Barbecue in Charlotte
Charlotte has 6 barbecue spots mapped on The BBQ Atlas, spanning Modern and Texas. You'll find City Barbeque, City Barbeque and City Barbeque here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in Charlotte, United States.
City Barbeque
Charlotte, United States
City Barbeque is a competition-quality smokehouse that's been cooking low and slow since 1999. The Matthews outpost on Galleria Boulevard keeps its own smokers running on local hickory, turning out barbecue the way the brand built its name — with smoke and time, no shortcuts. Open daily from half-ten through nine most nights, a bit later on Fridays and Saturdays. The smokers are on-site; the fuel is hickory; the rest is patience.
City Barbeque
Charlotte, United States
City Barbeque is a competition-quality smokehouse that's been at it since 1999, running on-site smokers and local hickory. This Charlotte location brings that approach to Ballantyne — the same method, the same wood, no shortcuts. They opened here in 2026. The meat comes off the pit when it's ready, not when the clock says so. If you want barbecue done properly, this is where it happens in Ballantyne.
City Barbeque
Charlotte, United States
The smokehouse runs on-site smokers low and slow, the way the brand has done it from the start. Local hickory fuels the pits; the meat comes off when it's ready. This is the University Place location — one branch of a multi-state operation that treats barbecue like a craft worth repeating properly. No shortcuts, just smoke and time.
Midwood Smokehouse
Charlotte, United States
On Johnston Road in Ballantyne, Midwood Smokehouse smokes brisket, chopped pork and ribs over hickory the slow way — a Charlotte-born chain (Plaza Midwood, 2011) that put serious Texas barbecue in the Carolinas. Open seven days, later on Friday and Saturday.
Midwood Smokehouse
Charlotte, United States
This is a barbecue restaurant and bar on Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood, built on Texas method: low and slow over hickory hardwood, no hedging, no fusion. Brisket, ribs, and chopped pork are the work. It's part of a larger operation, which means consistency and the resources to do things properly — you'll find them in a proper restaurant rather than hidden in some converted garage. The place exists to cook meat and pour drinks. That's the job.
Midwood Smokehouse
Charlotte, United States
The Park Road Midwood is the neighborhood outpost of the Charlotte barbecue chain Frank Scibelli started in Plaza Midwood in 2011: hickory-smoked brisket, chopped pork and ribs, restaurant and bar. Open seven days a week, staying later on Friday and Saturday nights.