The Local - Charlottesville

Highly recommend this place! The barbecue is great and theres some good sides like fried mac and cheese and hush puppies and cornbread. This place is small but it has a decent amount of seating inside and a bunch of seating outside. The best part about the meat here is they cook the meat and leave it in warmers for the Local restaurant and catering so when you order a sandwich, they are pulling that barbecue right at that moment, not just pulling from heated bin of already pulled meat like so many other places.

Traveling in Charlottesville area and so glad we found this place. In a part of town that would seem easy to miss. First thing we noticed as we got out of the car was the smell. OMG! Getting excited. Not disappointed. Dry rubbed pulled pork and brisket. Yummmm. Sauces we're ok, but the meat stands on its own. So tender. Wonderful flavor. Add to that the courteous service and we just had a memorable meal in Charlottesville. Well done Local Smokehouse.

This is the only place I've been in Charlottesville that has asked if we would prefer marbled or lean brisket. Which impressed me right at the start and made me appreciate everything that followed. We went with marbled. It was delicious. The options are sandwich or platter, but platter just meant a sandwich with more sides. The bread wasn't amazing, just a basic white brioche style, not terrible but not really adding much, so I ate the BBQ without it. Would probably benefit from grilling the bun, maybe trying something a touch yeastier. The meat was nicely cooked, not too chewy and very flavorful. Could do a big of work on their sauces, but it seems like they were trying to cover a range of flavors. Could use something sweeter. Pulled pork was also delicious, collards were just right, Mac and cheese was impressive. Much better than you'd expect of a small BBQ joint. Al dente. Very basic utilitarian seating area, maybe with a touch of modern industrial style. Good vibes actually, counter to that other review. The counter attendant was very pleasant and accommodating. Overall, I would definitely recommend this place for a tour of the BBQ in Charlottesville. Significant improvement over the BBQ joint that used to occupy the same location. I'll be back.

Great, smoky affordable BBQ. Been there a bunch; love all the meats and veggies. Best cornbread. Very reasonably priced. Highly recommend!

Good bbq standards with the ribs being exceptional, different kind/quality then you normally find. Friendly service as well.