that he should open a barbecue place. He started cooking in his front yard in 1958 – the same auspicious year legendary coach Bear Bryant began at Alabama – and built the original Dreamland ...

John “Big Daddy” Bishop passed away in 1996, but today his legacy lives on in 11 Dreamland locations spread amongst Alabama, ...

“Ain’t nothin’ like 'em nowhere,” indeed. If you thought Dreamland ribs belonged in a hall of fame, now they do. The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14 during the ...

Dreamland founder and Alabama barbecue legend John “Big Daddy” Bishop opened his rib shack in 1958, and we’re lucky enough to remember when he would sit in that big chair at the back of the ...

You still get ribs with sauce and white bread, Alabama still ... the legendary secret barbecue sauce and the iconic Sunbeam white bread for dipping. Inevitably, even Dreamland has bowed to our ...

As much as I love Texas barbecue, I prefer to eat that when I'm in Texas." Dreamland and Archibald's ribs make superior representatives of Alabama-style, he said, cooking on big brick beds over ...

Tallahassee will be the first Florida location for Dreamland Cafe, an iconic Alabama-based barbecue joint. In 1958, John "Big Daddy" Bishop, a brick mason, opened the first one in Tuscaloosa ...

Georgia’s decision to bring a widely known barbecue brand ... do that for them.” Dreamland now has 10 locations, according to its website, including seven in Alabama, one in Roswell, one ...