From Roger’s notebook

Barbecue / Southern

Food history

Latest recorded visit2009-11-01
“Bomb tasting smothered fried chicken.....gumbo here is horrible!”
Roger, Google Maps review (2009-11-01)

Barbecue · Southern

Huffman's Barbeque & Catering

Lincoln Park, San DiegoClosed

A longtime Lincoln Park soul-food and barbecue spot where Roger loved the smothered fried chicken but called the gumbo horrible.

Closed

Huffman's Barbeque & Catering is listed as closed on Yelp. The Lincoln Park spot had operated on Imperial Avenue since 1967 under founder Brooks Huffman; the strip mall it anchored was later renamed Brooks Huffman Plaza in his honor.

Yelp — Huffman's Barbeque & Catering listed as closed (checked 2026-09-21) (2026-09-21) ↗

The call

This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.

What to order

  • Smothered fried chicken

Best for

  • Food history

Source-backed notes

Visit history

2009-11-01day precision · source explicit
★★★★☆
“Bomb tasting smothered fried chicken.....gumbo here is horrible!”

Roger loved the smothered fried chicken but called the gumbo horrible. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)

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