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What Happened to Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs? (Southport, NC)

Man v. Food, Season 8 Southport, North Carolina

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs has closed — confirmed via Yelp, June 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs, updated June 2026, marks the business permanently closed; no independent news report with a specific closure date was found. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

On Man v. Food, Casey Webb had a barbecue plate at Terry's North Carolina Bar-B-Que & Ribs, part of a barbecue-focused stop during Casey's visit to the greater Wilmington, NC area, per episode listings on IMDb and TVmaze. The restaurant was located on Long Beach Road in nearby Southport, NC, serving pulled pork, ribs, and traditional Eastern North Carolina barbecue sides to a coastal Brunswick County clientele. The episode aired July 9, 2019. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated June 2026, marks the business as permanently closed; no independent news report giving a specific closure date was found. Other aggregator sites, including MenuPix, TVFoodMaps, and Restaurant Guru, list the business without confirming current operation, consistent with the Yelp listing.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 8

Aired
What was featured: Barbecue plate at Terry's Bar-B-Que
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

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Sources we checked 5 references

  1. imdb.com https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1342711/episodes/?season=8
  2. tvmaze.com https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1675109/man-v-food-4x02-wilmington-north-carolina
  3. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/terrys-north-carolina-bar-b-que-and-ribs-southport
  4. menupix.com https://www.menupix.com/northcarolina/restaurants/380256650/Terrys-North-Carolina-Bar-B-Que-and-Ribs
  5. restaurantguru.com https://restaurantguru.com/Terrys-North-Carolina-Barbecue-and-Ribs-Southport-North-Carolina
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