Darrell’s Bar-B-Q

Great place to go for breakfast, lunch, or supper. BBQ is really good, but we often get the pork chops or fish. Not big or fancy — but this is small town USA, not Charlotte. Even though I’m not a fan, the abundance of NASCAR décor is interesting. (Anybody who describes any poster with Dale & Jr as «outdated» sure must not be from around here! Those would be fightin’ words for some! :-)) The bathroom is down a small hallway, & is accessible from either inside or outside. Overall, just a quaint little hometown place for some good eating!

Well, they serve BBQ, and a Chili Dog, and I was going by, so you know I’m going to stop in. Some visits are diamonds, some visits are coal — this one went pretty deep down the mine shaft with no canaries singing.
This is a small, very plain, scrunched up place — everything seemed miniaturized, from the tiny booths to the displays of toy NASCAR cars on the walls. The bathroom facilities are outside, at the back of the building.
The BBQ Sandwich nicely sized, more pulled than chopped, and while it was tender, it had very little taste, and was dry. The pork is not sauced out of the kitchen, accounting for most of the dryness, but even adding some of the small cup of sauce didn’t help much — there was no freshness or sharpness to the taste. Very, very ordinary BBQ.
The Chili Dog looked good — chili was meaty, with nice color, but the taste was mostly sweet, no spice to it. I’ll pass on by next time, once was enough.