Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que, Southern barbecue restaurant in York County, United States.
Pierce's Pitt Bar-B-Que is a barbecue restaurant in York County, Virginia, where meat is smoked over hickory wood and served fresh off the pit. The menu centers on pulled pork, ribs, and chicken, with classic sides such as coleslaw and baked beans rounding out the meal.
Julius C. Pierce opened the restaurant in 1971, bringing family recipes with him from Tennessee to Virginia. Over the decades it became a steady presence in the area, drawing both local regulars and travelers passing through.
Slow smoking over hickory wood is not a selling point here but simply how things have always been done. The sauces made from an old family recipe give the meat a flavor that locals recognize as part of what barbecue should taste like in this part of Virginia.
The restaurant sits on East Rochambeau Drive and offers seating inside as well as outside. Weekends and midday hours tend to draw more people, so arriving early or outside peak times makes the visit easier.
The restaurant bottles and sells its own sauce line based on Doc Pierce's original recipe, so visitors can take the flavors home with them. The bottles are available directly at the counter, making them an easy thing to pick up on the way out.
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