BBQ Restaurants in Raleigh, NC

BBQ in Raleigh at a glance

• BBQ is the 19th largest food category in Raleigh, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 1.4% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 33 listed below, 24 are independent and 9 belong to chains; 30 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Raleigh

• Longleaf Swine
  Restaurant · BBQ · 300 E Edenton St
• The Pit Authentic Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 328 W Davie St
• Char-Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 618 Hillsborough St
• City Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 4122 Lake Boone Trl
• City Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 9424 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Lechon Latin BBQ & Bar
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5959 Triangle Town Blvd
• Ole Time Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 6309 Hillsborough St
• Sam Jones BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 502 W Lenoir St
• SmokeStacks Cafe
  Restaurant · BBQ · 701 E Lane St
• The Pickled Onion
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7901 Falls of Neuse Rd Ste 101
• Shane's Rib Shack
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 5811 Poyner Village Pkwy
• The BBQ Lab
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4120-135 Main at North Hills St
• Clyde Cooper's Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1326 E Millbrook Rd
• Midwood Smokehouse
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 409 W Johnson St
• The Village Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · 8470 Honeycutt Rd
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 6552 Glenwood Ave
• Don Murray's BBQ 2 Go
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2401 E Millbrook Rd
• Clyde Cooper's Barbeque
  Restaurant · BBQ · 327 S Wilmington St
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 170 E Davie St
• 1887 Bistro
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2610 Cates Ave
• Bare Bones
  Restaurant · BBQ · 301 Fayetteville St #120
• Chop Shop BBQ & Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · 210 E Six Forks Rd
• Remington Grill Burgers & BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4511 New Bern Ave
• Smoke Rise BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 9420 Forum Dr
• The Q Shack II
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2430 Hillsborough St
• Webo's Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · 511 Bragg St
• Triangle Hawaii BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4544 Capital Blvd
• And Also With ‘Cue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 99 N Salisbury St
• Southern Charred BBQ Bar
  Restaurant · BBQ · 510-101 Glenwood Ave
• The Q Shack
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4120 Main At North Hills St
• Big Bubbas BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 514 Daniels St Ste 295
• DICKYS BARBECUE PIT
  Restaurant · BBQ · 14460 New Fls
• Mission Bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 7520 Creedmoor Rd

BBQ elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in Charlotte (52), Asheville (24), Durham (19), Fayetteville (17), Greensboro (14) and Winston-Salem (14).

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