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    Black's Grill

    4.1 (40 reviews)
    InexpensiveAmerican, Barbeque
    Open 11:00 am - 6:30 pm

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    Small part of the homey interior!
    Fred B.

    If you've been in the restaurant business since 1946, doing pretty much the same thing the entire time, you must be doing it right. While spending a couple of days in Morganton (trying to catch some nice leaf color (there was absolutely none - dirty, faded green and/or brown, ugly, even further West) we took a short side trip to Cherryville (the Y is silent to locals), about a 35 mile drive. The reason for the side trip was that there is different kind of burger here, a local favorite, the Lotta Burger. This burger construction was developed here (the exact origin is, of course, in some dispute) in the 1950's, maybe 1960's, and while the credit for it is fluid, what makes up this burger is not. The Lotta Burger is a cheeseburger, one patty, with tomato and slaw - a very, very creamy slaw - that makes this an exceptional burger, pickles are optional, and I'd leave it that way. It is served up on a small, split sub type roll, like that used by Char-Grill in Raleigh for their 1/4 Hamburger Steak Sandwich - and a bit like Honey's used for their King Bee and Queen Bee Sandwiches. We began by trying to get a Lotta Burger at a local favorite spot, but when the doors were still closed 15 minutes after the posted opening time, we moved on to Black's - damn good call! They were open and ready for business, and perfectly Southern, old school charming! We ordered up a Lotta Burger, traditionally dressed, a couple of Slaw Dogs, and a Pink Lady (Cherry Lemon Sundrop, with cherries aplenty). Both the Lotta Burger and the Hot Dog were excellent, and as stated before, it is the very creamy cole slaw that makes them work - it is every bit the equal of the cole slaw in West Virginia that sets that state's Slaw Dog apart! And the Pink Lady is a must - almost exactly like that served up by the few remaining What-A-Burger joints in the Concord, NC area! Great food, great experience, great Southern hospitality - if I'd been called Honey one more time, or had one more drink refill, I'd be permanently stuck to that booth, and soaking wet!

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    1 year ago

    They serve the best food very clean restaurant. The service is impeccable, very professional and knowledgeable of the menus.

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    1 year ago

    These people run a very clean restaurant I've never seen one this clean and good is delicious

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    2 years ago

    The very best hamburgers around!!! Service is outstanding!!! Love this place! We eat there at least once a week. Hot dogs also great!!!

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    2 years ago

    Very good burgers I recommend the latta burger Been eating there for 50 years. The bbq sandwich is good also great staff.

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    2 years ago

    Food service workers ambiance my parents took me there a lot when I was younger. Now I take my mom

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    2 years ago

    Great Food! Double Cheeseburger is huge....I couldn't eat but half. Great place for lunch or quick dinner on the go...

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    3 years ago

    Food is always delicious! Love the staff and the style of the restaurant! One of my families favorite places to go for dinner!

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    3 years ago

    Best Hamburgers in Cherryville. Family owned and very friendly with all their customers. Food is great and service is great.

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    4 years ago

    We just moved here from Jersey and was looking for local eats. We found this gem.. Burgers and amazing and staff were so nice.

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    4 years ago

    Small dinner. Good hotdogs and fries. So many of the burger joints in Cherryville have to choose one.

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    6 years ago

    Very welcoming atmosphere. Everything I have had from the menu is great. Very good place to eat in or call in.

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    Alston Bridges Barbecue

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    I hate that Leave a Tip is gone. I just wanted to say you can order half french fries and half…read morehushpuppies with your meal. Good stuff. Great service.

    This place is great--a solid 4.5/5! I hate vinegar-based bbq sauce, but this place offers an…read moreacceptable substitute with a sweeter and darker vinegar-based sauce that I actually really love! They also offer the option for "brown" bbq that has more of the ends of the butt and thus more crispy, burnt ends skin of the Boston butt for the same price. This is the sort of place that the locals certainly know. It had a bar where the lawyers and other professionals in town come to eat--and be seen, and for good reason! This place makes me appreciate Shelby as a N.C. destination. There is a discounted price for paying in cash and an escalated price for paying with a card. The only thing that kept me from giving this place a 5-star review is that the cups are very small and the waitresses refill them with the greatest of discretion. However, they do have nugget ice and Coke products! The sauces, both the traditional vinegar-based and the slightly sweeter and slightly thicker vinegar-based sauces are all served in individual cups that have been heated to a nice warm temperature: I usually HATE vinegar-based bbq sauces, but these sauces were sufficient enough to allow me to release my hatred and appreciate them for what they were! I'm an official convert! Sadly, they do not offer a white slaw, but the red/bbq slaw is better than 90% of the red slaw options in the Carolinas, and it has a perfectly balanced kick of spice to it. The red slaw is served with a spicy bread-and-butter style pickle on top. The hush puppies are perfect, so much so that they need no description. The actual bbq pork is the best in a 75-mile radius! The only place that makes better bbq pork shoulder is Port-a-Pit in Statesville or 12 Bones in Asheville!!! I was actually blown away by how good the bbq was here! I just wish they hadn't skimped so much on the size and frequency of the beverage service. Excepting that, I would generously give this place a 5-star review! I was telling myself and my dining partner the whole time how surprisingly awesome the food was! I wish every bbq joint offered a "brown" option! In short, I HATE vinegar-based sauces, but this place has converted me with their compromised sweet, brown, slightly thicker and warm vinegar-based sauce!!! In short, you should base your next trip around passing through Shelby, NC to visit this bbq joint--it's good enough to warrant a change in driving an hour or so just to experience this spot!

    Black's Grill - tradamerican - Updated May 2026

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