Scott Parker's BBQ

Lexington, Tn

On our way to drop off some paintings in Nashville, we had lunch at Scott Parker's. It was a solid BBQ sandwich. I might say it is on the spicer side. The pulled pork (traditional west tn BBQ) was juicy and tender. You even get a choice of vinegar or mayo slaw to top your sandwich. Yum!!!! We finished our lunch with fried pies. Double yum!

The restaurant is not far off I-40 just north of Jackson, Tn.

Brook's Old Country Store

 The Haneys plus Kevin drove up to Jackson, TN today for my grandmother's 88th Birthday.

We met my grandmother (Big S) at Brooks Old Country Store. She lives in Medina, TN and we drove up from Oxford. We had the Sunday Buffet and they were doing a good business. It is a soul food buffet and the star is the cracklin' hoe cakes. Big S said that her mother made them (she grew up in North Gibson County, TN) and they called it fried cornbread.

The Shaw family has gone around the south and collected furniture for the store and Casey Jones' Museum. We dispelled the rumor that the soda fountain from the Medina Rexall was at the store, but the cabinets above are from the old Medina Pharmacy. The ice cream parlor in the main building is from Okalona, Mississippi.

If you are on 1-40 between Nashville and Memphis, I would stop at the Old Country Store for some hoe cakes, a little regional railroad history, and maybe some ice cream.