Red Top Barbecue

Being from Texas, I've missed good BBQ! Some friends introduced it to us while driving back from Bowling Green and boy was it yummy! We got the sample platter with 3 different meats. I think brisket, ribs, and sausage. They have a variety of different sides. We chose the mac and cheese with baked beans. You can get your BBQ sauce mild or spicy. Spicy is where it's at. You may need to ask for an extra container of it though because the one they put with the meal is small. Of course they have sweet and unsweet tea. The sweet tea was deliciously sweet so you may need to mix with the unsweet to tame it down. Overall...amazing! Would love to go back. It's only a short drive from Clarksville.

Good food. Friendly service. Clean restaurant. All the sides tasted good and the meat was even better. I can give us place an A. Prices are very competitive

The Red Top Barbecue was a legend when I was at Fort Campbell 2012-2018, and I never tried it. This time I decided that I would make every effort to visit Red Top Barbecue. Granted it has been a few years, but I was left very unimpressed. The first sign of any good barbecue joint is the smell of smoke when you park your vehicle and approach the building. I should have known it was not going to live up to the hype when there was no smoke in the air. We decided to try it anyway. The Baked Beans as well as the Macaroni and Cheese were obviously from the can. The meat, pulled pork, was very dry and lacked a nice pink smoke ring, or bark. The sausage was the highlight of my pate, ad it was mediocre at best. The service was good, and very quick, possibly because nothing was fresh made, but it was the best part of the visit.

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My wife and I pass by Red Top all the time and never had a chance to stop. So, a friend had recommended going there so we stopped for some brisket. I really need to start this with a couple of high points. The place was spotless and boasts a 99 on the health report. It's small and quaint inside. Reminds you of one of those hole in the wall places with great food! The young girl taking orders was very pleasant and got the order correct and got it to us fast. Now I am really hoping that we came by on a bad day cause what we got does not equal the stars they have. We both ordered the "Beef" plate with two sides. The beef, or brisket as we were told it was, was shredded, which if you like it that way, it's fine. However, that's not how you serve brisket. It was also kind of bland. I'll leave the sauce out of it just because it's tangy. Not a tangy sauce fan, that's just me. The corn bread, although tasted good, was very dry even with extra butter. I posted a pick of the coleslaw for two specific reasons...it's green and had pickles in it. The potato salad wasn't too bad, and the apples were not overly sweet, so there's that. Like I said, I hope it was just a bad day!

Great quaint, little country restaurant with wonderful barbecue and southern sides. It is only open a few days out of the week, so be sure to call before you make the trip.

Drove a few miles out of the way to get some good BBQ and was not disappointed. The lady at the counter was very nice and provided excellent customer service.

Excellent lean chopped pulled pork. Sauce is great and not so spicy that our 7 year old son did not enjoy it. He is picky but ate his entire sandwich. Baked beans, potato salad, and cole slaw are delicious - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Wife said the Mac & Cheese was delicious and recommends it. We bought the family pack and enjoyed it. Hoped for more of a dessert selection but the pecan pie was great anyhow.

We will come back here again. Very thankful to find some great BBQ and in a beautiful area just across the TN/KY Border. CHECK THEM OUT!

I ate here for the first time today and the food was absolutely amazing. My husband bought me a half of quarter BBQ Chicken, cole slaw and green beans. It was so much food for the price and I couldn't finish it all. I decided to save the rest to have it for lunch tomorrow.

Just left Old Glory Distillery, excellent tour, and asked for a lunch tip. Five miles off 24 is the Red Top BBQ. Small town clean efficient cheap.... Top notch food. Ribs, corn bread, two sides $11.25. Carry out or sit down. You won't be sorry.

I'm from KCMO area and am a bbq snob. This place is legit bada$$ bbq. Sauce is best I've had in 3 counties. I will go back, and there's no other bbq spot near Nashville that can even touch this place.

Spectacular little spot with amazing food and friendly service. If we are back this way we will go again! Had the brisket and the chicken, but great and the sides were perfect!

We did a farewell luncheon on post (Ft Campbell) for around 25 people. After comparing prices and reading tons of reviews, we went with Red Top. Zero complaints. Every single person (Southern BBQ lovers includes) looovvved all of it. We did BBQ chicken, pulled pork, baked beans, potato salad and green beans. They gave us tons of food, and the only thing left over after everyone took a plate home was a bag of buns. I can recommend this restaurant without reservation. The meats were moist and flavorful. The BBQ sauces were both amazing. The baked beans were ridiculous (-ly delicious). There's more than just a cost benefit to spreading your search a bit outside of the immediate FTCKY area.