Red Pig Bar-B-Q and Deli - Map
2201 Ferguson Road
Johnson City, TN 37604
(423) 282-6586
Starving Auctioneers Rating: 4 Gavels out of 5
It is always special when you are afforded the opportunity to fellowship with a great auctioneer and good friend on his home turf. Such was the occasion last month when Peter called on Travis Royston, CAI, CES, GPPA of Johnson City, Tennessee. Travis is a block of man. The legend says he is 7 foot tall and once killed a wild bear with the carcass of coyote while saving a bus full of red headed orphan children from a runaway locomotive. Truth be told not all those kids were orphans.
Travis is a model Starving Auctioneer: hard worker, champion bid caller, big eater and marginal dresser. Peter was in Travis’ home town delivering a collection of antique water pumps and water rams. If you don’t know what those are and why someone would collect them you can join the club. Travis bought’em, Peter delivered’em that is all you need to know for this blog. Peter dropped the pumps off on his way to Asheville, North Carolina and Grove Park Inn Arts and Crafts Convention (pottery pick up). Having sold cars in the morning and driving all afternoon and evening Peter and his wife (Paige Gehres) and friends, Brian & Annalisa Henslee were ready for some BBQ.
Being a fire fighter (honest) and a Starving Auctioneer, Travis knew just the place: Red Pig Bar-B-Q and Deli. Like most local BBQ this was a homespun place where the owner shakes your hand when you enter and the simple menu has a few items ‘everyone’ had to get.
Everyone ordered a BBQ pork sandwich and a much ballyhooed twice baked potato. Peter also ordered the salad which had more toppings then it had lettuce. This was perfect because, as has previously been mentioned on this blog, a Starving Auctioneer salad is more an excuse for eating dressing and fix’ins then an exercise in eating healthy. We arrived near closing time and thus had our run of the place and sat at a large round table in the corner that Travis said was on permanent reserve for the local politicians and power brokers, that is of course why WE sat there.
The food was good but the stories were better. Travis regaled his dinner companions with tales of auctions, family and friends. The most memorable was the story of Travis’ friend who wished to get into the chicken and egg business on a small scale. After setting up the coop and equipment this friend purchased 50 laying hens and 50 roosters for those hens to mate with, the friend knew were eggs came from at least. After a few rough nights in the chicken coop he called Travis concerned, Travis advised his city folk friend that it is not ‘religious with chickens’ and they don’t mate for life and one rooster can do the deed. Heathen chickens…
UPDATE: Starving Auctioneers fans can expect more of Travis’ stories as he is planning to make a family trip to Ohio’s Amish Country this summer and his travels to the Starving Auctioneer’s home state will surely generate some much needed blog content.
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New Riegel Café in New Riegel, OH
New Riegel Café - Map
http://www.newriegelcafe.com/
14 N Perry St
New Riegel, OH 44853
(419) 595-2255
Starving Auctioneers Rating: 5 Gavels out of 5 - TOP TEN
In 2009 we have had the pleasure of conducting three auctions in our neighbor to the north the great state of Michigan. One of the best things about doing auctions in Michigan is where we eat on the way home. New Riegel Café in tiny New Riegel, Ohio is a Starving Auctioneers Top Ten places to eat. It boasts of number of unique traits that make it worth the extra minutes it adds to our trip back to Columbus.
Among the most important features is the food. New Riegel Café has a very unique and flavorful style of ribs with super secret sauce that is the stuff of mystery and legend. Not like any typical ribs and BBQ sauce combination, these ribs come out quick and covered in just the right about of sauce. If you want more sauce the ribs go back to the kitchen, you don’t get anything on the side lest you steal the Holy Grail. Words can’t describe the subtle flavor and the way the ribs and sauce combine for a perfect meal.
The place doesn’t take credit cards or checks, serves beverages by the bottle or can and the wait staff doesn’t have a whole lot of patience’s for people that don’t know the story. They are friendly and fast however if you get with the program. The menu at the New Riegal Café stays on the table because it is so small it fits nicely on one of the plastic table tents. There are other things on the menu but we really don’t think anyone cares. They have bologna and cheese appetizer that has GREAT bologna and Kraft style cheese singles…no kidding…sounds bizarre but it works. They say they serve chicken but who wants that when ribs are waiting. Clean up is pretty easy as everything is served in paper boats like the county fair. There is also an attached gift shop.
The food is so good that people (like us) travel from miles around to visit this town of 300 in the heart of Northwest, Ohio’s farm country. If you find yourself south of Toledo and in the middle of nowhere you are likely close to New Riegel and this place deserves your attention.
Greg has been a regular at the New Riegel Café since his CRAZY bachelor days while attending nearby Heidelberg University. He and his chums would refuel at the Cafe after cheering Heidelberg’s The Student Prince on to victory on the gridiron. Yeah The Student Prince, a real award winning mascot; to think people make fun of Brutus the Buckeye?! Beside Peter’s farm in Van Wert, the New Riegel Café is the best place to be in Northwest, Ohio.
http://www.newriegelcafe.com/
14 N Perry St
New Riegel, OH 44853
(419) 595-2255
Starving Auctioneers Rating: 5 Gavels out of 5 - TOP TEN
In 2009 we have had the pleasure of conducting three auctions in our neighbor to the north the great state of Michigan. One of the best things about doing auctions in Michigan is where we eat on the way home. New Riegel Café in tiny New Riegel, Ohio is a Starving Auctioneers Top Ten places to eat. It boasts of number of unique traits that make it worth the extra minutes it adds to our trip back to Columbus.Among the most important features is the food. New Riegel Café has a very unique and flavorful style of ribs with super secret sauce that is the stuff of mystery and legend. Not like any typical ribs and BBQ sauce combination, these ribs come out quick and covered in just the right about of sauce. If you want more sauce the ribs go back to the kitchen, you don’t get anything on the side lest you steal the Holy Grail. Words can’t describe the subtle flavor and the way the ribs and sauce combine for a perfect meal.
The place doesn’t take credit cards or checks, serves beverages by the bottle or can and the wait staff doesn’t have a whole lot of patience’s for people that don’t know the story. They are friendly and fast however if you get with the program. The menu at the New Riegal Café stays on the table because it is so small it fits nicely on one of the plastic table tents. There are other things on the menu but we really don’t think anyone cares. They have bologna and cheese appetizer that has GREAT bologna and Kraft style cheese singles…no kidding…sounds bizarre but it works. They say they serve chicken but who wants that when ribs are waiting. Clean up is pretty easy as everything is served in paper boats like the county fair. There is also an attached gift shop.
The food is so good that people (like us) travel from miles around to visit this town of 300 in the heart of Northwest, Ohio’s farm country. If you find yourself south of Toledo and in the middle of nowhere you are likely close to New Riegel and this place deserves your attention.
Greg has been a regular at the New Riegel Café since his CRAZY bachelor days while attending nearby Heidelberg University. He and his chums would refuel at the Cafe after cheering Heidelberg’s The Student Prince on to victory on the gridiron. Yeah The Student Prince, a real award winning mascot; to think people make fun of Brutus the Buckeye?! Beside Peter’s farm in Van Wert, the New Riegel Café is the best place to be in Northwest, Ohio.
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