Virginia Beach has plenty of flashy oceanfront spots, but Pungo Boys BBQ is the kind of rural “if you know, you know” smokehouse that turns casual visitors into meat-obsessed regulars.
Tucked along Princess Anne Road in the Pungo community, this family-owned joint leans into Texas-inspired, low-and-slow barbecue and old-school hospitality, the kind that keeps locals bragging in reviews and road-trippers plotting a detour just to get a platter before it sells out. 🤤🔥
How This Tender Barbecue Is Making People Addicted
The story of Pungo Boys BBQ really begins with pitmaster Bill Dixon, a former commercial fisherman whose love of smoke and meat turned into a full-fledged small-town shrine to barbecue.
Long before the restaurant opened, he was already building a following through his folksy Pungo Prairie videos and backyard cookouts, which quietly trained locals to trust whatever came off his smoker.
When he and his partners finally opened the doors at this cozy, country-themed storefront, the buzz spread the old-fashioned way: friends texting friends, neighbors dragging out-of-towners along, and glowing write-ups like this piece from the Princess Anne Independent News praising the way brisket and pork butts are treated like “precious treasures.”…