?> {"id":1699,"date":"2009-11-24T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T04:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2009-11-24T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T04:20:10","slug":"nc-smokeys-bbq-shack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twofatbellies.com\/2009\/11\/nc-smokeys-bbq-shack\/","title":{"rendered":"NC – Smokey’s BBQ Shack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We arrived in Raleigh early Saturday morning the day before Alexander\u2019s baptism. Not wanting to deal with sub par airport food again, we had skipped breakfast so we were pretty hungry by the time we got to my brother\u2019s house. After settling in and having some quality nephew snuggling time, we headed out to Smokey\u2019s BBQ Shack for an early lunch.<\/p>\n
Smokey\u2019s is the Carolina barbecue place that my brother wanted to take us to the first time we were in Raleigh but it was closed that weekend for Labor Day. The hours of operation are pretty sparse, as the restaurant mostly caters to the work lunch crowd. They do usually open on Saturdays from 11-7 so we were in luck this time.<\/p>\n
The restaurant is basically a little shack\/hut on the side of the road that has a lot of character. There are lots of funny signs posted everywhere, as well as some interesting decorations on the walls.<\/p>\n
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