Judge’s Riverside
Location
Some people still call this restaurant Judge’s Barbecue. But its current name, Judge’s Riverside, reflects a new ambience, and the menu is fancier, too — they’ll even let you take it home as a souvenir. Judge’s offers great food, including barbecue sandwiches (both chopped pork and Texas-style beef) and seafood dishes. Worth a side-trip every time, the restaurant sits above one of the few places on the Catawba River where it still flows freely. You can sit on porches that overlook the river as it runs by. I don’t know of any other place this close to one of our interstates where you can get a good meal and enjoy such a nice setting.
Hrs: Sun.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.-10 p.m. (Closing an hour earlier in the winter months)
From I-40
Take Exit 103, and head north on U.S. Hwy. 64. Go 1 mile to Flemming Dr. Turn L, and go 1 mile to the intersection with U.S. Hwy. 70. Turn L, and go .5 miles. Turn R onto Greenlee Ford Road.
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