Address - 582 Us 1 Hwy, Youngsville NC Map
Style - Sit-down Restaurant
Holden's is in a little cement block building across a side street from the Sheetz in Youngsville. You seat yourself and order from a single sided laminated menu. It is a typical NC barbecue place with terrific food.
Along with the typical offerings, there are daily Southern lunch specials, which I will have to try on other visits. What caught my eye was the lunch special of a barbecue sandwich, brunswick stew and hushpuppies for five bucks. What a deal!
The chopped barbecue in the sandwich was superb. There was enough color and flavor from the smoker and a decent Eastern sauce with the vinegar overtones. The brunswick stew was typical NC style, with the vegatables a bit overcooked. The star of the day were the hush puppies. The waitress brought a basket when I ordered (which is a habit I wish more restaurants would adopt). I took one bite and was floored. I usual prefer the lighter puppies you get in seafood restaurants on the coast over the heavier kind found in barbecue joints. These hushpuppies were in a class of their own. They were firm without being heavy. They had a true cornbread flavor that I loved.
I'll be back.
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Just moved to this quaint town and thought about checking out the local fare, thanks for the recommendation. Wonder if they have barbecue for breakfast since they're open at 7:30!
Since barbecue is a long slow cooking process, barbecue joints don't normally have it on their breakfast menus. Holden's has decent Southern biscuits for breakfast, I've been told.
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