If a friend had told me about a new BBQ joint in Wake Forest that cooks over wood coals and is run by Keith Allen’s next door neighbor, I’d have replied one of two ways: “Hmm, that is a weird dream” or “Have you been drinking again?” But when I read about such a restaurant in [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Wake County, Wake Forest, Wood-cooked | 3 Comments »
Big news from downtown Raleigh where the venerable Clyde Cooper’s Barbecue will soon disappear from the building it has occupied since 1938. Cooper’s is not going out of business but will soon move to make way for new development. Losing a historic spot like Cooper’s is the downside of the continued real estate boom that has brought [...]
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According to the News & Observer, Raleigh barbecue restaurant The Pit has joined the ranks of the fashionistas with a new t-shirt featured at Sportiqe Boutiqe. I don’t yet see the shirt online but assume it will arrive soon, fashionably late. The cynical side of me wants to say that this new merchandising means you [...]
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I received an email from a BBQJew.com reader with the following problem. I’m hoping someone out there in the Internets can provide some specific advice. If you’d rather not share the full contact info here, drop me a line at BBQJew at gmail.com and I’ll pass it along. “Greetings, We are planning to resurrect a [...]
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Two Triangle-area barbecue events take place this weekend: Hillsborough Hog Day, the classic barbecue festival, cook-off and cultural event, moves up a month from past years in order to beat the heat. The 29th annual event is held in River Park behind the courthouse and features live music, other entertainment, arts and crafts, and lots of chopped pork. [...]
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Recently I received an anonymous tip from a source I will refer to as “Deep Snout.” Deep Snout reports that serial upscale dining entrepreneur Giorgios Bakatsias–affiliated with over 30 restaurants and similar enterprises during his long career, including several high profile places in Durham past and present–is about the enter the world of barbecue. Giorgios has [...]
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The Freemasons are at it again. But this time you can put the conspiracy theories out of your mind, as there are no The Da Vinci Code-like plot twists involved in their upcoming BBQ fundraiser. Hiram No.40 Masonic Lodge will be holding its annual BBQ fundraiser this Friday, October 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. to benefit [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Morrisville, Wake County, Wood-cooked | 5 Comments »
The news out of Raleigh is not good, ladies and gentlemen. Not since the days of British colonial rule has our state witnessed such a threat to our way of life. According to the New Raleigh blog, mediocre Texas-based barbecue chain (my words, not their’s) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit will be opening up a store in the [...]
Filed under: Porky's Pulpit | Tagged: Keeping the faith, Raleigh, Wake County | 4 Comments »
If you’re in the Triangle area this weekend you could do worse than checking out one of these two BBQ-themed events. First, in Cary (yes, that Cary) on Friday and Saturday is the traveling road show called the Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival. Or, if you are looking for something with a little more of a [...]
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