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Carrows was started by David G. Nancarrow in Santa Clara, California, in 1970 as the Carrows Hickory Chip Restaurant. [1] Carrows and its sister chain Coco's Bakery Restaurants were purchased by Advantica Restaurant Group in 1996, which would file for bankruptcy the following year. [ 2 ]
Annabelle's was a regional restaurant chain with 13 locations which operated in the southeast primarily in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The chain was owned by Wilmington-based H.T. Restaurants Inc.
The restaurant chain closed in 2011, but was reopened by Finney's son Leon Jr. in 2017 after a video of actor Denzel Washington looking for the restaurant, where he ate as a child, went viral on social media. [9] [5] Leon's is known for its hickory smoked [10] rib tips and hot links, which are served over fries and drizzled with barbecue sauce ...
Hickory owes its name to the Hickory Tavern, a log structure built in the 1850s underneath a hickory tree. Henry Link bought the first lot in the area for $45 in 1858. The house he built was later adapted as The 1859 Cafe, a restaurant which closed in 2011. [8] The first train operated near Hickory Tavern in 1859.
[1] [5] The ribs are smoked in a smoker housed in an aquarium and finished quickly over a hot fire fueled by hickory wood. [3] [6] As of 2016, the restaurant sells an average of 360 rib slabs a week. [3] The Lem's barbecue sauce recipe was the Lemons' mother's recipe. The sauce is prepared fresh daily. [2]
Customers paid 25 cents for hot meat smoked over oak and hickory and wrapped in newsprint. Perry's sauce was described as "harsh, peppery" (rather than sweet). Perry's menu included such barbecue standards of the day as beef and wild game such as possum, woodchuck, and raccoon. [1]
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Dickey's Barbecue Pit is a fast-casual restaurant that serves beef brisket, pulled pork, pork ribs, Polish sausage, spicy cheddar sausage, hot link, and chicken. [10] [30] The restaurant chain smokes its meat on-site over wood-burning hickory pits. [31]