There’s something almost spiritual about the aroma of slow-smoked meat that hits you when approaching Ben’s BBQ Shack in Westfield, Indiana – like a siren song for your stomach that makes you involuntarily slow your car and sniff the air like a cartoon character floating toward pie on a windowsill.
This charming little white brick building with its distinctive red door and “BBQ y’all” greeting isn’t just another roadside attraction – it’s a temple of smoke and flavor that’s converting Hoosiers into barbecue believers one rack of ribs at a time.
The unassuming exterior might fool you at first glance.
A quaint A-frame structure with white-painted brick and that eye-catching red door stands like a beacon of hope for hungry travelers…