Friday, November 20, 2009

A Childhood Memory of BBQ


LaMotte's Drive-In Restaurant - West Main Street - Spartanburg, SC (circa ?? I found this picture a long time ago somewhere on the internet and grabbed it for my memories.)

I remember going here with my parents in the early 1950s when I was under 5 years old. They ordered me a pimento cheese sandwich “lightly toasted” and we ate in the car . Although I know that is what they ordered me a lot, I mostly remember the BBQ sandwich....minced pork with a delicious red sauced, finely minced slaw on it and a toasted bun. I remember my mother saying, “It's cool weather now, we can go to LaMotte's and get the BBQ” because she was afraid of spoiled meat in the summer. LaMotte's is long gone. I wish I could find a BBQ like this again....it wasn't REAL (pit cooked) BBQ, but I liked it.