Charlie K’s BBQ
Open since 2010 in a roadside location with only picnic tables and no facilities, Charlie K’s take-out BBQ is a family affair, run by the Rogers family who collected their BBQ recipe from family gatherings and stints in Texas and Louisiana, before settling at home on Atlantic Ave in a drive-away spot. You can smell the smokehouse as you approach, knowing that tangy BBQ-sauced ribs, chicken, pork, brisket and other meats await your sampler selection. The sides do not seem homemade and are, unfortunately too pedestrian for a family-run BBQ restaurant, and could benefit from the same attention given the smokehouse. But the BBQ is fast and easy, and not too expensive, and Charlie K’s often hits the spot when your group demands a quick meal that is not the standard-for-the-area coastal cuisine. Charlie K, whoever he is or was, sure knows how to smoke meat in the tangy southwest tradition, so visit at least once and enjoy a sampler which can even be accompanied by a sampler of fruits and vegetables from the next-door outdoor farmer’s market. Charlie K’s has been a Bethany Beach institution since it opened, and combined with its friendly window service, offers a fine BBQ meal whenever your smokehouse desire awaits.