WHAT THEY SAY

" BEST PULLED PORK SANDWICH YOU'VE EVER HAD. SO GOOD! "

— BOBBY DEAN, SOUTHERN FRIED ROAD TRIP

" PERFECT RIBS, PULLING RIGHT OFF THE BONE CRISPY CHAR ON OUTSIDE TENDER AND JUICY ON THE INSIDE "

— JAMIE DEAN

FOOD NETWORK TAKES A BITE OF WEST VIRGINIA

CHARLESTON GAZETTE-MAIL

“IN CHARLESTON, THE CULINARY BROTHERS AND THEIR PRODUCTION CREW STOPPED BY FOR SOME BARBEQUE —APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH — AT DEM 2 BROTHERS AND A GRILL. WRIGHT WAS PREPARED FOR THEIR ARRIVAL, WITH PULLED PORK AND HIS SPECIAL BARBEQUE SAUCE. “I GO THROUGH 35 PUONDS OF PULLED PROK A DAY, AND MY BARBEQUE WON BEST BARBEQUE SAUCE AT RIBFEST IN DUNBAR",” HE SAID.

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“THE EXPLORER IS REWARDED WITH A NUMBER OF LITTLE SURPRISES IN CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA’S HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURALLY APPEALING CAPITAL CITY, WHICH OVER THE YEARS ELBOWED ITS WAY ONTO A RELATIVELY SMALL PATCH OF FLAT-ISH LAND AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE KANAWHA AND ELK RIVERS. ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE, A PART OF TOWN THAT HAS SUFFERED DRAMATIC POPULATION LOSS OVER THE YEARS BUT STILL RETAINS A SLEEPY APPEAL, DEM 2 BROTHERS & A GRILL IS PERHAPS THE LAST THING YOU’RE EXPECTING TO FIND—A VIBRANT ESTABLISHMENT DRAWING THE SORT OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE A HALF RACK OF RIBS FOR THEIR LUNCH, FROM ALL OVER THE REGION.”

OVER 50 CHARLESTON KIDS GET NEW BICYCLES FOR CHRISTMAS

METRONEWS

“CHARLESTON, W.VA. — THE OWNER OF A LOCAL RESTAURANT ON CHARLESTON’S WEST SIDE PAYED IT FORWARD THIS HOLIDAY SEASON BY GIVING AWAY MORE THAN 50 BIKES, HELMETS AND OTHER TOYS.

ADRIAN WRIGHT, THE OWNER OF DEM 2 BROTHERS AND A GRILL, DRESSED UP AS SANTA CLAUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WELCOMED THE WINNERS OF HIS BIKE CONTEST INTO HIS RESTAURANT TO CLAIM THEIR PRIZE.“MY THING IS HELPING GIVING BACK TO THE KIDS,” WRIGHT SAID. “AS THE COMMUNITY EMBRACES MY BUSINESS, I WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.”

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