Ridgewood Barbecue

Ridgewood Barbecue has been smoking pork over hickory coals in Bluff City since 1948, and the line out the door tells you everything you need to know. This is Tennessee barbecue at its most authentic, pit-smoked meat, tangy tomato-based sauce, and sides that taste like somebody's grandmother made them. The restaurant has earned recognition from national food media, but what matters more is that three generations of Sullivan County families consider Ridgewood their barbecue home. Don't leave the county without eating here.

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