Brenda's Bar B Que, Montgomery, Alabama Restaurant Details

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It's in a sketchy area and CASH ONLY.

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Grwat little local spot!

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Oooh my God!!!! THEY GIVE U ENOUGH FOOD.Love how the ribs fall off the bones. ..a1.ive tlk about brenda so much I have co wORKERS COMING FROM GREENVILLE EATING THIS FOOD..CANT GET ENOUGH..♥♥♥♥KEEP THE GOOD RIBS COMN. ..

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Barbecue, like most of the food that defines Southern cuisine, is one that was created out of necessity - you were stuck with the worst parts of the animal, and you had to make them taste good. It's with this in mind that I find myself enamored with Brenda's, simply because the business represents the humble barbecue roots that are so hard to come by in 2013. This isn't a dive like Sam's, or a full service sit-down affair like Dreamland - it's a shack, in a sketchy part of town, staffed by some nice folks who just want to share some of their barbecue.

The food is priced extremely fairly. Aside from the pork ribs plate, which is far and away the most expensive thing on the menu at $12, you have your choice of an indeterminate type of barbecued fish, chicken, or - wait for it - pig's ear. Yes, this is not a barbecue shack from for the hoity toity.

Aside from the occasional bahn mi, I admit that I am a virgin to pig's ears, but I will give credit to Brenda's for turning that mass of cartilage into a floppy, tender piece of meat. Not really tasting of smoke, and devoid of any sauce aside from some heavy application of yellow mustard between those two pieces of white bread, I wouldn't say I'm an ear convert (it's hard to clean all of the hairs off it), but I'm glad there's still places around here serving it. This is a part of Southern cooking that doesn't get as much attention from the Paula Deens of the world, and it's important that we cherish these culinary roots.

And if you're squeamish about the ear, the ribs looked pretty tender and were generously sauced. Either way, we need to spend more time embracing true Montgomery barbecue and less eating cheddar biscuits.

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Them ribs are so muthafuckin good she put her ankle in them