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More in Food, page 59
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Chattanooga burger place to shut down after 10 years
After almost a decade in business on East Main Street, Slick's Burgers is closing its doors May 11.

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Couch’s Barbecue is Chattanooga’s oldest BBQ restaurant, and still going strong
It's 1 p.m. on a Tuesday — not the busiest day and time for many restaurants. But at Couch's Barbecue, there's little room left in the parking lot, the tables are filled and people keep coming in.

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Meet the family behind Papoo’s BBQ Sauce in Chattanooga
Jack London knew at least one invariable fact about his fiancée, Elina Stikute: She hated barbecue sauce.

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What it’s like to compete in a Chattanooga barbecue competition with a grill and a bag of Twizzlers
As I stepped out of my car into plumes of BBQ smoke early one Saturday morning, I could see the headline forming in my mind's eye: Newspaper lady shows up to BBQ competition with a bag of Twizzlers.

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Why Chattanooga’s no-frills barbecue joints may be a diner’s best bet
For decades, the drab little building at the foot of Signal Mountain has been assaulted by sun, wind, rain — even the collateral damage of a mudslide that flattened a neighboring property in 2019. But if its weather-beaten exterior is showing its age, the restaurant inside is thriving.

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Bottomless pits: Chattanooga’s seemingly endless array of good BBQ spots
If Rolling Stone magazine can curate ranked lists of Denzel Washington movies, Keith Moon pranks, "That's what she said" jokes from "The Office," Snoop Dogg moments at the 2024 Paris Olympics, worst original names of famous bands and Beastie Boy songs, then that means I can curate the same type of ranked list, but for barbecue joints in the Chattanooga area.

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BBQ 101: from pitmasters to pork butt, sauce to smokers
Last Summer, Michael Ray Dart — a 63-year-old native of Chesterfield, Virginia, drove his 2024 Nissan Rogue over the bulkhead in downtown Southport, North Carolina, and plunged into the brackish abyss where the Cape Fear River, Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean converge and commingle.

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Side Orders: Flavors of Mexican dish chilaquiles develop as you eat
Chilaquiles are one of Mexico's oldest dishes, and also one of the dishes that I forget how much I love until I've had it again, which isn't often — once every few years, at best.

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Fare Exchange: On the menu from Chattanooga-area cooks: Gourmet chicken spaghetti, mushroom risotto, chocolate cake
Welcome to April's final fare.

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7 great recipes for spring brunch season
For those who love breakfast food but not the time of day it's typically served, brunch is for you.
