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Category Archives: On The Road With RL Reeves Jr
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Innside Restaurant In Chattanooga
Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam. The cop was beating so hard on the window of my Econoline I was afraid he was going to shatter the glass. It was the middle of the night, pounding rain, and I was in a … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: 2019 Tet Fest In New Orleans’ Little Vietnam
Village De L’Est in New Orleans East is colloquially known as Little Vietnam to certain locals. At Mary Queen of Vietnam church the parishioners pool their resources and throw a massive food party once a year to celebrate the Vietnamese … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Farm Market Restaurant in Lexington Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky is just far enough north to not necessarily be held to the tenets of southern hospitality. Tell me of the restaurant you last visited in Mississippi or Alabama that refused to serve you a glass of cold tap … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Blue Door Smokehouse In Lexington, Kentucky
There was an old black man with an iron smoker mounted in the bed of a Ford pickup truck who used to park on the side of the road near Sawmill Holler in Whitley County, Kentucky.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Roxie’s Grocery in Memphis
“Are you Mr Roxie?” Red Miller, married to Miss Roxie for 52 years smiles “Yes I am” The bespectacled, elderly gentleman running the cash register at tiny Roxie’s Grocery in The Pinch neighborhood of Memphis is friendly, and happy to … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: 2018 Festival Of Old Times In Raceland Louisiana
I was fortunate to spend an afternoon talking to old Cajun boat builder Rodney Cheramie at the 2018 Festival of Old Times in Raceland, Louisiana.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Hicks Hot Tamales In Clarksdale Mississippi
Highway 61 opens on to vast prairies as you leave Tennessee and head south into Mississippi’s Delta region. I had just spent 44 hours in Memphis and was driving home to New Orleans when I decided to take the long … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: The Taco Trucks Of Tarrant Alabama
Tarrant is a rough and tumble foundry town a moments drive north of Birmingham on Highway 79. If you want to buy a cheap, wood-frame house, and you don’t mind living in the shadow of the largest merchant producer of … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Craft Burger In Birmingham Alabama
I used to love riding my skateboard around downtown Birmingham when I was a teenager.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Anchor Grill in Covington Kentucky (est. 1946)
The ashtrays are all gone. The puritans that run Kenton County had their moment in the sun back in 2011, and late nights at the Anchor Grill were changed forever. We loved the old truck drivers and stevedores who used … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Berea College Farm Store In Berea Kentucky
It’s a 700 mile drive from New Orleans to the Berea College Farm Store but it’s one I make at least twice a year to lay in provisions that I can’t find in Louisiana.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Breakfast King In Denver Colorado (est.1975)
I was eating a late lunch at Columbine Steakhouse in Denver when owner Irene told me she knew of the best breakfast restaurant in town. “Go to Breakfast King, it’s terrific,” she went on to mention that it was her … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack in Asheville North Carolina
In a shack. Down by the river. With a group of long-haired rock and rollers from Kentucky.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: 2018 Gheens Bon Mange Festival
When Mr Bill died it didn’t take long for his family to bulldoze his old watering hole, Bill’s Place. Last year at Gheens Bon Mange the destruction of the only bar in town was a hot topic. This year tempers … Continue reading
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On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Central Pizza In Lafayette, Louisiana
Central Pizza put on the most naked display of raw greed I’ve ever witnessed in a Louisiana restaurant.
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Joe’s Bakery In Austin Texas
At 5:45am Austin is lovely. The tens of thousands of construction workers have not arrived at their high-paying jobs dismantling the Eastside, rush hour is still 30 minutes away and for just a few more minutes you can fantasize that … Continue reading
On The Road With RL Reeves Jr: Stichting De Ezelsociëteit In Zeist Netherlands
One of the highlights of my yearly trips to the Netherlands is a visit to Zeist, a tiny community near Amsterdam that hosts Stichting De Ezelsociëteit, a tidy and well-run donkey sanctuary.