The one BBQ spot in the "Triangle" most mentioned and recommended by the foodies on Chowhound is Allen & Son. So we programmed the address into the GPS and soon found ourselves on a circuitous route from Durham to Chapel Hill.
We arrived at the spot, shot past, backed up, then stared, perplexed, at the vacant parking lot. Hali went up to the porch and found the "on vacation" sign taped to the window.
Oh, noes! At least there was the picturesque sign and the peeling paint-encrusted storage unit out back. We finally ended up at a generic BBQ place in Chapel Hill. It was OK, but it wasn’t authentic. We could tell.
Photos: Allen & Son—North Carolina, 2009; BBQ Storage Unit—North Carolina, 2009; Ribs—North Carolina, 2009
2 comments:
:-( Boy, don't ya just hate when that happens.......you sure they haven't been "On Vacation" since 1972, there's quite a bit 'o rust on that there trailer. Who takes vacation from BBQ in June?
Yup. As cleek said:
closed for vacation
hate that. we ran into that in Montreal. we were all set to go to this fancy, highly-recommended French place. closed.
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