511 Highway 17 North, Holly Ridge, NC 910.329.1708 Website Hours: Tu-Th & Su 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fr-Sa 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: B- Porky Says: “Decent Beach-B-Q at last.” Palatable Barbecue Near the Beach? Finally! Earlier this summer I took a family vacation to Topsail Beach. Unsurprisingly, I dragged my wife and kids to a barbecue restaurant on [...]
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10800 Chapel Hill Road, Morrisville, NC 919.469.1724 Website Hours: Mon-Wed 11-2, Thu-Fri 11-7:30, Sat 11-7 BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Smokey’s is just okie dokie.” Authentically Inauthentic (or Vice Versa) Smokey’s feels like what people who didn’t grow up in barbecue country expect a barbecue joint to feel like. From the joking “Entrance Only – Do [...]
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3921 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 919.544.1587 Website Hours: Uh, I forgot to write ‘em down, I’ll find out soon… BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Man shall not dine on pork alone (at least not here).” Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone While most barbecue joints use their marquee signs to boast or advertise weekly [...]
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81 South Elliott Road, Chapel Hill, NC 919.968.1983 Website Hours: Sun-Sat 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “Whole Foods serves BBQ?!” There’s a Whole Fool Born Every Minute I hope you are seated as you read this next sentence. Whole Foods serves its own, house-cooked barbecue. And I actually worked up the [...]
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213 W. Main Street, Gibsonville, NC 336.449.6347 Website Hours: Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wed 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Sat 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: D- Porky Says: ”All pork with no taste makes Jack’s a dull ‘cue.” Can’t We Do Better? At this risk of sounding overly dramatic or harsh, Jack’s BBQ [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Gibsonville, Grade D, Guilford County, Lexington style | Leave a Comment »
2816 Cheek Road, Durham, NC 919.530.1839 No Website Hours: Mon-Fri 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Noah’s Temple didn’t make me a believer.” “Worth Your Time to Find” I’m embarassed to admit that I first heard of Byrd’s Barbecue fewer than 6 months ago. Byrd’s–with the motto “Worth Your Time to Find” [...]
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729 Highway 66 South, Kernersville, NC 336.993.5045 Website Hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C+ Porky Says: ”Polly has an identity crisis.” Pollyanna With a great name like Prissy Polly’s, which made it into my barbecue joint name hall of fame, it’s tempting to be Pollyannaish about the quality of the [...]
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109 E. Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 919.832.7614 Website Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: ”Cooper’s is past retirement age.” Urban Barbecue Given the modest piece of real estate it occupies in the shadows of some of downtown Raleigh’s sparkling new office towers, Clyde Cooper’s BBQ’s continued existence is noteworthy. [...]
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315 Beechwood Blvd (Hwy 11), Murfreesboro, NC 252.398.4884 No Website Hours: Thu – Sun only BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: ”Eh.” Barbecue on a Sunday As a devout BBQ Jew, I typically steer clear of BBQ joints that are open on Sundays. They tend to be second rate, though there are some very notable exceptions [...]
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149 E South Main Street (Hwy 158), Littleton, NC (252) 586-3211 No Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: ”Where Would Jesus Dine?” When Pigs Fly As I near the aptly named little town of Littleton, the speed limit on Highway 158 drops from a generous country road limit to a stingier limit befitting the bucolic setting. As [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Halifax County, Lexington style, Littleton | 1 Comment »
