Abe's

"The jumbo double-decker pork sandwich, known as a Big Abe, is made like pig sandwiches in Memphis: filled with slaw as well as meat."
Michael Stern






"The surest way to spot a good barbecue throughout the south is to look for images of happy pigs. This one is painted on the wall, serenading Abe's dining room."
Michael Stern



"Abe's is located at the intersection of Highways 61 and 49, the legendary crossroads where it is said bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil for mastery of the slide guitar."
Michael Stern



"Throughout the Mississippi Delta, tamales are a favorite meal and/or snack. Abe's are made with pork and beef and steamed in natural corn husks. Cole slaw and barbecue beans fill out the other sections of the partitioned plate."
Michael Stern



"Like so many of the South's excellent barbecue parlors, Abe's is a modest-looking place."
Michael Stern



"When Abe's opened, Highway 61 was a dusty two-lane through the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. Today it's a busy thoroughfare. But the recipe for barbecue is the same one that Abe Davis used in 1924."
Michael Stern