Breaking news out of historic Hillsborough, site of the annual Hillsborough Hog Day. One of the event’s organizers, Margaret Wood Cannell of the local Chamber of Commerce, wrote to share the following news: “[W]e have changed the date of the 29th Annual Hillsborough Hog Day. We have historically held Hog Day on the third weekend [...]
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630 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC 919.942.1133 Website Hours: Mon-Thu 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: A- (but it’s complicated) Porky Says: “Wholly different whole hog.” Pondering the Meaning of Whole Hog BBQ The Pig’s website proclaims–in large lettering–”Serving whole hog barbeque.” But chef/owner Sam Suchoff’s definition [...]
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As of a couple of weeks ago, The Pig has opened in Chapel Hill in the old location of The Barbecue Joint at 630 Weaver Dairy Road. We speculated about the possible connection between The Barbecue Joint and The Pig in a previous post. In fact, according to The Pig’s Facebook page, the owner “worked [...]
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The four-person judging team from Hillsborough Hog Day 2010, below from left: Dale Volberg Reed, John Shelton Reed, Joel Grodensky, and Ed Mitchell (not pictured, Chief Judge David Hunt).
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The 28th annual Hillsborough Hog Day festival takes place tonight and tomorrow in historic Hillsborough, but I guess you figured that much out from the title of this post. Hog Day is a fun, free event that I have been to many times over the years, and the 2010 version of the event promises to be [...]
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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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5/17/10 UPDATE: SEE COMMENTS SECTION! A few alert readers have written in to let us know that The Barbecue Joint in Chapel Hill appears to have closed several weeks ago. Since then we have been working hard–or at least hardly working–to confirm this rumor. Sure enough, the doors to the restaurant are closed and there [...]
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Alarming news out of Chapel Hill, where a recent press release notes that a local franchisee has entered into a statewide agreement with Dallas, Texas-based Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. GMW Carolina, Inc. already runs two Dickey’s locations in the Triangle area and plans to open a third soon. The statewide agreement gives GMW the right to [...]
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