City Barbeque — Granite Falls

The brand cooks the way it always has — local hickory, no rushing the pit — and the Granite Falls location runs the same playbook. It's a barbecue restaurant that opens early (six a.m. most days) and closes when the weekend's done, which in this case means mid-afternoon Saturday and Sunday.

The address is 108 South Main Street. The hours are long enough to catch breakfast or an early dinner weekdays, shorter on weekends. The wood is hickory, the method is patient, and the rest is what you'd expect from a multi-location operation that's been at it for more than two decades.