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Big Shoe's Barbecue and Catering
(1 ratings)
(812) 234-0507
1105 South 12th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47802
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December 30, 2008 @ 12:59 PM
a diner from San Antonio, Texas
I ate there at Big Shoes over 50 years ago when "Big Shoe" was the grill-master. I have always considered their Bar-B-Q, by far, the best in the World. The small restaurant was just a room with a sawdust floor in one large room with a pit Grill. The furniture was just miss-matched old used tables and chairs with butcher paper for table clothes (changed with each customer). Choice of pork or beef on a paper plate to be eaten with your fingers. The flavor was so good that if I could have eaten the bones, I would have.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
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December 30, 2008 @ 12:59 PM
a diner from San Antonio, Texas
I ate there at Big Shoes over 50 years ago when "Big Shoe" was the grill-master. I have always considered their Bar-B-Q, by far, the best in the World. The small restaurant was just a room with a sawdust floor in one large room with a pit Grill. The furniture was just miss-matched old used tables and chairs with butcher paper for table clothes (changed with each customer). Choice of pork or beef on a paper plate to be eaten with your fingers. The flavor was so good that if I could have eaten the bones, I would have.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
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December 30, 2008 @ 12:59 PM
a diner from San Antonio, Texas
I ate there at Big Shoes over 50 years ago when "Big Shoe" was the grill-master. I have always considered their Bar-B-Q, by far, the best in the World. The small restaurant was just a room with a sawdust floor in one large room with a pit Grill. The furniture was just miss-matched old used tables and chairs with butcher paper for table clothes (changed with each customer). Choice of pork or beef on a paper plate to be eaten with your fingers. The flavor was so good that if I could have eaten the bones, I would have.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
The location was in what was called the "colored" section of town. The customers ranged from the locals to the weathy people of Terra Haute and surounding towns, some in a tux. after a concert or a play opening, who arrived in a limo. It was all about the food. There was no where in the world that I have eaten Bar-B-Q that was as good or that came close. Not in Terra Haute, Indiana --- or any where else. "Big Shoe" always had a trailer selling Bar-B-Q at the Indiana State Fair. I'm sure Big Shoe is long gone to Bar-B-Q heaven, but apparently his family is still trying to fill his "shoes".
Here in San Antonio, Texas people brag on Texas Bar-B-Q, and it is good, but nothing I have ever eaten compares with Big Shoes in Terra Haute, Indiana.
