Foodways Tours
3 days · ~260 miles · from Lexington, NC
The great schism in one drive: Piedmont pork shoulder with red slaw versus Eastern whole-hog with vinegar and crackling skin. Pits, not politics — though here they're the same thing.
Lexington Barbecue ('the Monk house') for shoulder, red slaw and hush puppies; Stamey's in Greensboro — cooking over hickory coals since 1930 — for the comparison plate. Overnight Greensboro, arguing.
Across the fall line to Goldsboro: Wilber's, the wood-smoke landmark that closed in 2019 and was gloriously resurrected in 2021, plus Grady's tiny cinderblock perfection in Dudley. Overnight Goldsboro, lighter of wallet, heavier of heart(burn).
The Skylight Inn (1830 lineage, capitol dome on the roof, whole hog chopped with cleavers, cornbread like the ancients intended) and Sam Jones BBQ up the road — the old church and the new one. Finish in Greenville, NC, fully converted.