The smell hits you first – that intoxicating aroma of hickory smoke and slow-cooked meat that makes your mouth water before you’ve even parked the car.
Welcome to Hog Wild BBQ in Holland, Michigan, where barbecue dreams come true in the most unassuming of settings.
You know those places that don’t look like much from the outside but hold culinary treasures within? This is the poster child for that delicious phenomenon.
The modest log cabin-style building with its metal roof and glowing red neon sign doesn’t scream “destination restaurant,” but the license plates in the parking lot tell a different story – cars from across Michigan and neighboring states, all making the pilgrimage for what might be the best barbecue north of the Mason-Dixon line…