Comments on: What Folks Say

By: Mary Lou McC.

Mary Lou McC. — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:34:04 +0000

My boy-friend (now husband-past away) used to eat at Short Sugar’s curb service. Later in life, we would go inside to eat at a booth. I remember it so well. This was over 55 years ago. I always had BBQ, slaw and hush puppies. It was the best I ever had. I have not been there in about 45 years. I am planning to come back this Saturday (09-24-2011) and am excited to eat at Short Sugar’s again. I think this will bring back some great memories of my husband and myself. And I am bringing my grandson, who has never had Short Sugar’s BBQ. See Ya Soon!

By: Pat Walker

Pat Walker — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:53:59 +0000

Hi, Glad you guys are still around. My family would stop at the Reidsville store on the way to Lynchburg, VA when i was a kid, 40 years or so ago. Even after the bypass was put in we would drive Old 29 to go eat lunch at Short Sugars. We would deliberately plan our trip to eat there at the counter not the booths.
Thanks for memories. Really need to make a pilgrimage to Reidsville.

By: Beth E

Beth E — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:17:21 +0000

So I haven't been to Danville in years, but I used to do a lot of work there in the late 1990s, and ate at Short Sugar's each trip. I about fell out of my chair with grief when someone mentioned to me today that Short Sugars had closed! Love love love it!

Hi Beth! Thanks for stopping by and dropping us a note. We just want you to know that Short Sugar's Drive-In is alive and well in Reidsville, NC! Come on by and get that chopped bar-b-q you've been craving!

By: Markham L. Cross

Markham L. Cross — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:27:03 +0000

I was born right there in Reidsville at Annie Penn Memorial. Join the Navy in 74 and been in Jacksonville, FL. ever since. When I was a child in the early 60′s my grandparents the Saunders and Cross families would drive from Mayfield to the A&P store in Reidsville, we always stopped at Short Sugars. I remember hot dogs 3 for a buck all the way, best in the world. The chopped barbeque with coleslaw and was the best I ever had. All my children grew up here in Florida and every time we visited home that was the first place mentioned, they’re hooked. Been all over and there is not a better hot dog or barbeque on the planet.
N.C. is not only first in flight, also first in a bite of barbeque, that’s right, this place it’s clear out of site, just like the colonel except it’s the pig they do right.

By: Keith Gunn

Keith Gunn — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:03:27 +0000

I’m originally from Reidsville, but lived in the Tampa Bay Florida area for nine years. I gotta tell ya, when I came back here to visit every year, the first place I headed for was Short Sugar’s. You just couldn’t find anything close to it down there, and the craving for your barbeque would become almost unbearable. Don’t change a thing we love it just the way it is.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:51:54 +0000

I go to short sugars in reidsville all the time. Its amazing. The sauce and the way they smoke the bbq is what makes it unique. The one in Danville is not as good in my opinion.

By: lilcaptain

lilcaptain — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:17:33 +0000

I lived in Reidsville for a few years and always enjoyed the pleasure of the BBQ. It has been sometime and a friend brought some back to me…fell in love again with the flavor!!! I hope that my friends in that area come to see me so I can tell them to bring me some…I LOVE IT!!

By: mike showalter

mike showalter — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:42:17 +0000

hi, me and some friends (old dominion cruiser club 08) rode down sat 10 23 10 from waynesboro va. it was well worth the trip your chopped pork plate was excllent ,i liked it so much i baught a bottle of sauce to bring home, the service was great and eveyone was so friendly, i will be back again , thanx for a great meal and a great time

By: Jason Warf

Jason Warf — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:22:51 +0000

I enjoyed the BBQ, until I saw how it was prepared and covered in flies in the back of the kitchen…

Jason, as everybody knows, the bbq is cooked right in front of all the customers sitting at the counter. There’s an open flame up under that pork, so I doubt any flies were getting on it there.

From the flame it goes straight to the choppers, again in plain sight of anybody who cares to look. With all the noise it makes, it’s hard not to watch! Flies don’t usually want to hang around where there’s a fast moving human hand, so I doubt you saw any flies there either.

Once the chopping is done, the meat goes one of three places immediately. It’s either part of an order going outside, part of an order going to the dining room, or it’s minced and placed on the serving counter under a lid, right in front of the customers seated at the counter. I promise you, there are no flies under that lid.

I guess what I’m saying is, since our bar-b-q never hangs out in the back kitchen, I don’t how you could have seen any flies on it.

I’m glad you enjoyed the bar-b-q, and I’m sorry your experience didn’t meet your expectations. Our goal is to treat everyone like family here, and when you walk out the door we want you to feel satisfied. Not just with the food, but also with us.

~David Wilson

By: Matt Huskey

Matt Huskey — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:57:43 +0000

The bbq is very great i have been eating a short sugars every other weekend for 10 years. I love the atmosphere in there.