SOUTHERN SOUL BARBEQUE HOSTS BIRD & BEER DINNER BENEFITING HOSPICE OF THE GOLDEN ISLES

This October the St. Simons Food & Spirits Festival at Gascoigne Bluff kicks off with the Southern Soul Barbeque Alfresco Dinner benefiting Hospice of the Golden Isles. On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Harrison Sapp and Griffin Bufkin of Southern Soul Barbeque host a 4 course dinner with craft beer pairings from Athens, Ga. brewery, Wild Heaven Craft Beers. Dishes will be created with ingredients from Manchester Farms, Maple Leaf Farms and Grass Roots Farms. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at https://www.xorbia.com/e/saintsimons/food-and-spirits festival-2013.

The menu includes Country Fried Quail: Chorizo, Black-Eyed Pea Fritters, Maple & White Balsamic Vinaigrette, Beet Green Salad, Smoked Chicken Thigh: Collard Green Stuffed Roulde, Butternut Squash Puree, Chicken Skin Crackers, Cranberry Gastrique, Crisped Duck Breast: Boiled Peanut & Local Wild Rice Hoppin’ John, Smoked Salsify, Local Baby Carrots, Ruby Port BBQ Paint, Duck Fat Pecan Tarts: Foie Gras Crème Anglaise and Micro Mint. 

Southern Soul Barbeque is a coastal Georgia smoke joint specializing in 12+ hour hardwood-fired, slow-smoked pig, rib, turkey, chicken, sausage and beef brisket. All meals are complimented by a choice of four distinct homemade barbecue sauces and served up with Southern Soul sides such as Hoppin' John, collard greens, award winning Brunswick stew and cast iron skillet cornbread. Southern Soul Barbeque also proudly features scratch-made pimento cheese, smoked chicken salad and a classic vine ripe 'Mater Sammich on sourdough bread with Duke's mayonnaise. Southern Soul has been featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and TLC's BBQ Pitmasters and in publications such as Garden & Gun Magazine, Southern Living, Georgia Trend Magazine and The Huffington Post. Southern Soul Barbeque is located at 2020 Demere Road, Saint Simons Island, Ga. 31522, and available by phone at (912) 638-7685. For more information, visit southernsoulbbq.com, or follow Southern Soul on Twitter  and on Facebook.