Monk: Better late than never, here’s all the Charlotte-area barbecue news you may have missed from July through September of this year
July
7/14 – Noble Smoke makes Axios Charlotte’s 25 best restaurants in Charlotte right now at #25
7/29 – A reintroduction to Garren and Kelly of Jon G’s Barbecue
August
8/8 – The Runaway Charlotte Longhorn Bull saga began, which I recapped in a linkdown
8/10 – Meet Pit Boss Natasha of Firehawk Brewpub
8/13 – Meet Miss Angie of Sweet Lew’s Barbeque
8/20 – New Charlotte-area barbecue joint Firehawk Brewpub does an explainer on their unique way of doing ribs
8/29 – Slash of Guns N’ Roses is the latest celebrity to stop by Midwood Smokehouse; here he is with pitmaster Matthew Berry
September
9/9 – Sweet Lew’s Barbeque announced they will be doing “Whole Hog Sundays” during NFL season
9/11 – We published our review of Firehawk Brewpub
9/12 – The Pitmaster Experience at Noble Smoke was announced as coming back
9/15 – The 92nd Annual Mallard Creek Barbecue was officially confirmed as on for 2023 but as drive-through only