Moe's Original BBQ — Restaurant in Woodfin

My wife and I were up in the Pisgah National Forest area hiking all day and were traveling back home when she announced she was hungry. I said ok find a place and she did!

We love barbque to begin with so when this restaurant popped up on a Google search we decided to try it! Walking in we thought it was a "find a table, sit down, look over the menu and wait for a server to come take your order - WRONG! 🤣

While sitting at our table we noticed other people come inside, go up to the register and order!

NOTE TO MANAGEMENT: put up a sign that says: "ORDER HERE" at the registers! 😜

So we ordered! I got the pulled pork platter and my wife got to smoke chicken platter. For sides I got the baked beans and the mac and cheese, my wife got the baked beans and coleslaw. Both orders came with cornbread.

Let me say when we were talking to the male employee behind the register my wife asked him if we "ordered here" and he said "Yes". She said okay we thought we were supposed to sit down to have her order taken. This is our first time here and she began laughing. He smiled and said "Well welcome to our restaurant"! When we completed our orders which included drinks (Diet Pepsi - no Coke products, sorry! 😒) he said "Because you were first time guest, the drinks are on us!" I thought that was very nice!

We sat back down at our table and in a very timely manner our food was brought out to us (See photos!) Everything was delicious! The size portions were appropriate for most part. My wife's chicken was good - I tried it and she liked my pulled pork. My Mac and cheese was good, my baked beans were great! And let me say that they're cornbread which is sweet cornbread is out of this world delicious!

The atmosphere of the restaurant was typical Western North Carolina barbecue restaurant atmosphere, very homey and very interesting. The restrooms were clean! And apparently somebody at the restaurant is a fan of "A Christmas Story" (one of my favorite Christmas movies) because there was a life size "leg lamp" near the cash registers!

Out meals and tip ran a little over $35 but remember we got our drinks for free. In today's inflation field world I guess that's not too bad for a sit-down meal of good food.

If you're ever in the area and craving barbecue I do recommend you look up this restaurant and give it a try. We will...

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