Chapel Hill's Allen & Son Barbecue a 'top pick' on Southern Living's 'Top 50 Barbecue Joints'

Posted Dec 27, 2015
Allen & Son Barbecue in Chapel Hill has been named the one of the best barbecue joints in the South by Southern Living magazine. It's one of 10 "top picks" on an impressive list of 50 of the best Southern barbecue restaurants. "Allen & Son bridges the contentious divide between the Eastern and Piedmont styles of North Carolina barbecue," writes the magazine. (Triangle Business Journal)

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