Who has the best barbecue in the Columbus area? Vote in round 3 of our bracket & see if your faves made the cut

Columbus and the surrounding areas, y’all have a lot of feelings about your barbecue faves, and are definitely voting with your heart. We are down to only four restaurants and the votes are still pouring in.

We’ve gone from 16 to 10 to 4 and the next round will be the cut-throat finals. Any self-respecting barbecue lover better get to clicking because the race is on... and it looks like we may have a really close competition here.

This week’s remaining restaurants:

Mike & Ed’s BBQ

2001 Crawford Road, Phenix City, Alabama

Chester’s BBQ

270 AL-165, Phenix City, Alabama

Smokey Pig Barbecue

1617 11th Ave, Columbus, Georgia

13th Street Bar-B-Q

5506 Veterans Pkwy, Columbus, Georgia

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