tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62892632025-05-03T19:29:18.996-04:00<img alt="PIG" src="http://filpus.org/blivets/as2698.gif"><br>My thoughts on east North Carolina barbecue<br>Barbecue in the News<br>Reviews of North Carolina barbecue restaurantsDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09724901030974430212noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289263.post-13023630195314606762021-05-30T17:40:00.000-04:002021-05-30T17:40:17.978-04:00

The Pik-n-Pig barbecue restaurant south of Carthage NC was destroyed by fire Saturday night.&nbsp;ABC News CoverageThe restaurant was notable for being a "fly-in" restaurant. It was situated on the runway of a small rural airport. To get there, you drove past houses with garages for airplanes. You may have to dodge a plane taxiing home. I ate there once and had a mixed experience, so I haven't

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There is a kickstarter campaign to create a map of NC Barbecue restaurants. It is to be all inclusive, listing every barbecue restaurant in the state. The map's web-site, where you can pre-order the map is http://www.thegreatbbqmap.com/ To back the kickstarter campaign, the link is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/920714852/the-great-nc-bbq-map

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Ole NC Barbecue in Durham is in its third location since I first ate there many years ago. All three locations have been in or adjacent to North Duke Mall. Originally, the restaurant had a pretty good size slot in the south side of the mall, where El Rodeo is now. They served a Southern buffet for years. Sometime in the 1990's, the restaurant moved into an outbuilding that had housed a steakhouse

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Jackson Brothers in Sanford has closed and become an Allen and Son restaurant. Hopefully, they'll continue to use the same smoker and barbecue sauce recipe. My review of Jackson Brothers

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Jim's Famous BBQ has closed. I liked the barbecue there, but found the menu of bar food, NC barbecue and Memphis style barbecue to be a mixed bag. Recently, there opened a wood burner in Lumberton which I was looking forward to reviewing. It closed before I could get there. In the meanwhile, I have visited a couple of little joints on my travels around the state, but have not found anything to

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On evening at Johnny's I encountered the Old North State BBQ food truck. The eastern style barbecue sandwich was pretty good. It had some nice brown bits. The meat holds up nicely. I was a bit disappointed in their hush puppies, finding them hard. They cook their food at a common food truck kitchen up in Durham, which explains the hush puppies. The truck shows up at the Rainbow Soccer fields in

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According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, the Barbecue Inn, a 50 year old institution, closed over the Fourth of July weekend. NC barbecue feels the loss.

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According to the Burlington Times-News , the A&amp;M Grille in Mebane closed for good Monday June 27 2011. Every time one of these old timer barbecue joints close, we lose a little bit of North Carolina history. I was never a fan of the barbecue sauce there, but the joint had a lot of fans.

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According to WRAL, Dilliards Barbecue on Fayetteville Street in Durham is closing after 58 years in business. Though not of my top BBQ joints, it is always sad when yet another old mainstay of the business closes. I did love the old time atmosphere there.

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The Pig Restaurant in the old Barbecue Joint space on Weaver Dairy Road in Chapel Hill NC has a lit neon Open sign in its window. I'll try it out ASAP and report back. They've haven't updated their Facebook page at thepigrestaurant.com .

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Ba-Da Wings, a Buffalo Wings place, now has a banner advertising BBQ Joint barbecue. Since the Barbecue Joint closed on Weaver Dairy Road, they are now sharing kitchen space at Ba-Da Wings for their catering business. Ba-Da Wings has recently moved to 302 B Main Street in Carboro, which is the space used by the Carrboro Q-Shack, which closed this winter.In other Barbecue Joint news, according to

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09724901030974430212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289263.post-1097602256844639902010-06-23T00:01:00.001-04:002012-05-30T17:11:08.321-04:00

Recommended Google Map to all Recommended Restaurants Hursey's - Burlington and Graham Danny's - RTP, Morrisville and Cary Allen and Son North - Chapel Hill McCall's BBQ and Seafood - Clayton Bud's Barbecue, Cumnock Short Sugar's - Danville VA Stamey's - Greensboro Fuzzy's Pit Cooked Bar-B-Q, Madison Clyde Cooper's - Raleigh Jackson Brothers BBQ, Sanford Neil Holden, Youngsville

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Address - 4524 S NC Highway 150, Lexington, NC 27295 MapStyle - Sit-down restaurantEven if it has a Lexington address, this Stamey's is in the small unincorporated town of Tyro out on NC 150 south of US 64 well west of Lexington. The restaurant is a typical Lexington barbecue joint with booths and tables.My lunch was a sliced barbecue tray, which came with red slaw and a decent sized basket of

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Recently, there has been remodeling activity at the location of the late lamented Barbecue Joint on Weaver Dairy Road in Chapel Hill. Last week, a banner was displayed outside for "The Pig". The banner shows a web-site at thepigrestaurant.com , which currently points to a Facebook page, which primarily is showing pictures of the renovation. We'll keep an eye on this.

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According to the Raleigh News and Observer, the Barbecue Joint in Chapel Hill is only closed until fall when it will reopen in its new space. Earlier, the restaurant was soliciting investors to buy $2000 gift cards to raise money for remodeling the new location. Of course, while the restaurant is closed, it seemed that these cards would go to waste. The business is accepting the gift cards for

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The Barbecue Joint in Chapel Hill has closed, according to posts on Chowhound. Reports are that the doors are padlocked by the sheriff. This has happened before, due to tax problems. Cross your fingers.According to the Barbecue Jew, John Wayne's, one of the Lexington Six Pack, closed in February. I did visit the place and had a review in process. It turns out that that my visit was just a couple

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The Winston-Salem Journal has reported that the NC Barbecue Society is hosting a BBQ Pit Camp at Tanglewood Park near Clemmons on May 14-15 2010. This event is not being reported in the NC Barbecue Society calndar of events on their web page. For info, call John Early (765-6227) or email him at info@ncbbqsociety.com.

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In NC barbecue circles, the Lexington Six Pack were six decent barbecue restaurants in Lexington NC. These were Lexington #1 (Honey Monks), Jimmy's, John Wayne's, Speedy's, Stamey's (on I 85 Business) and Southern BBQ. When I started this blog, I had intended to visit and review all six. It turns out that I was too late.There still are Stamey's restaurants around. There is one out on NC 150 with

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The last of the BBQ Ribs &amp; Co restaurant in Graham has closed. There is a for lease sign at the road and a moving van in the back. This chain had great food in a fast food venue. When the corporate owners closed the chain, the Graham location became an independent. Now, it is all gone.

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Holy Smokes has posted on their website that they are closing for good Saturday Feb 28th at 8:00 pm. Their delicious brisket will be available through their catering business, but barbecue in the shiny diner will be no more.

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http://rhettandlink.com/music‬Thanks, Bob.

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The BestOfNorthCarolina blog has announced the winning restaurants of its Best Quest for Barbecue in NC. Parker's in Wilson took top honors. Allen and Son , a favorite of this blog, made it to the top eleven list. The list contains other old time barbecue joints, such as B's in Greenville and Bridges in Shelb7, but also the newer and higher class Pit in Raleigh. However, the ubiquitous

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Kent Craig, who authored one of the most extensive NC BBQ web-sites on the net, has shut up shop on his web-site. He has taken the info from his site and written Kent’s Carolina Barbecue Book, available from Amazon. The BBQ Jew has interviewed Kent on their blog.

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According to this article at GoDanRiver.com, Jennifer Joyce, a manager of Fuzzy's BBQ in Madison, has arranged for a trailer for transporting supplies to earthquake devastated Haiti. The trailer is parked at the restaurant and accepting donations when the restaurant is open. Please help by giving whatever you can. Blankets and water are needed most.

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Address - 582 Us 1 Hwy, Youngsville NC MapStyle - Sit-down RestaurantHolden's is in a little cement block building across a side street from the Sheetz in Youngsville. You seat yourself and order from a single sided laminated menu. It is a typical NC barbecue place with terrific food.Along with the typical offerings, there are daily Southern lunch specials, which I will have to try on other

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