Smith S B & Son Red & White

I was introduced to S&B Smith over 15 years ago the sausage is off the chain as well as some of the other freshly made produce that they do carry it’s 3hr and 30 minutes away but it is worth the drive

Best sausage on the planet. Family owned (and the owners are terrific folks, nicest people ever) stocked with tons of fresh local products, it cannot be beat. Every time I pass through the area I bring a cooler with me to stock up the fridge! My one complaint-​I wish the restaurant next store served the sausage at lunch as well as at breakfast! It is worth a trip to Nash County just to go to Smith’s!

The parking lot here isn’t the greatest, but Smith’s Red and White is a great place to find classic food. The dessert section is my favorite of course, with the fresh baked cakes and pies. They have an extensive candy section, especially around christmas, and the staff is usually friendly. It’s packed store though, don’t expect to be casually shopping in here as there just isn’t room for inefficiency.

The sausage here is worth the drive. It is an unassuming little grocery store that looks like a Piggly Wiggly on the inside (those of you from NC will know what this means). I found the sausage counter and let the lady know that I had seen the feature on their sausage on WRAL and made the trek from Raleigh to see if it was as good as the story and the customers they interviewed implied. I’m here to let you one that it is fantastic. My neighbor has cancer and very little food tastes good to her and she enjoyed it which made it all the more worthwhile. I bought ten pounds but I will be buying more on my next voyage!

Love that this place is a couple miles down the road from my hometown. You may think at first it’s just an old grocery store, but it’s much more than that. Definitely one of a kind place. There are selections of old fashioned candies, brunswick stew, slaw, bbq, and homemade desserts. This place has been shown in of Our State Magazine. The people who work here are as sweet as can be. If you come by here you have to at least get some sausage!

I love this grocery store. The dried link sausage, side meat and fat back is to die for. The deli has delicious food plus cakes, pies and pasteries. My only complaint is they never answer their phone. We live 30 miles away and sometimes we need to know that they have what we are looking for before we get there. Love ya Smith’s Red & white!

WOW! Going in here is like stepping off a time machine — a small town, Southern, locally owned grocery store that makes a number of down home products in house. Did I say small town — this store closes at 7PM, is not open on Sunday, and displays a variety of old time wrapped candies in peach baskets — and that’s just the start — around November 1 they put out the holiday fare.
I came here for the Eastern NC BBQ and the air dried sausages they make in house, and ended up staying for much more, which resulted in a larger expenditure than intended, but that is what food adventures are all about.
I ended up with TastyKake Coconut Crème, Pete’s BBQ Sauce, George’s BBQ Sauce, Smith’s own BBQ sauce, Smith’s Hot Chow-​Chow (amazing stuff with pinto beans), made in house Cheese Biscuits (an Eastern NC favorite), a made in house slice of Caramel Cake (sinful), Smith’s Pimento Cheese (too sweet for my tastes), Smith’s Pork Sausage (both link and patty), Smith’s Liver Pudding (comes in a link sausage casing — excellent), beautiful Baby Back ribs, 2 bone in rib eye at $ 7.99 a pound (great flavor), and of course, Smith’s Pork BBQ.
The BBQ is an excellent version of the Eastern NC style — clean, tender, moist, and with enough heat to get your attention. They have a small restaurant which serves up sandwiches, a few country cooking items, and of course, Smith’s own BBQ. Had a nice sandwich there to recover from the rigors of shopping — nice way to end the visit.
The only way this could have been better would have been making this visit with my Dad — the man loved Souse Meat, and almost any other kind of pig product. Saw something on every aisle that reminded me of him.

If you are traveling I-​95 and passing through Rocky Mount NC, this is a must stop! Bring your cooler bag and stock up on home cooking ready to go! Everything is great especially their famous country sausage! Stop in on a holiday weekend and you will stand in line with people from up and down the east coast that made this store a part of their travel plans.