A few more photos from the ‘Cuegrass Festival from April 26 which took place in front of The Pit Raleigh. Sunshine, beer, barbecue, bluegrass – what more can you ask for on a Saturday afternoon?
-Monk
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Rudy and Speedy pulled a Monk and took a ton of photos at Kreuz’s and Black’s, so we split the rest of them into a separate post.
Mallard Creek BBQ
This past Thursday, I visited my first Mallard Creek Barbecue during a late lunch break on a perfectly crisp fall day. The church barbecue was in its 84th year and this year cooked 14,000 pounds of barbecue, 2,500 gallons of brunswick stew, 2 tons of slaw, and over 8,000 sandwiches. Speaking of sandwiches – my two sandwiches were pretty great and honestly better than most restaurant options in Charlotte. Be sure to mark your calendars for next year’s barbecue – always the fourth Thursday of October – because it’s definitely worth checking out for any serious barbecue fan.
-Monk
Q City Championship
This past Saturday afternoon, Speedy and I stopped in on the Q-City Charlotte BBQ Championship. Walking through the competition site on was pretty cool and fairly amusing (the pig puns, they were a-flowing), but the standard street fair aspects and the lack of barbecue options outside of Mac’s, Rock Store, and Sauceman‘s was a little disappointing – my one sandwich from Rock Store was dry and forgettable. Still, I’m glad that Charlotte has a legit barbecue championship and who knows, maybe next year Speedy and I will participate as judges or competitors…
-Monk