There’s nothing sadder than pulling into the Hogley Wogley parking lot and seeing the notebook paper taped to the front door: “Sold out”. No fall-off-the-bone tender dead pig for you, not today. Seems some of the historically best ribs in southside Pinellas are also the scarcest, because after years and years of people finding their way to this flagship BBQ institution along the “Hog Highway”, the secret’s out, so get there early. —CS
This article appears in Best of The Bay 2016.

