Since 1956, Sconyers Bar-B-Que has been the kind of institution that defines a city's food identity. The place is enormous — seating over a thousand people — and it operates with the quiet confidence of somewhere that has been doing the same thing correctly for decades. The pork is cooked over hickory and oak in massive pits out back, sliced or pulled to order, and served with the standard accompaniments: Brunswick stew, coleslaw, sliced white bread.
The setting is entirely unfussy — long tables, paper napkins, cafeteria service. Prices are low. Lines can be long on Friday and Saturday evenings, but they move. Sconyers is on Sconyers Lane off Boy Scout Road, a short drive from downtown. It's worth going out of your way for, even if you think you've had good barbecue before.
Open Thursday through Saturday only.