I first tried Whispering Pines BBQ:
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Whispering Pines BBQ is a very small restaurant, not much bigger than a classic diner, with a half-dozen booths and a lunch counter; they also have a huge woodpile out back, always a promising sight to a barbecue lover:
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Unfortunately for me, Whispering Pines was already full of diners at just after noon, all booths and counter space taken, so I headed up the road to the other BBQ place on US 52, Log Cabin BBQ:
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Here's the menu:
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Aaaaand here's the food, a pork plate:
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The pork was a good mix of outside brown and inside white, chopped fine. It was a little dry, so I added some of the Lexington-style sauce: mostly vinegar, but some tomato and red pepper flakes; pretty good sauce, actually. Since the "roll" listed on the menu turned out to be a toasted hamburger bun, I used part of the pork to make a sandwich. Fries were the usual crinkle-cuts, and the hush puppies were edible, if a little bland. The drink, a Diet Coke, included a small pitcher so I could pour my own refills, a nice touch. The waitress was polite, friendly and prompt.
I'll give Log Cabin BBQ a 3 on my 5-rating of BBQ restaurants: 3 out of 5: average; reasonably good food, moderate effort by staff/management.