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Follow the ‘Smoke’: A Midlands BBQ food truck opens a takeout restaurant. Here’s where

Smoke It Up Food Truck has opened a takeout restaurant at 10071 Broad River Road in Irmo.
Smoke It Up Food Truck has opened a takeout restaurant at 10071 Broad River Road in Irmo.

A long-running Midlands barbecue food truck has opened a brick-and-mortar takeout restaurant location.

Smoke It Up Food Truck, which has been a popular food truck in the Columbia area for a number of years, now has a restaurant spot at 10071 Broad River Road in Irmo. That’s about a mile and a half west of Interstate 26.

The restaurant version of Smoke It Up opened on Dec. 1, per posts on its social media channels. The location on Broad River Road is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (or until it’s sold out) on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. In a recent Facebook video, the inside of the new takeout spot was revealed, including a mural of a food truck painted by Columbia artist Ija Charles.

“It has been 5 years since we started Smoke It Up Food Truck and because of all our Smoke It Up friends and supporters we now have a new location to support our food trucks and NOW takeout Restaurant!,” Smoke It Up announced on its website.

A full schedule for Smoke It Up, including the restaurant and the trucks, can be found at smokeitupfoodtruck.com. Menu items at the Irmo location include smoked chicken, chopped pork, brisket, ribs, chicken sandwiches, peach cobbler and more.

This story was originally published December 8, 2022 at 2:18 PM.

Chris Trainor
The State
Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.
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