Safety Manager Chris Maxfield is protective of his pick for a smoking good barbecued feast,
this family owned spot has a longtime history of serving up
big slabs of meats straight from the pit, alongside some old school charm,
it's in Ft. Lauderdale called and it's called Georgia Pig Barbecue.
I'm Luke Moorman, the owner of the Georgia Pig.
We opened up on Friday the 13th, February 13th 1953 and we've been blessed ever since,
I'm the third generation, me and my brothers are the third generation of the Georgia Pig.
Georgia Pig is known for it's chopped pork, so most people order it on a sandwich
and we put our Georgia Pig sauce on it, and then we serve it up hot, and fresh, and the people
love it, that with our sweet southern coleslaw, the two of those combined makes a perfect meal.
Here at the Georgia Pig, we try to do everything fresh daily, including our desserts, we're known
for our banana pudding that we used to only serve on Friday's, now we serve it six days a week.
We're very excited when a customer leaves and said they had a great meal,
great flavor and just enjoyed a nice relaxing atmosphere.
Georgia Pig, plain and simple is about family.
I actually grew up going there with my parents too, so I'm so glad you brought it here today.
It's a place that it's so old that the building still has the original smoker,
I mean you could sit at the bar in the restaurant and you can see the
brick building with the cast iron on there and they're just smoking up as much pork as
they can get in there, it's amazing because it's so simple, they don't do anything complicated,
it's a restaurant that just goes and sticks with what they do best, smoked pork.
And I think they've always done it like that, right? I don't think the menu has ever changed.
Put it this way, three or four years ago, they finally started taking credit cards,
they finally put root beer and sweet tea on the menu,
they're just coming around to changing the little things here and there.
Okay, that's nice.
So, it's one of those places
They must get asked for it a lot.
All the time, everything from baked beans to the basic barbecue stuff that they weren't
always doing, because it's a small kitchen with just the classics and they do what they do well,
last time I went in I had the pork ribs, which are fantastic.
[Michelle] Are they spare ribs or baby
[Chris] They're spare ribs and they're just smoked,
and they put a simple amount of the basic, I wanna say it's a Carolina type of sauce.
Is there only one sauce? That's the part I didn't remember.
They only had one barbecue sauce that they supply,
it was one of those things that was just really tasty
[Michelle] You had barbecue ribs as well right, Brian?
I did, I mistaked what I thought was another barbecue sauce, it was actually Tabasco sauce.
[Michelle] Oh, goodness gracious.
So, they had Tabasco sauce on the table, they had their original sauce, and ketchup.
[Michelle] Okay got it, so how were the ribs?
They were, they were decent, me and my wife shared.
Like he had to.
So, she had the ribs and I had the chopped pork sandwich, which was very good as well, so
I guess it's their rendition of a pulled pork sandwich, so they chopped it up.
Yeah because they're sitting there chopping all day long, it's amazing, I never see them
not chopping.
One of my favorites that they do is they do the chopped pork sandwich and if you ask them nicely,
they'll chop off the outside bits and give you an outside bits sandwich.
[Michelle] See, I love the crispy outside bits
Same, it's one of those things that just makes it taste so much better.
So Barbi, what stood out for you?
I enjoyed the ribs, I really liked the sauce that they have there,
I think it's probably mustardbased, so which I really enjoyed and the coleslaw, I did like
their coleslaw with the creamy, so having like the creamy with the mustard, nice together.
So, it's easy to park, wouldn't you think?
Parking's relatively easy, when you get there at lunch, it can get very busy,
this seems to be more of a lunch place I would say than anything.
[Michelle] Then you come in through that funny side door still, right?
[Brian] Yes, it was funny side door and then you have an outhouse, which is interesting
because not many restaurants have outhouses, but they are indoors, but they're outdoors, it's
It's not an outhouse
They call it an outhouse.
Yes, they call it an outhouse, but that's part of the charm of the old restaurant,
it's been there since the 50's.
I would say the place has definitely held it's classic theme throughout, it's been there forever,
as I understand why they do what they do, they have their nostalgia on the walls and everything
like that, but I would probably make it a little bit nicer, just in my own personal opinion.
I disagree, I think sometimes old school charm is just one of those things that sells it.
Going into a place knowing what you're gonna get and the same expectation, there's something to say
about that too. The waitstaff, I mean they've been there forever, right? Same waitstaff?
[Chris] They've had some turnover with COVID like every place,
but they still have a few ladies who've been there and they're all fantastic.
Y'all had the same dessert, right?
[Barbi] I had banana pudding, fantastic.
[Michelle] You all had banana pudding? Well, you tasted her banana pudding
That's all I do is just, she usually goes right to desserts.
Absolutely, it's the first thing I look at, at every restaurant.
[Brian] The first thing she looks at is the dessert.
Chris, prices? I mean
It's a $20 meal for one person with tip, at the end of the day, you could probably pull
it off for 35 for two people, it's just fast, casual, that's the best way I describe it.
Chris, Georgia Pig was your pick, sum it up for me, please.
Georgia Pig is an old school restaurant in South Florida, it's a staple, I really believe it's
a place that if you haven't been to, you need to give it a try and my best advice to anybody
who goes is, it's a restaurant called Georgia Pig, don't order the beef, stick with the pork.
Brian?
Been around for over 50 years, great place to go get a quick lunch, affordable.
Barbi?
Very nostalgic, delicious food, good barbecue and great environment.
You can pig out at the Georgia Pig Barbecue, located at 1285 State Rd. 7 in Ft. Lauderdale,
open weeknights for breakfast, lunch and early dinner, and for breakfast, and lunch on Saturdays,
reservations aren't accepted and the average price for dinner without drinks is about $20.