We had dinner at Hog in Pawleys Island last night. Hog Heaven is widely know for having some of the best Barbque in the low country. Neither Bruce nor I are a big BBQ fans. Yet WE BOTH LOVED THIS PLACE.
Trust me it is not for the ambiance,,,On the outside, it looks like a red-neck biker bar, and during Myrtle Beach's motorcycle rally weekends it really is one.. The interior looks like a county western bar, complete with a bandstand / dance area and parking lot that spills over into the woods. The tables are loaded with plastic squirt bottles of barbque sauces and a roll of rough paper towels for use as napkins. On the weekends, when the bands are playing, its a setting straight out of a Clint Eastwood meets Blues Brothers flick.
Despite its honkey-tonk appearance, the place is packed every night with locals of every class and color. And huge crowds queue up around it's big mobile smoker at every local out of door festival.
Each loyal fan will claim on of the menu item is the reason for Hog Heaven's success. (Although in all fairness to other Southern eateries, I 've never heard anyone mention any of the Hog's side dishes). Some fans name the Barbque pulled pork or the ribs; others cite one of the Hog's local seafood specialties .
For Bruce it is their all you can eat shrimp dishes. Last night he ordered a plate of it blackened, then another barbqued, and then some buffaloed shrimp to go.
For me, its always the fried chicken. They ran out just as we arrived and I had to wait for them to fry up another batch. Bruce was working on his third plate of shrimp before the chicken was cooked. By then I had eaten a heaping plate of vegetables ( collards, black eyed peas, mashed sweet potatoes, succatash) and I could only eat two pieces, but I swear it was worth the wait. Hog Heaven makes THE BEST SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN I've ever eaten.
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