Playboy After Hours

May, 1988

TeenyThere's no phone-directory listing for tiny Walter's Barbeque (that's how he spells it) in Athens, Georgia, but it's one of America's hippest hot spots. Former Georgia football star Walter Rittenberry started cooking up a storm there in 1976, and the place still seats only six. Mostly, it's a takeout stand, serving up heaping helpings of barbecued-pork and-beef sandwiches and slabs of pork ribs. Walter's recent prominence is due to the members of R.E.M., who chow down there often, as do mem...