Monk’s BBQ: Purcellville’s flavorful claim to fame at the auto show

By Valerie Cury

In the commissioners’ comments portion of the Feb. 16 Purcellville Planning Commission meeting, Chair Ron Rise noted that his remarks that evening were largely focused on the Town of Purcellville.  He said during the week of Feb. 6 he was invited to bring his 1970 vintage Corvette to the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C.

“What was great about that is meeting and talking to so many people across our region—whether they be from Maryland, southern Virginia, West Virginia—all over.” He said he met all kinds of people “young students who were in the automative field from Chantilly—the amazing thing is I probably talked to 150 people.

“I told them that I was from Purcellville and I would ask them if they knew where Purcellville was and a lot of them said ‘Yes.’ 

“I asked them, ‘Well, what do you like about Purcellville, and they said Monk’s BBQ—every one of them. There wasn’t one other comment besides Monk’s. 

“I should have been keeping tally. So, a big shout out to Monk’s. At least the folks who were at the Washington Auto Show that I ran into remember Purcellville for Monk’s.” Rise said even people from Charlottsville said they come to Purcellville to go to Monk’s.

“I think that’s a great thing for our town for sure,” he concluded.