Bill and I have stopped in Boone, NC a couple times on our trips photographing along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Last year, I think we ended up eating dinner at Wendy’s. Last month, we found a great place for Bar B Que in Boone – Bandana’s Bar B Que and Grill.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
On the day we stopped in Boone, we had started the morning in Gatlinburg and driven through all sorts of bad weather, taken detours, driven on the shoulders of the road on the Blue Ridge Parkway to get around downed trees, etc. I don’t think I took more than 20 photos all day. We were ready for a good dinner that night.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
Bandana’s menu is pretty standard for a barbaque place – lots of ribs, steaks, chicken, pork, and fish. Bill had the Rib and Rib Platter – since he couldn’t decide between the baby back ribs and the St. Louis ribs he went for the platter with both. The ribs were nicely smoked and moist. Without a doubt, they were the best ribs he had on our trip last month.
What won’t surprise anyone who has read any of our food finds previously – I had the barbaque chicken. It was nicely flavored if a little dry.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
Bandana’s is located at 1475 Highway 105 in Boone, NC. It’s about a 20 minute drive from the Blue Ridge Parkway to Bandana’s. If you’re in the area, we definitely would recommend giving Bandana’s a try.
And in case you are wondering – the photo at the top of the this post was taken the next morning as we drove north on the Blue Ridge Parkway from Boone. It was a gorgeous spring day – blue sky, a few white clouds and incredible scenery for the drive home.