The Old Hickory House was a staple in Atlanta, but I think they are all gone now. First place I know of that featured and open pit in the restaurant. If you wanted "outside" you got "outside".. No one called it "bark" then,JR’s Log House is on Peachtree Industrial just north of Norcross almost to Duluth.
The Old Hickory House restaurants are in multiple locations throughout the south, mostly north and mid GA but some in Ncarolina , Scarolina, Tenn …..it has been a few years since I saw any of them but last I knew there were 20+stores
I think ??
(of course with recent seizure events, my memory is floppy too ! Lol )
My dad's Sunday school class loved eating breakfast their. His favorite was their Streak of Lean Biscuit, which is about old timey as you can get.
He took my mother out to Old Hickory House for breakfast on January 1, 1994. He had a Streak of lean biscuit, came home, was watching the Rose Bowl Parade, and had a heart attach and died right there. Draw what conclusions you choose about Steak of lean biscuits.