BARBECUE
FLAVOR FAVES
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Pork belly mac and cheese at Sid’s Gourmet.
A pair of roadside entrepreneurs are dishing up some of the tastiest barbecue in the valley By Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune
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German sausages are cooked at Goebel’s in Shady Cove.
vast and varied assortment of barbecue shacks, food trucks and other eateries have cropped up and even flourished locally despite two years of pandemic drudgery. While the economy hasn’t been the easiest on small businesses of any sort, food trucks and restaurants maintain a reasonably steady following serving up big helpings of comfort food. As a result, barbecue is solidly represented around Southern Oregon these days. Whether it’s straight off the smoker, shredded into pasta or turned into a sandwich, a slew of barbecue favorites are earning praise from Shady Cove to Ashland, with cooks hailing from different regions of the country and abroad. SEE BARBECUE, PAGE 28
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