Ribs are by far my least favorite bbq choice (except when I’m in Memphis), so I can’t speak to that, but their pork and brisket are both strong imo. Great sides, too.
I thought Midwood was generally kind of B to B+ across the board - everything was a bit too salty. Awesome sauces, though.
All that to say, your mileage my vary!
I almost ordered the brisket. I’ll go back and try again. If it wasn’t obvious, I was mostly joking about eastern NC BBQ, even if the vinegar sauce gives this old man a bit of heartburn. To be fair we spent a good amount of time checking out New Anthem before Midwood, so I’ll maybe take another, more balanced visit of our local new BBQ joints and report back here. I know my opinion elicits very strong reactions, so I take this pretty seriously.
We have a new stop on the DTR BBQ trail. I repeat, we have a new stop on the DTR BBQ trail.
Mac’s Speed Shop is opening soon in Five Points, right next to the Rialto. The owners were nice enough to roam the neighborhood and give out samples. Full disclosure, haven’t tried it yet, but the pictures on their website lead me to believe it will be solid. I’m stoked.
I was the lucky recipient of one of the sampler bags being handed out around the neighborhood. The food seems very similar to the original South End Charlotte location (which I’ve visited many times over the last um, more than a decade) - and there isn’t a lot of overlap with the more traditional eastern NC styles. The burnt ends are still very nice, and there is more sides variety than most of the other barbecue restaurants in the area.
Why do we not have Mission BBQ in Raleigh yet? It’s the only good BBQ chain and they’re all over the Southeast, just not here.
Maybe because it’s a national chain for cities with otherwise crappy Q.?
Greenville doesn’t have much, but it has amazing bbq and also a Mission
Mission Barbecue is supposed to be coming to Stonehenge Market on Creedmoor Rd. Fencing is up. Between Outback and the BP station.
Thank you for posting! These guys are great, I’ve seen some of their videos before.
THIS IS WHAT RALEIGH NEEDS TO LEAN INTO! You’re looking to brand yourself to the rest of the country? You’re opportunity is right there.
Make a BBQ trail map, start a BBQ festival in Moore Square every year (who knows, tie it into Hopscotch/Dreamville/State Fair when tons of people are here anyway), start a BBQ museum, something. Would love to see the city embrace pork BBQ the way other cities brand their own signature dishes. It could be as simple as the city social accounts coming out and claiming it as the official cuisine of Raleigh, NC. Just my $.02.
Is that pork or is that tuna…LoLs…
There used to be this, but I don’t think it’s been kept up (I didn’t dig to find the actual map but this article is from 2014).
Combine Raleigh BBQ and Breweries and you have a solid “attraction”.
It helps that Raleigh is right on the ENC/Lexington fault line, so you can try both styles. Plus, South Carolina mustard sauce is right down the road.
… said no one ever.
We do have this coming up in Smoky Hollow. Its not the same and probably overpriced, but something like this on fayetteville street with a scale closer to Brewgaloo or food truck fest! Instead of bubbly, we could make it “BBQ & Cheerwine” fest, lol
Dampf is good ‘Que…bubbles (champagne) or no.
There’s also ‘Gettin’ Piggy Wit’ It’ at Trophy Maywood Sun 5/18. Pretty solid lineup of folks there.
Both are fundraisers…
I think @dtraleigh suggested this at one time, but how cool would it be to have a museum at city market where you divided the building down the middle into east/west sections and had exhibits for each style on either side of the building. I thought it was a great idea!
I like the idea of Raleigh’s CVB it as a destination with programming, versus simply a map. Louisville’s Urban Bourbon Trail is a well-organized peer example.
We have most of the ingredients already — BBQ houses, events like Cuegrass, etc. Branding and marketing could make it a whole dish.
The “Got to Be NC Festival” at the fairgrounds has a BBQ competition(which is great). But It’d better if there was a separate event downtown..maybe in the fall(or even in the winter).
