12 Bones barbecue restaurant reopens today

Asheville's nationally famous 12 Bones Smokehouse barbecue restaurant reopens at 11 a.m. today, after the owners and staff enjoyed a month-long break for the holidays.

[stacey]

Tom
They can close for a month because they are that good.

Everyone I know is willing to wait.

Patience.

[Its 420 somewhere]

I ate their once and thought the food was awful. The veggies were greasy and cold.

[Buford T Justice]

My food from there was awful too.

[Bob Ingle]

Loud
cold
horrible service
horrible food

[Stewart David]

They should stay closed!!!

[think about it]

Most of the seating is outside. Would you like to sit out there in January? Why not take a month off? Doctors and lawyers get to do that, why not these people?

[Queen Bee]

Nothing about the food to write home about. The "slaw" has over cooked green peppers and onions in it - what's that all about?

[Martha Stewart]

the food I had from there was greasy and cold. They should take the rest of the year off!

[dcm]

Tom wrote:

Closing for such a long time shows that they hold their customers in contempt! I have to admit there BBQ is darn good, but staying closed that long is simply ridculous. I hope some disgruntled employee steals their recipe and opens up in a more convenient location and keeps regular hours. It would serve the owners right if they got put out of business for having such disgust for the customer.

Loosen up man. Good for them, the owners. They work their butts off and probably just needed a break over the holidays. Can you not survive 1 month without your 12 bones bbq?
Thanks 12 Bones, for awesome food! Here's hoping you enjoyed your break and are ready to keep smokin us some tasy BBQ!

[John Doe]

I ate thee once and was not impressed. It certainly was not worth the wait and having to put up with the all the noise!

[dcm]

Queen Bee wrote:

Nothing about the food to write home about. The "slaw" has over cooked green peppers and onions in it - what's that all about?

If the food is so bad, then why is there always a huge line wrapped around the building in order to get in?
I've been to BBQ joints all around the South and 12 Bones is up there with the best.

[Who Cares]

Who cares if they stay closed. The veggies are aweful, service sucks and the bbq is average at best. The yankees may like it (ie the gma crew) because they don't know what real bbq is.

[Emeril]

dcm wrote:

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If the food is so bad, then why is there always a huge line wrapped around the building in order to get in?

because people are stupid - they go there because it's popular. The place is way over-rated!

[bb-q luvr]

i still prefer good ol' Rubys in haw creek, better prices and better sides. their mac and cheese is friggin awesome. Plus they have gone to non-smoking till 10pm and they are apparently going to be having having music from 6-9 which sure beats the noise of 12 bones. Not a bad deal compared to waiting forever and sitting outside for food that is decent but not exceptional at 12 bones and is usually luke warm.

[Etowah]

Guess some just don't know or want to face the reality that they should have stayed closed.

[Reasonable]

dcm wrote:

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If the food is so bad, then why is there always a huge line wrapped around the building in order to get in?

Because it's small - there is no where to wait. The place is a dump with awful food. It should be condemned

[Etowah]

stacey wrote:

Tom
They can close for a month because they are that good.
Everyone I know is willing to wait.
Patience.

Must not have much to look forward too if that's the case, didn't impress my friends at all.

[Etowah]

That's the word folks...REAL BBQ!!!!!

[E-COLI]

Stay closed!!! To many freaky people.

[Engineer]

If people knew what kind of contaminates and sewage filled the place after the flood a couple of years ago they wouldn't go near there. Nasty!