Summer 2009 Eastern Barbecue Tour

It's been a long time since Jeremy, Charles and I traveled west to eat at seven barbecue restaurants in six hours. Since then, inspired by that day, I started a food tour company! It's called Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours (tastecarolina.net.)

I've had this Eastern itinerary planned since last fall, and now's finally the time to do it. Here's the itinerary:

Grady’s
http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/gradys_large.html
3096 Arrington Bridge Rd.
Dudley, NC
(919) 735-7243

Wilber’s
http://wilbersbarbecue.com/index.html
4172 70 E
Goldsboro, NC
Monday - Saturday
6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Breakfast Served Daily Until 10:00 AM
919.778.5218
919.778.5219

Bum’s
http://www.visitgreenvillenc.com/restaurant_detail.asp?id=49
115 E Third St.Ayden, NC
252-746-6880

Skylight Inn
http://www.foodandwine.com/restaurants/skylight-inn-ayden
4618 S. Lee St.Ayden, NC
252/746-4113

B’s
http://hkentcraig.com/BBQ38.html
751 B’s Barbecue Rd.
Greenville, NC

Parker’s
http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/parkers_large.html
2514 US Highway 301 S
Wilson, NC 27893
(252) 237-0972

The directions are as follows:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Durham&1s=NC&1a=500+Reynolds+Ave.&1z=27707&2c=Dudley&2s=NC&2a=3096+Arrington+Bridge+Rd.#a/maps/l::500+Reynolds+Ave:Durham:NC:27707-4638:US:35.952581:-78.93217:address:Durham+County:1/l::3096+Arrington+Bridge+Rd:Dudley:NC:28333-6140:US:35.265419:-77.959461:address:Wayne+County:1/l::[4051-4199]+Us+Highway+70+E:Goldsboro:NC:27534:US:35.35215:-77.92285:street:Wayne+County:1/l::115+E+3rd+St:Ayden:NC:28513-2337:US:35.471108:-77.41757:address:Pitt+County:1/l::4618+S+Lee+St:Ayden:NC:28513:US:35.451115:-77.428826:address:Pitt+County:1/l::751+Bs+Barbecue+Rd:Greenville:NC:27834-1015:US:35.620483:-77.418124:address:Pitt+County:1/l::2514+Us+Highway+301+S:Wilson:NC:27893-8588:US:35.697253:-77.936197:address:Wilson+County:1/l::500+Reynolds+Ave:Durham:NC:27707-4638:US:35.952581:-78.93217:address::1/m::6:35.610981:-78.164533:0:::::/io:1:::::f:EN:M:/e

We're going to leave early because I hear some of these places run out of barbecue early. Also, it's really, really far.