Some restaurants you visit because they’re convenient, and others you seek out because they’re exceptional.
Saucy’s Sit-Down Bar.B.Q. in Petersburg falls squarely in the second category, drawing barbecue lovers from across Virginia like moths to a delicious, smoky flame.
Here’s a truth that needs acknowledging: driving for food might seem excessive to some people, but those people clearly haven’t experienced truly great barbecue.
When you find a place that does it right, that treats smoking meat as the art form it is, suddenly an hour’s drive seems perfectly reasonable…