's usually tourists from out of state anyways. I actually like the sides at Franklin. Simple, good, nothing fancy. I don't care because I don't go there for the sides or the sauce. I ate at one "top" Texas place and the potato salad was so terrible I had to throw it in the trash. Who cares, I did not go there for the potato salad, their BBQ was top notch and more than made up for it.

This is exactly how I used to think. Why order any sides when there is MEAT! That feeling changed when I started visiting the Carolinas regularly. At many of the places, there is a side or two that REALLY shines, Something unique or just great. It was a complete surprise to me. Except on rare occasions, I never got that in Texas or anywhere else I've visited. I still think about some of those sides.