Stocked with a bottle of bourbon for Jim and a bottle of wine for Nancy, I left straight from work to meet them at their hotel. I figured they might like a nice cocktail after all the driving. What I didn't realize... and what I found out once I got to the hotel... was that Georgetown is a dry county. You know, you hear about these things but you never actually think they are going to be true. Especially in these bourbon soaked hills!! It also explained while Jim asked me to stop for beer on my way to the hotel!
After cocktails and catching up, we headed out to dinner. Friday turned out to be Jim's birthday, so we had something to celebrate. Jim picked the restaurant after a little research on the Internet. I don't think any of us were prepared for what we ended up with. We thought we were headed to the "Best BBQ in Lexington".....in our honest opinion that might be a little stretch on the truth.
Billy's Bar-B-Q
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How can you not imagine this being the best BBQ joint in town!
http://www.billysbarbq.com/
To say eating at Billy's Bar-b-q is "an experience" is an understatement. Walking in I was thinking we just discovered one of those "diamonds in the rough"....... "hole in the wall" might be a better description. But maybe we didn't chose the right menu items? I forgot my camera to take pictures of this adventure, but luckily Nancy had hers to document our feast. I will post them later. The pictures I am showing, I stole from their website.
Can you feel the ambiance?
The menu had pork, chicken, beef and mutton. It was either pulled or in rib form. In sandwich form or on it's own. There was catfish and bratwurst, deep fried pickles and something called beer cheese. The menu really did have a lot for you to chose from. Jim feeling brave asked for a small taste of mutton since he had never had it before. Parson our most delightful server....(in a paroled convict kind of way)...obliged Jim's request. I even had a taste of it.....just to say I had tried it once. It tasted like chicken...muwhahahaha...ha. Actually it tasted a lot like my pulled pork sandwich. That is what Nancy and I ordered. You would think if they are advertising themselves as the best in town, that they would serve their bbq on something other than a tired old hamburger bun. My pulled pork sandwich at Buffalo Trace was much better. Jim ordered Bratwurst and I almost wish I had that when I saw it. He didn't give it rave reviews either and I think it came back to fight with him later on! They did however dig into their first basket of deep fried dill pickles! That one got a thumbs up at least. After we finished or meals, we passed on dessert, peeled our shoes off the carpet and beat it the hell out of there!
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