Live to Ride...Ride to Eat

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Around 9:00am this morning, I realized I was in the mood for a great steak. I decided I'd make a run for a place ferret & EmptySea have posted about in the past - The Scioto Ribber - about 100 miles away in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Portmouth is located where the south-flowing Scioto River, that drains central Ohio, meets the west-flowing Ohio River that eventually meets the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois and is subsequently drained into the Gulf of Mexico. Scioto River...Scioto Ribber.

I decided to take the north side of the Ohio River riding east and the south side headed back west.



Following my GPS blindly into Portsmouth, it seemed like I wasn't on the right track. The GPS was taking me downtown and around the high school. Suddenly I smelled cooking meat and arrived in the parking lot extremely hungry.





Apparently the place is known for incredible ribs and steaks. As much as I love ribs, I had my stomach set on steak. Before I went into the restaurant, I wandered around the side to see what was going on at the production end of the business. Looks like The Ribber sears their steaks over a hot flame and then smokes 'em in a cooler part of the grill with the hood closed. Oh boy!



Flipping and moving the steaks.





It was incredible! Tender, juicy, flavorful, smoky. It just may have been the best rib-eye steak I've ever eaten. 5 stars. Highly recommended.



On the way home, I rode through the Kentucky river town of Vanceburg, which I'd never been to.