We are honored to be featured for the 2nd year in a row in Southern Living: “The South’s Top 50 Barbecue Joints of 2023”. Sam Jones BBQ has moved up to #27, and Skylight Inn is at #6!
“Sam Jones grew up working in the world-famous Skylight Inn in Ayden, North Carolina, which his grandfather Pete Jones founded in 1947. Though still affiliated with that Eastern North Carolina institution, Sam branched out in 2015 and opened a large format restaurant in nearby Winterville under his own name. Sam Jones BBQ straddles the old and the new, and the whole hogs are cooked and finished in Winterville just as they are in Ayden. The slaw and square-cut cornbread adhere to the family's original recipes, but much of the Winterville menu caters to more contemporary tastes. There are ribs, smoked turkey, and fried catfish, for instance, and you can get barbecue served over a salad or inside a loaded baked potato.”
