"Choose your outfit wisely when you head to this classic counter-service restaurant; don’t wear anything you don’t want to smell like smoke. All the action happens right behind the counter, where cooks shuffle whole briskets, racks of ribs, and hams around a jet-black, three-tiered pit lacquered with grease. Although founder LC Richardson died in 2021, his granddaughter runs the restaurant now and has kept the recipes (and that original three-tiered pit) in place. Stick with the classics: burnt ends, brisket, and thick-cut fries." - Liz Cook