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Abe's Bar-B-Q at the Crossroads of US 49 and US 69 in Clarksdale, Mississippi tops our list as the
"best place to sell your soul to the devil," AND "best pulled pork sandwich in the world."

Diana Hendricks | Definitive Choices

I love lists. I like to make them, and read them, and agree with them, and argue with them. Sometimes I will make a list after I have done some tasks, just so I can check them off my list. I like to read "Best Of..." and "Definitive..." lists so that I can argue and wonder why the editor or author blatantly left something off that I believe should be there. I like lists that are fluid and grow and change. I make notes and file them away for safe keeping and then years later come across them and think, "Really? Whatever made me put the Kaua'i' Grand Hyatt's Lava Flow (sticky syrupy messy rum drink) on my best drink list?" or wonder, "Could I have a category for 'Best Fresh Fish Taco ever eaten on a Shrimp Boat in Port Isabel?'" or is that scope too narrow.   This list of lists is definitely a work in progress, and in order to start somewhere, we'll name places close to home or pictured elsewhere on this website. Suggestions? Debates?  Bring 'em!

Great Links, Tangents and Vices
Backroads on the Information Superhighway

Check out some of our favorite links, tangents, and vices.
LOOK

Ash Almonte
Patrick Smith
Kim McDonald
Stephen Oachs
Christopher Durst

LISTEN
James McMurtry
HalleyAnna
The Wildflowers
IZ - Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Hayes Carll

READ
South of Broad - Pat Conroy
This Much I Know Is True - Wally Lamb
Willie Nelson-An Epic Life Joe Nick Patoski


BOOKMARK
Jenni Finlay Promotions
(my go-to place for the best in new Americana music - Listen Up!)

Girls Can Play
(Elise Nakhnikian has the inside track to all  things cinematic)

ScottKelby.com
(Scott is one of my favorite Nikon gurus and a digital photography genius)

Taste This:

SIP
Kaua’i
Kaffir Lime Martini at Casa Blanca
Lemon Drop Martini at The Beach House
Lava Flow at The Terrace

San Antonio
Margarita at Mi Tierra
Bloody Mary at Alamo Cafe
Chocolate Chocolate Martini at Bar Rojo at the Grand Hyatt

Austin
Mosaic Borgo Magredo Pino Nero at Enoteca
Pepe Zavada Anejo Tequila Mexican Margarita at Matt’s El Rancho

Anywhere
Topo Chico
Prairie Rotie - Becker Vinyards, Fredericksburg
McMannus Pinot Noir 
Double Jim Beam and Water

TASTE
San Marcos (home)
    Palmer’s Restaurant and Courtyard

Austin
  -Enoteca - best afternoon wine and cheese meeting place
  -Matt’s El Rancho - best Mexican food for 50 + years. Tostados con queso with shrimp and Matt's Margarita.
 - Elizabeth Street Cafe - best French Vietnamese food - Thanks, Elena!
- Piranha Killer Sushi - Prettiest and best sushi ever.

Kaua’i
  -Casa Blanca
  -The Beach House
  -The Shrimp Station

New Braunfels
    - Huisache Grill
    - McAdoo’s Seafood Co.

San Antonio
 - Grand Hyatt  best buffet on the Riverwalk
 - Mi Tierras  best margaritas and atmosphere
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New Orleans
  -The Coffee Pot - Breakfast
 - Cafe Du Monde - late night snacks
 -  Best Shrimp and Oyster Po Boys
 -

Memphis
- Automatic Slims
- The Beauty Shop
 
South Padre Island
-The Sea Ranch
- Pier 19

Other "Must Stop" Eateries
Abe's BBQ, Clarksdale, MS
The Boiling Point, New Iberia, LA
Victor's Cafe, New Iberia, LA


©Diana Hendricks 2019
dianahendricks@me.com
  • welcome home
    • Delbert McClinton >
      • Delbert: Official Biography 2015-16
      • Delbert: Releases
      • Delbert: Images
      • Delbert: Contact Diana
    • trivial pursuits
    • things i carry
  • research
    • Joe Nick Patoski: Sing Me A Story: The Making of a Music Biographer
    • Jan Reid: The Life And Times
    • Billy Porterfield: Out Beyond the Buoys
    • Billy Porterfield
    • Larry McMurtry: An Accidental Feminist?
    • Frontiers to Footlights: Diana Finlay Hendricks' Thesis
  • just like falling...
    • clips & essays
  • a picture's worth...
    • Music Makers
    • Southern Backroads I
    • Texas Gulf Coast
    • Texas Hill Country
    • Kaua'i
    • Odds and Ends
    • more than words
    • Texas Capitol
    • Wild Things
  • Buy A Book
    • Delbert McClinton Biography
    • Pickers and Poets
  • in touch