Jim Noble announces details of his next restaurant concept: ‘heartfelt Southern barbecue’

Restaurateur Jim Noble has announced his next restaurant concept, Noble Smoke: “heartfelt Southern barbecue.”

When Noble Smoke opens in July, meats will be smoked in a few different ways:

• An 1,800-square-foot smokehouse with eight wood-fired smokers;
• six smokers made of steel — Texas-style;
• and two traditional North Carolina masonry barbecue pits.

“I fell in love with barbecue when I was a child, traveling with my father and stopping at the storied barbecue smokehouses around the state,” Noble, executive chef and owner of Noble Food & Pursuits, said in a statement. “My hope with Noble Smoke is to carry on the tradition of classic, wood-smoked Carolina barbecue and honor all of the barbecue legends who came before me.”

The restaurant will have a dining room and bar with seating for more than 200, an event space with capacity of 80 to 120 guests, a designated pickup area for to-go meals, a biergarten with seating for another 200 guests and its own brewery space.

Noble’s other restaurants include Roosters, The King’s Kitchen and Copain.

A soft opening phase with a limited menu will be available shortly after July 4.

It will open July 25 at 2216 Freedom Drive.

This story was originally published June 26, 2019 at 9:34 AM.