There’s quite the #BBQ drama going on in #Durham, #NC right now. Dampf Good BBQ is a permanent food truck situation in Cary. Their Q is Texas style, but still very good.

They recently announced they were going to open a brick a mortar downtown Durham location in the building that used to house The Pit (a now defunct BBQ joint).

HOWEVER, the Dampf owners are very vocal homophobic, transphobic, anti-vaxers. Durham, NC is a vibrant liberal city that is very LGBTQ+ friendly and has venues such as the Pinhook which regularly host drag nights, etc.

So of course the subreddit r/bullcity called out their shit and came with receipts (screenshots of offensive social media posts), to which the restaurant then tried to play the victim, but ultimately backed out of the physical location in Durham.

My favorite part is quoted in the N&O article, even the mayor was like “Maybe they should have done their research...”

News & Observer story, gift link, no paywall:
https://www.newsobserver.com/living/food-drink/article317524736.html?giftCode=10afdcf9eeac86d7b7a6129da689a6f3e46f2ed43327f2f6d95c0543613471b3