Union Woodshop on South Main Street in Clarkston sits next door to the Clarkston Union and shares its ownership group, building a menu around wood-smoked BBQ and creative burgers that complement rather than duplicate the pasta and pub food next door. It appeared in Season 13, Episode 3 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kid Rock’s
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Barbecue, Burgers, Michigan, Restaurants, Season 13Whitner’s BBQ appeared in Season 12, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Slammin’ Sammies,” which aired October 17, 2011, as a Virginia Beach BBQ operation serving slow-smoked meats and the kind of Southern pit barbecue that earns a coastal Virginia community its go-to BBQ destination. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant:
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 12, VirginiaChuck’s Southern Comforts Cafe on West 79th Street in Burbank has been bringing the flavors of the American South to the Chicago southwest suburbs since it opened, serving fried chicken, smoked ribs, and the soul food and BBQ traditions that earn a suburban restaurant a destination reputation across the region. It appeared in Season 12,
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Barbecue, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 12Q Fanatic BBQ in Champlin has been making a strong case for the Twin Cities northern suburbs as a serious BBQ destination since it opened, smoking brisket, ribs, and pork over real wood with the low-and-slow commitment that earns a regional reputation in a market where BBQ is not assumed to be the local specialty.
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Barbecue, Minnesota, Restaurants, Season 11Bun ‘N’ Barrel on Austin Highway in San Antonio has been a city institution since it opened in 1950, serving the kind of honest Texas burgers and BBQ that earns a neighborhood restaurant its multigenerational loyal following. It appeared in Season 12, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grillin’ and Smokin’,” which aired September
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Barbecue, Burgers, Restaurants, San Antonio, Season 12, TexasJ.J. McBrewster’s appeared in Season 10, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Sauced and Spiced,” which aired October 4, 2010, as a Lexington, Kentucky BBQ and sandwich operation serving smoked meats and scratch-made sandwiches that earned its DDD segment. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: J.J. McBrewster’sCity: Lexington, KentuckyCuisine: BBQ /
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Barbecue, Kentucky, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Season 10Southern Soul Barbeque on Demere Road in St. Simons Island has been serving low-country Georgia BBQ since Griffin Bufkin and his partners opened it in 2007, smoking meats over local hardwood and bringing the whole hog tradition of the Carolina and Georgia coasts to the Golden Isles. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 13 of
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Barbecue, Georgia, Restaurants, Season 9Woodyard Bar-B-Que on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas started as a wood-selling yard — the business was literally in the name — before Bill Fleischaker added a smoker and started selling barbecue from the same property. The combination of a wood business and a BBQ operation isn’t a coincidence; the control over the fuel
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Barbecue, Kansas, Kansas City, Restaurants, Season 9Johnny’s Bar-B-Q appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City Barbeque Tour,” which aired July 12, 2010, as a Mission, Kansas BBQ institution holding a decades-long place in the Kansas City area’s competitive pit landscape. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Johnny’s Bar-B-QCity: Mission, KansasCuisine: BBQDDD Season:
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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 9RJ’s Bob-Be-Que Shack on Lamar Avenue in Mission has been a Kansas City area BBQ institution since Robert Palmgren opened it, smoking meats in the Kansas City tradition and building a menu around the full spectrum of what that tradition produces. It appeared in Season 9, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Kansas City
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