Author Topic: Skylight Inn makes reddit again  (Read 2701 times)

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Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« on: May 21, 2017, 01:11:54 AM »
This is that BBQ place in Ayden, NC I was telling you about at Corecon.  Note that it is NOT an inn, NOR is there a skylight in the building anywhere. Go figure.  

https://www.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/6cbxio/skylight_inn_the_best_of_the_best/
« Last Edit: May 22, 2017, 05:50:08 PM by rcjordan »

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2017, 04:02:25 PM »
I need to take the family on a road trip up to that place. Those pork rinds were excellent.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2017, 04:48:43 PM »
Sometimes too much attention ruins a place -- as the crowds get too big the service and quality can go down.  If there is a place I like a lot I kinda hope it doesn't get too popular.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2017, 05:44:46 PM »
>too popular

It's been featured in more than a few magazines over the decades. Our NC magazine "Our State" runs articles on it every couple of years. It's  gone through the founder's retirement and is now run by his son according to a recent article, Our State, I think.  **BUT** that same son has opened a 'regular' BBQ restaurant in a nearby city. AND, face it, cooking whole hogs over wood fires has got to be a killer.

>road trip

They don't take American Express ...or anything but cash.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2017, 07:23:32 PM »
Sometimes too much attention ruins a place -- as the crowds get too big the service and quality can go down.  If there is a place I like a lot I kinda hope it doesn't get too popular.

If done right quality doesn't have to suffer. Look at Franklin BBQ in Austin. They get more press than anyone in the country and people start lining up at 6 AM. But they only cook the amount of food they can maintain the quality on. When the 45 brisket are gone they are gone. They know they can't cook more and retain the high standards so they don't.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2017, 03:35:58 PM »
>Those pork rinds were excellent.

I grew up on pork rinds and yes, those were really good.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2017, 11:17:45 AM »
>reddit again

and yet again, but a new one was listed in the comments

http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/trail_pages/bs_bbq_large.html

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2017, 01:03:56 PM »
>Look at Franklin BBQ in Austin.

Fire crews battle fire at Franklin Barbecue
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/276279201-story

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2017, 04:13:14 PM »
Hope Aaron Franklin can rebuild quickly. He's estimating a few weeks.

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Re: Skylight Inn makes reddit again
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2017, 08:39:36 PM »
>>A few weeks

That really isn't too bad. Luckily his most important equipment (his bbq pits) are probably just fine. Nothing flammable on those.