These guys set up in the corner of the Ace Hardware parking lot every day unless there is bad weather, they are at the intersection of Vandalia & Randleman Rd. They set up a couple of smokers on wheels, a couple commercial friers, a hot dog cart and a couple of canopies for cover. No it's not fine dining, but it's like rollin' up to somebodies backyard bbq/fish fry and getting a plate to-go...and the food I've had from here has been awesome.
There is no posted menu, but I know by the stops I've made here that they do hot dogs, sausage dogs, ribs, wings, fried fish and fish sandwiches along with fries and maybe an item or 2 I'm missing...and the line here can be 15-20 deep around lunch time on saturdays.
The hot dogs are grilled with a little char on them and fixed the way you want them and are only $1...the wings are whole wings, and the ones I had were fried perfectly and were excellent. They have a few sauces to apply if you want, 6 whole wings to an order for $7...the fried fish is great, really great. It's whiting that's lightly breaded then dusted with a seasoning blend after it's fried, the Fish Plate is 3 large pieces of fish with 3 slices of white bread and enough fries for 3 people for $10, you can get a fish sandwich with fries for $7 too if you prefer.
This may not be a fancy or sophisticated set up, but you may be pleasantly surprised if you stop by just as I was.
I was actually going to the Ace Hardware one day and there was a slight traffic jam getting into the parking lot, I thought why in the world is everybody piling into Ace Hardware like this, but after getting in the lot I saw they were all flocking to this corner of the lot carrying off sacks of to-go plates as fast as they could. I watched the action for a few minutes, went in the hardware store and when I came out there were twice as many people in line at the food tent than when I went in...I knew I had to go see what all the commotion was about, I'm glad I did now...I asked one guy if they had a name for this operation...he say's "Yeah, It's Doggone Good" ... and it is. read more