Sweatman's

There's something about going to Sweatman's Barbeque I like. It's that true down home feeling you get when you walk into the front hall of this renovated farm house. It was like I expected to hear a favorite aunt or uncle telling me to "lite and come in" and "take off my shoes and stay awhile". The wall are sort of dark with old pictures and antique looking furniture. And then things change when you see the girl in the t-shirt at the cash register. The menu and prices are on the wall. $9.35 for all you can eat of b-b-q with all the fixin's. Throw in an extra $.71 for homemade banana pudding The pulled pork and ribs are very good with a variety of sauces. The banana pudding is to die for. So, if you got a hunger for real good barbecue served in an early twentieth century rural atmosphere take highway 176 west out of Charleston and turn right on 435 in Holly Hill and stop by Sweatman's. Oh, yes. Don't come on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday because they're closed then.

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