BBQ: Restaurants in Virginia Beach

Smokehouses and pit barbecue across Virginia Beach — Carolina-style whole hog to Texas brisket.

Listings

Dave's BBQ
Hilltop$$
All-wood, no-shortcuts barbecue on Laskin Road — brisket, spare ribs, and smoked wings from a pitmaster who's lived here 40 years.
- Hidden Gem
Jake's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
Red Mill & General Booth$$
General Booth Boulevard smokehouse run by the Gettier family since 1999 — traditional low-and-slow brisket, pulled pork, and St. Louis ribs.
- Family Friendly
Mission BBQ
Town Center$$
Military-tribute smokehouse near Town Center where the whole room stands for the national anthem at noon — brisket, pulled pork, and ribs.
- Family Friendly
Pungo Boys BBQ
Pungo & Blackwater$$
Family-run Pungo smokehouse where the meats smoke sixteen hours — try the Alabama white sauce smoked turkey or the Brunswick stew.
- Family Friendly
- Hidden Gem
Redwood Smoke Shack
Red Mill & General Booth$$
Texas-style Nimmo Parkway smokehouse rubbing and hand-crafting brisket and ribs, open Tuesday-Saturday from 11am until the pit runs out.
- Hidden Gem
Rib City
Kempsville$$
Kempsville outpost of the Rib City chain serving mesquite-smoked ribs and pulled pork daily.