Some roadside restaurants make it very easy to keep driving. Others have the kind of pull that makes a detour feel fully justified, and this Ohio smokehouse clearly falls into that second group.
What keeps people talking is not just the hickory-smoked meats and strong local following. Rudy’s also draws attention for its Saturday all-you-can-eat BBQ buffet, which makes a stop in Springfield sound a lot more tempting than whatever else was on the schedule.
With more than 1,900 reviews behind it, this is the kind of place that has already made a name for itself the old-fashioned way…