MISSION BBQ — Charlottesville
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MISSION BBQ runs a fast-casual operation on Lenox Avenue in Charlottesville, serving barbecue seven days a week.
Two friends started MISSION BBQ in 2011, and the brand has since grown into a multi-location operation. This Charlottesville outpost keeps the same approach: counter service, steady hours, and a menu built around smoked meats.
Open daily — eleven to nine most nights, half-eleven to eight on Sundays. The line moves, the food comes out, and nobody's pretending it's anything other than what it is.
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