NC BBQ joints in the Raleigh area (Cary, Lexington: living, restaurants)

[santie27]

Are there any restaurants in Raleigh that specialize in eastern NC-style or Lexington style barbecue?

[Buxton Bagpipes]

https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...-location.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...rvice-bbq.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...bq-styles.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...bq-joints.html

https://www.samjonesbbq.com/raleigh
https://www.thepit-raleigh.com/
https://oletimebarbecue.com/

[don6170]

Originally Posted by Buxton Bagpipes

https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...-location.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...rvice-bbq.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...bq-styles.html
https://www.city-data.com/forum/rale...bq-joints.html

https://www.samjonesbbq.com/raleigh
https://www.thepit-raleigh.com/
https://oletimebarbecue.com/

And more on the way
https://www.newsobserver.com/living/...248865404.html
(full article may be behind paywall)

[DodsonRamseur]

Longleaf Swine is very good on Edenton street. Sam Jones is excellent.

[pierretong1991]

Originally Posted by DodsonRamseur

Longleaf Swine is very good on Edenton street. Sam Jones is excellent.

Also fair warning for anyone who hasn’t been to Sam Jones, their cornbread is not what you think it is.........haha

[DodsonRamseur]

Originally Posted by pierretong1991

Also fair warning for anyone who hasn’t been to Sam Jones, their cornbread is not what you think it is.........haha

It is if you have ever eaten at Skylight in Ayden.

[Poggly Woggly]

Originally Posted by pierretong1991

Also fair warning for anyone who hasn’t been to Sam Jones, their cornbread is not what you think it is.........haha

I usually order a extra piece when I go to Ayden. What were you expecting?

[BoBromhal]

NC Smithfield n Q in Knightdale or W Cary.

Not that I'd go there before the others mentioned.

I assume Prime is still open in Knightdale.

I also assume we leave Dickey's off the list, if any are still even open.

[blueheronNC]

Originally Posted by pierretong1991

Also fair warning for anyone who hasn’t been to Sam Jones, their cornbread is not what you think it is.........haha

It’s actual authentic cornbread. Not the dessert-like corn cake many non-rural southerners mistake for cornbread.

[Poggly Woggly]

Originally Posted by blueheronNC

It’s actual authentic cornbread. Not the dessert-like corn cake many non-rural southerners mistake for cornbread.

My great aunt from Elizabeth City made slab cornbread like Sam Jones or Skylight Inn. She made baked with plain white cornmeal. It was dense in that it didn’t rise, but it was tasty...perfect for chopped pork and sweet slaw.