2307 N College Road, Wilmington, NC 910.392.1955 No Website Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “The biggest (not best) BBQ joint in the state.” Big Enough to Swallow a Lion Carolina BBQ has a couple of locations in Wilmington, one in Kenansville, and one somewhere in Virginia, [...]
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7601 Highway 70 East, Mebane, NC 919.563.6731 Website Hours: Tu-Th 4 – 8:30, Fr-Sa 4-9, Sun 12-8:30 BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “This barbecue is fishy.” Beware Inland Seafood & Coastal Barbecue I’ve always been wary of seafood restaurants that are located far from the coast, and even more wary of beachside barbecue joints. Huey’s Restaurant & [...]
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201 Wilkesboro Blvd., North Wilkesboro, NC 336-667-9464 Website Hours: Mon & Wed-Sat 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday Buffet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “A pitless pit stop.” Bobby Flay’s Kiss of Death Few self-respecting Carolina barbecue joints have websites. Fewer still would be proud of an appearance on [...]
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4125 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Durham, NC 919.401.1979 Website Hours: Mon-Thu 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “Nobody loves their Q but my mother, and she could be jivin’ too.” Singing the Low Down, So-So Barbecue Blues If you’ve been reading this site for more than a [...]
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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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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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