Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
{{short description|American fast food chain}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
| logo = File:Smithfields Logo.png
| foundation = {{start date and age|1977}}
| founder = Junius Moore
Maggie Moore
| location = Smithfield, North Carolina
United States
| industry = Fast food
| homepage = [http://scnbnc.com/ scnbnc.com]
}}
Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q is a quick service restaurant chain in North Carolina serving fried chicken and Eastern North Carolina barbecue, with 41 locations state-wide, as of March 2024. It has more than 41 locations in the state, as well as an online store.
What is now Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q was opened by Junius and Maggie Moore in downtown Smithfield, North Carolina in 1977 as Smithfield Bar-B-Q,{{Cite web|url=http://www.capefearbbq.com/Content/2/Summary.aspx|title=Cape Fear BBQ & Chicken - About Us Summary|website=www.capefearbbq.com|access-date=2018-08-30}} soon followed by a second restaurant in nearby Clayton, NC.. The business expanded in 1979 to Salter Path.
Starting in the early 1980s, the company opened additional restaurants in eastern North Carolina, and expanded to the Raleigh-Durham area in the 1990s.
Controversy
In April 2017, a post on the Raleigh Police Protective Association's Facebook page accused employees and a manager of the Smithfield's location in Garner, North Carolina of singing "Fuck tha Police" while officers dined there.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article147587124.html |title=Police get apology from restaurant after employees sang "F- The Police" as they ate | News & Observer |publisher=Newsobserver.com |date=2017-04-29 |access-date=2018-04-15}} An investigation determined that nobody in the restaurant sang, and that the actual incident consisted of a single employee mouthing the words, "fuck the police", to two police officers at the counter. The police officers told a friend who later posted an incorrect account on Facebook.{{cite web | website=The News & Observer | last=Cioffi | first=Chris | date=May 3, 2017 | title=No employees were singing 'F--- The Police' police, owner said | url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article148315269.html}}
See also
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Category:1964 establishments in North Carolina
Category:Restaurants established in 1964
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Category:Barbecue restaurants in the United States
Category:Regional restaurant chains in the United States