Some of the state's best Carolina-style barbecue can be found right here in Shelby

A Shelby restaurant has been chosen as one of the 10 best Carolina-style BBQ restaurants in the United States, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Reader's Choice Awards. Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge ...
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These NC BBQ joints are among the best in the South, Southern Living says

If the South is known for anything, it's definitely barbecue - and a new ranking is spotlighting North Carolina's very best. Southern Living released its list of the "Top 50 BBQ Joints" across the ...
Raleigh News & Observer

NC is losing 2 of its oldest barbecue joints. There’s still time to visit one of them

A pair of historic North Carolina barbecue joints are snuffing out the smokehouses after a collective century and a half in business. Short Sugar’s in Reidsville and Kepley’s in High Point are the ...
Raleigh News & Observer

One of North Carolina’s oldest BBQ restaurants has closed. Is it goodbye forever?

Let News & Observer food writer Drew Jackson be your definitive source for all things North Carolina barbecue as the state embraces the country’s red hot barbecue obsession and a new generation of ...