What Happened to Bill Spoon's Barbecue After Man v. Food? (Charlotte, NC)
Man v. Food, Season 8 Charlotte, North Carolina
Current status
As of October 2026, Bill Spoon's Barbecue has closed — confirmed via wcnc.com, September 2020.
What the source shows: WCNC and Axios both reported the restaurant's closure on September 16, 2020 after 57 years in business, citing pandemic-era decline; a September 2026 Yelp listing still marks it permanently closed. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 8, Episode 4
- Aired
- Address 5524 South Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28217
- Website No current website found
- Show map
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What happened after Man v. Food?
Man v. Food's Casey Webb visited Bill Spoon's Barbecue in Charlotte, a family-run restaurant that had served Eastern North Carolina-style whole-hog barbecue since 1963. Owner Steve Spoon Jr., who bought the business from the founder's family in 2006, continued the shop's decades-long tradition of slow-smoked pork and vinegar-based sauce. Since the episode, WCNC, WBTV, QC News, and Axios all reported the closure on September 16, 2020, after 57 years in business, citing a pandemic-era decline in customer traffic. The Serving Spoons Foundation, connected to the restaurant, had provided close to 4,000 meals to people experiencing homelessness in Charlotte over the years, according to Axios. A Yelp listing updated September 2026 for the South Boulevard address still marks the business permanently closed, with no reopening reported since 2020.
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Sources we checked
- wcnc.com https://www.wcnc.com/article/money/business/bill-spoons-bbq-closing-for-good/275-a30b6f07-061d-42d8-b6ce-2706cfd936ff
- axios.com https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2020/09/15/a-farewell-to-bill-spoons-barbecue-which-closes-for-good-wednesday-after-57-years
- wbtv.com https://www.wbtv.com/2020/09/17/bill-spoons-barbecue-closes-after-years/
- Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/bill-spoons-barbecue-charlotte-2
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Record mvf-423 · checked by Cal Marchetti.