Some foods are worth a road trip, and the country-fried steak at Doug’s Place in Emerson, Georgia is absolutely one of them.
This unassuming restaurant with the bright red roof serves up a version of this Southern classic that will make you reconsider every country-fried steak you’ve ever eaten before and find them all wanting.
Country-fried steak is one of those dishes that sounds simple but requires real skill to execute properly.
You’re taking a piece of beef, tenderizing it, breading it, frying it, and then smothering it in gravy, and at every step of that process, there are opportunities to mess things up…