Last year husband and wife Todd and Penney Carter took a huge leap of faith, opening a food truck and hitting the festival circuit with help from their daughter. One year later the family placed their trust in the Lord again, opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant, bringing their Holy Smoke B.D.Q. to a new permanent location in Chickamauga.
When I say they placed their trust in God, I mean exactly that. This is a family business built in the Faith of their Lord. Through Him all things are possible including serving the community delicious food made with passion and love.
Inside their restaurant the one big screen TV is tuned to Amazon Music’s Christian music station. There are several prayers mounted on the walls and the servers where T-shirts that say God’s Child. There are a few prayers printed right on the menu.
One of the servers I spoke with said they just opened the restaurant this past Wednesday. She said the owner started experimenting with various grills over the course of several years and has perfected his pulled pork…