Green Top BBQ
7530 Highway 78, Dora
648-9838
We've never been there, but the place has been around since the 1950s, so it must have something going for it. There are currently three generations working there. Check out a little bit of the history and interviews with the current owner, Susie Headrick, who bought it with husband Leo in the '70s, at http://www.southernbbqtrail.com/greentopbbq.shtml.
Posted on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 03:30PM
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Deborah Lockridge
in Birmingham Restaurants: North
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5 Comments
Deborah Lockridge
in Birmingham Restaurants: North
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5 Comments
Reader Comments (5)
My husband and I ate at Green Top last night. It was one of the nastiest places that I have ever been in. I am not exagerating when I say that the tea (both sweet and unsweet) tasted like hose water. I will not go back.
I grew up on the Green Top and can attest to how good it was. However, after being so disapponted for the last few years, we have finally given up and stopped considering it an option. I hate that people eat there now and have to wonder what all the buzz was about.
I guess I have a little different opinion. I have eaten at just about every BBQ place around B'ham in the last 5 years. I have not found good BBQ since Old Plantation closed it's doors until I had BBQ from Green Top. They have one of the best sliced BBQ sandwiches I have ever eaten.
First of all, you can smell pit smoke when you drive up, and the parking lot is often full, and it is a big lot. It ain't perfect, but the Green Top is a great barbecue joint. It has been a dependable pleasure for this writer and his family for almost 35 years. I grew up nearby and now live on the Gulf Coast but visit the area several times yearly and almost always eat at least one meal there. My standard meal is a sliced pork sandwich, slaw, and the handcut fries they cook just right. The sandwich will come wrapped in white paper, and the wrapper will have grease spots, the good kind.....Ask for waitress Colette, and please tell her the guy from Cordova who lives in Mobile sent you. PS: Fridays, they have ribs. Only on Fridays. I think the ribs are better than ribs available now from the "dream" place.. TwoCentsMine. Your mileage may vary.
I ate at this joint one time while driving from Atlanta to Oxford, Ms. It looks like a great Q joint should look like, and the waitress was a real pro. I had a chopped pork sandwich with slaw and beans while my kids knoshed on cheese burgers and hand cut fries. This was not the best barbecue I've ever eaten, but it certainly wasn't the worst either. I'd eat there again if I am ever in the area. I'd rate it about a 6.5-7.0 on a scale of 10.