Friday, February 17, 2006
Mad Dog's BBQ
Some people say that it's impossible to make a good barbeque that will pass a county health inspection. Those people haven't been to Mad Dog's, where they proudly display a health inspection certificate with a big red 100 on the wall. And they manage to make top-notch barbeque anyway. The pork has a good and smokey taste, and the generous amount of butter that they use on their bread makes this my wife's favorite spot for a barbeque sandwich.
The sauce they use is an authentic Georgia BBQ sauce, the kind with a fair amount of vinegar and red pepper as well as tomatoes. The mild sauce already has some detectable hot pepper, and the hot one is hotter without being overpowering. It definitely doesn't resemble the thick commercial pseudo-Texas glop that you find in stores.
Mad Dog himself is a pretty friendly guy. If there isn't a line at the counter, he'll come out and talk with the customers about how their relatives are doing or the time one of his regular customers challenged a DJ from 96 Rock to a race after he had claimed that drag racing took no skill. There's a little cork board on the wall about that episode too, to commemorate one of the Regular Guys getting smoked by a teenage girl at Atlanta Dragway.
It's hard to believe that a restaurant could have the feel and taste of an authentic small town BBQ joint when it's located in a strip mall and has a perfect score from the county health department. But Mad Dog's pulled it off.
Contact:
4489 Highway 20 South
Conyers, GA
770-922-2272
The sauce they use is an authentic Georgia BBQ sauce, the kind with a fair amount of vinegar and red pepper as well as tomatoes. The mild sauce already has some detectable hot pepper, and the hot one is hotter without being overpowering. It definitely doesn't resemble the thick commercial pseudo-Texas glop that you find in stores.
Mad Dog himself is a pretty friendly guy. If there isn't a line at the counter, he'll come out and talk with the customers about how their relatives are doing or the time one of his regular customers challenged a DJ from 96 Rock to a race after he had claimed that drag racing took no skill. There's a little cork board on the wall about that episode too, to commemorate one of the Regular Guys getting smoked by a teenage girl at Atlanta Dragway.
It's hard to believe that a restaurant could have the feel and taste of an authentic small town BBQ joint when it's located in a strip mall and has a perfect score from the county health department. But Mad Dog's pulled it off.
Contact:
4489 Highway 20 South
Conyers, GA
770-922-2272
# posted by Mad Scientist Matt @ 9:13 PM 
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Good for them. If I'm ever in that area, I'll have to pay a visit to Mad Dog himself. :)
As a newsreporter, I also had the duties of typing up the food inspection reports from the health dept, and I didn't see 100s too often.
So, good for them!
As a newsreporter, I also had the duties of typing up the food inspection reports from the health dept, and I didn't see 100s too often.
So, good for them!
Grats on this blog and grats on the review. I'm trying to put up a food blog myself (shameless plug - http://foodnearsnellville.wordpress.com), I've added your site to my links and *gasp* actually went to Mad Dog's recently (and reviewed it). It was worth the 45 minute drive from Snellville to Conyers.
Keep up the good work!
David.
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Keep up the good work!
David.
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