Joe's Bar-B-Que & Fish

3716 Clarksville Pike, Nashville, TN - (615) 259-1505

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Posted By Michael Stern on April 26, 2007 6:32 AM

Joe's just might be the world's slowest fast-food restaurant. It looks quick. No indoor seating, just a drive-through line with a large menu to study and a microphone to speak into when the time comes to place your order. A few yards beyond the menu is the window where you pay and receive the food. We were third in line for lunch; and based on the timing, we almost believe that each car's order is started from scratch, bagged and served, before the next car's order is taken.

The thirty minute wait was well worth it! This food is indeed made to order. No heat lamps here. Fish is crisp and hot from the deep fryer. The cornbread that sandwiches pulled pork in Joe's wonderfully soulful sandwich comes off the grill so steamy that the unwieldy sandwich is almost too hot to handle.

As for dining amenities, there is a small gazebo in back with a few tables where customers are welcome to bring their bagged meals. The only problem is that the quickest way to get there is to drive from the pick-up window out onto Clarksville Pike -- against the flow of traffic, then quickly cut back into the drive-through line. Or it is possible to pull out and make a legal U-turn in one of the parking lots across the road. That's the slower way; and at Joe's, slow is good.

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