Zack Thomas, beverage director of Lagoon | Lawrence Barbecue / Lagoon

Here’s what we know so far

Lawrence Barbecue was set to open at Raleigh’s Boxyard RTP (a shipping container startup development) in Research Triangle Park, in Spring 2020. But like the entire food and beverage community, Jake Wood, owner, was left with treading water — with blueprints for a restaurant, unable to open as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns and regulations.

A bar program was always part of Wood’s conception for Lawrence Barbecue, however, the pandemic days leading up to now have been spent treading water in survival mode. The team cooked barbecue overnight in parking lots around the Triangle and popped up at spots like Wye Hill and Killjoy, offering a glimpse into the world of Lawrence Barbecue, in hopes to stay afloat.

Back to “leisure bar.”

An opportunity presented itself to Wood to take over the shipping container