Category Archives: Restaurants

Review: Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar-B-Q — Charlotte, NC

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 1 Comment

My search for the best barbecue places in the Charlotte area continued recently with a visit to Jim ‘n Nick’s Bar-B-Q in Charlotte, NC.  Jim ‘n Nick’s has 28 locations in 7 different states and prides itself in cooking its ‘que low and slow and making everything from scratch.  I’ve heard good things regarding Jim ‘n Nick’s, so I decided to give it a shot.

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Review: Bill Spoon’s Barbecue — Charlotte, NC

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 1 Comment

For a city the size of Charlotte, there’s not much there in the way of outstanding barbecue. There are several adequate places, and there are even a couple that are good. But in the years that I’ve lived here, the only place that I have tried that I would call excellent is Mac’s Speed Shop.  However, I kept hearing about Bill Spoon’s Barbecue, so I decided to give it a shot one day for lunch.

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Review: Bridges Barbecue Lodge — Shelby, NC

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 6 Comments

North Carolina likes to lay a claim as the birthplace of barbecue.  While cities like Kansas City may disagree, there is a lot of history when it comes to barbecue in North Carolina.  In fact, books have been written solely devoted to barbecue in NC.  Today, I had the opportunity to try one of the cornerstones of NC barbecue when I had lunch today at Bridges Barbecue Lodge.

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Review: Shane’s Rib Shack — Charlotte, NC

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 1 Comment

For lunch yesterday, I got a craving for BBQ.  I did not really feel like fighting the crowds at Mac’s Speed Shop today, no matter how good the ‘cue is.  After doing some research, I found Shane’s Rib Shack, which is fairly close to my office.

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Review: Old Hickory House Restaurant — Charlotte, NC

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Big Wayner by | Leave a comment

On my ever-going search for good BBQ in Charlotte, I stumbled across a place close to my job called the Old Hickory House Restaurant.  After reading a few reviews about it on Yelp, I decided to give it a shot.   (Today’s pictures brought to you again by my crappy cell phone camera)

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Review: Lexington BBQ #1 — Lexington, NC

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 5 Comments

Today I had the opportunity to meet up with some really great people today at Lexington BBQ #1 in Lexington, NC.  I will talk about that in a different blog post.

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Review: Mac’s Speed Shop — Charlotte, NC

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 2 Comments

I often lament the lack of good quality BBQ joints here in the Charlotte, NC metro area.  It really is a shame that in a city the size of Charlotte, the closest good BBQ joint is a 45-60 minute drive away.  There were a couple of joints close to my previous employer that were okay, but they were nothing spectacular.

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