Gordon’s BBQ
We stopped in Gordon’s BBQ next to the ACE hardware store on 55 for dinner the other night. We wanted to love it, because we liked the casual atmosphere of it when it was known as RizRaz.
The News & Observer food critic reports:
Gordon’s BBQ (700 E. Williams St.; 387-7288) specializes in eastern Carolina style pork barbecue. Owner Sonia Beasley named the restaurant for her father, Elvin Gordon, who owned Galaxy Foods, a neighborhood grocery store nearby, for some 20 years before selling it last November. Gordon, who earned a local reputation for the whole hog barbecues he served from time to time in the store’s parking lot, is retired now. But Beasley says “he comes by all the time now to tell me how to do things.” The restaurant, which also serves Calabash-style fried seafood, fried chicken, sandwiches and a full breakfast menu, is open for breakfast Monday-Saturday and dinner Thursday-Saturday.
Not much of a review in my opinion, so I won’t hold back – it wasn’t worth the trip. Slightly expensive, the food tasted like it was bought from the local frozen food vendor and served up with no love at all. The high school waitresses were about what you’d expect as far as service.
Tammi
I have to disagree. I have been to Gordon’s on several occasions (that tells you something right there). Gordon’s is definitely casual (something we like with a 6 and 8 year old). I absolutely LOVE Carolina style pork BBQ; it is one of my favorite foods and I always walk out of Gordon’s feeling satisfied. I have found the BBQ there consistently good (I rate it a 7 out of 10)! The portions are really terrific. They have daily specials and do not skimp on them. I thought when we first went that because it was a special and the price was SO good that the plate would reflect it and I would walk out still hungry. NOT the case. Gordon’s has decent food at decent prices and a casual atmosphere to top it off. We will continue to go and enjoy Gordon’s.
April 7th, 2009 at 10:28 am