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| - After a half day of non stop eating, stopped for lunch at 521 BBQ, a second location of the flagship eatery located in a shopping mall. Nice outside seating, busy servers, and a good menu, where adults can thankfully order off the kid's menu. Ordered kid - sized rib plate, which consisted of 4 meaty, well sauced and nicely charred ribs, smoked over hardwood pellets over a gas flame for 12 hours. They were tasty, although I really felt like there was not enough smokiness for my taste. Best hush puppies I have had out of the 3 bbq joints in NC we have visited thus far. Crispy on the outside without any trace of grease, and a perfect balance of moist and flaky inside. The beans were underwhelming, tasted saucy, as my daughter assesed "they would be good on a hot dog." They had a unique red coleslaw, which our waitress explained was made with a ketchup vinegar base, which wasn't bad, but not anything I would go out of the way to have again. But oh, those hush puppies...they just might!
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