Last year, in light of Red Bridges winning Garden & Gun Magazine’s Barbecue Bracket, Bob Garner revisited the Barbecue Bros favorite for UNC TV’s NC Now.
Also, another congrats to Red Bridges for winning this year’s Thrillist Best BBQ Spot in America Bracket. That makes a repeat of sorts.
– Congrats to Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge on winning the Thrillist’s Barbecue Bracket!
– Grant makes us feel inadequate after visiting his 20th joint (out of 23) on the Historic NC Barbecue Trail
New blog post: Enjoying #BBQ at M&K in Granite Quarry NC. https://t.co/TRQwfzc8Xk pic.twitter.com/Q4FPnjCWhZ
— Grant Goggans (@MarieLetsEat) April 4, 2016
– Speaking of the NC BBQ Trail, it is included on this list of the Toronto Star’s spring roadtrips
– John T Edge is the latest to visit Sam Jones BBQ
North Carolina pit master Sam Jones is breathing new fire into the old-school smokehouse. https://t.co/N5zJbXM4LT pic.twitter.com/apjYxq8Ta5
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgunmag) April 4, 2016
– An interview with John Lewis ahead of his move to bring Texas barbecue to Charleston
– Grant writes about fantastic barbecue around SC for Tabelog
– Speaking of Tabelog, Monk also wrote an article for them on underrated barbecue restaurants in NC
– Over on Marie, Let’s Eat! he revisits Old Clinton Bar-B-Q in Gray, GA
– Picnic, Midwood Smokehouse, and The Improper Pig all mentioned:
These days, you don’t have to travel beyond city limits for authentic ‘cue. https://t.co/7LBvcaSyt4 pic.twitter.com/oI6tPDT3JK
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) February 16, 2016
– Seoul Food Meat Co, a new restaurant with a “traditional BBQ menu…with an asian twist”, is set to open for dinner sometime this week in Charlotte
– EDIA Maps, the folks behind the Great NC BBQ and Beer Maps, is creating a Charlotte Adventure Map
– It’s been too long; I need to get back to Red Bridges
The more things change in the barbecue world, the more they stay the same at Red Bridges. https://t.co/9vPBmX2gKD pic.twitter.com/L5kk7zRjRA
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) February 11, 2016
– A sneak preview of the February barbecue issue of Our State Magazine from the Red Bridges Facebook page
– The issue will be on newstands next Tuesday and here’s a sneak peak
– CrossTies Barbecue in Carrboro is an upcoming restaurant that will be a full-service barbecue restaurant “specializing in authentic Carolina barbecue and a variety of smoked meats, including fresh-made sausages and bacon”; it is slated to open in May
– This person’s “best things I ate in Charlotte in 2015” list includes barbecue from Mac’s Speed Shop and I can’t give the rest of the list any credence (also: mozzarella sticks? Really?)
– For Southern Living’s 50th Anniversary, Robert Moss profiles the South’s legendary joints
– Ole Time BBQ in Raleigh (a semi-decent joint where I ate a lot in college) is closed until further notice after a car crashed into it Saturday night
– Jess Pryles has made recent updates to her guide to Austin Barbecue
– Lewis Barbecue is doing a pop-up tour of Charleston breweries the first three Saturdays of February
– Queen City Q’s Ballantyne location (in the old Elwood’s) is open for lunch and to-go orders as of Monday
Hey #Ballantyne, guess what? #cltfood #cltdining pic.twitter.com/1B8qxPeTCe
— Queen City Q (@theQclt) January 25, 2016