This is it, folks. The fourth and final installment in the Poole’s BBQ saga. You may recall from the second post about this quirky place in East Ellijay, GA, that I promised the design on the top of the Pig-Moby-Il would become clearer. Here’s a close-up, for a refresher.

It reads “Col. Poole’s Hill-of-Fame,” and the painting on the side of the pig bump looks like a hill with pigs on it. To what are the words and picture referring? Oh, I’m so glad you asked!

Remember those small, pig-shaped signs from the previous post? Yep, they’re here too. All together in one giant pig shape on a hill at the back of Poole’s property. This, my pig-loving pals, is the Hill-of-Fame.

You can see in this picture of the pig’s tail end that they’ve run out of space in the pig shape to put pig cards and are now placing them on fence-type structures and light poles. The Hill-of-Fame is around 50 yards wide, according to Husband, who is much better at estimating this sort of thing than I am.

Seeing Poole’s in person is an experience I recommend if you’re up in the Blue Ridge Mtns. in Georgia. Photos simply can’t do it justice. If you do visit and you eat while you’re there, let me know: I’d love to know how the food is at the Taj-Ma-Hog! (Yes, that’s what the restaurant building is called. No, I didn’t make that one up. Seriously, folks–I’m creative, but I couldn’t make any of this stuff up.)

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In yesterday’s post, I told you that Poole’s BBQ in East Ellijay, GA, was a little unusual. That may have been a bit of an understatement.

Pig ears, a tail , and a back on the roof; painted-on snout and eyes on the hood; and a plastic half-moon attached to the grille to give the appearance of a snout to oncoming traffic: Behold Poole’s BBQ Pig-Moby-Il (their spelling, not mine!). The paint job on the side of the pig’s back on the roof will become clearer in a post or two, I promise.

From the side:

The painted pink pig shape on the concrete says “Pig-A-Boo,” by the way. Just in case you weren’t sure you were reading it correctly.

Here is their other vehicle:

After the riotous quality of the other car, this one is a bit of a letdown. It still has piggy ears and a tail, as well as the painted snout, and it keeps the red, yellow, and white color scheme. but it’s lacking the joie de vivre of its car counterpart. The Romney sticker on the front does make me giggle, however.

In the immortal words of late-night infomercials, “But wait! There’s more!” Come back tomorrow to see what other delights Poole’s BBQ offers!

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For a while as an adult, birthdays weren’t much fun. They weren’t awful, but they weren’t the sugar-loaded happy fests of childhood. Then we had a child, and as he got older, birthdays started becoming more enjoyable. His enthusiasm for me turning another year older is cute and contagious, so now I’m excited too. What better way to celebrate my birthday on the blog this week than by sharing a bbq place in East Ellijay, GA, that I strongly suspect is like no other bbq restaurant in the country?

This is Poole’s BBQ. From this picture, it appears to be a fairly standard bbq restaurant. The yellow pig on the top, with the restaurant’s name painted on his side, and the multiple painted pigs on the yellow siding, are nothing out of the ordinary. The yellow pig sign on the post with the restaurant’s July 3rd hours is a nice touch, though a bit out of season since we visited in August. The plastic pink pig bin–which to me looks like a Little Tykes toy box–is really the first hint to me that this place is a little unusual. Just how unusual is Poole’s? Come back tomorrow to find out!

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It’s back to the pigs with this post! My family and I took a weekend trip to north Georgia in August, and we stopped at several places along the way, taking pictures of signs to share with you. Here’s the first one!

This is one stern swine. One powerful pig. One confrontational cloven-hoofed creature. He’s got tongs and a bandana, and he means business. And that tattoo on his impressive bicep lets you know he’s no wimp.

This barbecue place is in Ashburn, GA, and literally around the corner from another place I’ll be featuring soon. It’s in a shopping center, in a strip with a Mexican restaurant and an Asian grocery, and sharing a parking lot with that Southern institution, a Piggly Wiggly (sometimes affectionately called “The Pig”). Rescue’s isn’t too far off I-75, so if you’re driving by, or you happen to be in Ashburn for, say, the Fire Ant Festival, you should go by and check them out. Bonus points if you buy a t-shirt and send in a pic of you wearing it!

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