Food maps of North Carolina

What North Carolina eats, county by county: barbecue, biscuits and the fights over them.

Map of North Carolina’s 100 counties colored by whether each has more Bojangles or more Chick-fil-A restaurants. Most of the state is Bojangles gold; only Wake and Orange are Chick-fil-A red. Twelve counties, including Durham and New Hanover, are striped as ties. Fifteen are navy as dry, with neither chain, most of them in the northeast and the far mountains.

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Food · Oct 31, 2026

Chicken Biscuit Wars

Bojangles outnumbers Chick-fil-A in 71 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Chick-fil-A leads in two, and 15 counties are dry, with neither.

Map of North Carolina counties colored by barbecue style: blue Eastern counties across the coastal plain, red Lexington counties across the Piedmont and mountains, a gold hybrid band between them, Mecklenburg in navy as a joke, and nine dots for well-known barbecue restaurants.

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Food · Sept 26, 2026

The Definitive NC Barbecue Divide

It's all hog. Just depends on which parts. And if you add tomato to your vinegar or not.