Stopping for lunch in NC for the real thing. I wanted eastern NC Q (characterized by a vinegar based sauce with peppers) as opposed to western NC Q (characterized by a sweeter more tomato based sauce).
Purely by serendipity, we encountered Bubba’s. Ordered the platter, with beans, mustard based cole slaw, and the hush puppies that keep coming until you say stop.
Bubba’s had both kinds of sauce. The sweeter sauce was labelled for chicken (fried).
Needless to say, it was delightful.
On the way out, Maryann asked a guy who seemed to be in charge if he was Bubba. He admitted he was, and we spent 30 minutes talking with him in the parking lot. What does he do? “I cut up pigs for a living”. Awesome. In a bizarre twist, he admitted that his wife worked for Bank of America in Compliance.