SOUTHERN STATE OF MIND – Restaurant

A family-run food truck working Ormond Beach with two decades of catering behind it and a menu carried down from years spent living in Charleston. Pulled pork and brisket are cooked low and slow, and the brisket is the item people bring up first, unprompted. Beyond the smoker the Lowcountry side comes out properly: shrimp and grits, jambalaya, the kind of Southern cooking that usually needs a dining room to be taken seriously. Service is quick and the truck's schedule circulates by word of mouth. Diners consistently describe it as far better than the format suggests, and they tend to recommend it loudly.

Cuisine: Restaurant