Hello, Guerrilla Grill!!!! This bbq place in Keene NH is run by a couple of guys from North Carolina and they have amazing food. I had a fantastic pulled pork sandwich topped with pimento (“pummenah” as we say) cheese and their Appalachian bbq sauce. WHAT. I mean, I never heard of a barbecue sandwich with pimento cheese on it, but it worked and was delicious. Usually a NC chopped bbq sandwich is served with slaw on top. But the pimento cheese is a wonderful addition and I’ll probably do this always, going forward. And the hushpuppies were perfect. 
It’s been a long search for authentic hushpuppies in New Hampshire
After 23+ years of living in New Hampshire, to find some good hushpuppies is a huge discovery (and a pleasant surprise) because they are hard to find here, and when you do find them, they are not any good. Yeah I said what I said. Honestly I just gave up over the years and I never try to get them here in NH– I just wait until I go home to NC to visit and enjoy them there properly. It’s so nice to finally find some that are done correctly here at Guerilla Grill. This NC girl was soooo happy!
They were served with a sweet chili sauce which I thought was unnecessary and didn’t really go with them. I find that New England restaurants always try to serve hushpuppies with a sauce of some kind, likely because New Englanders don’t know how to eat them. So I understand the intent. I saw a place one time that served them with maple syrup which was the craziest abomination I ever saw. No, no, no.
It is my strongly held personal belief that the #1 way to tell if a place has hushpuppies that aren’t that good, it’s simple. If they serve it with maple syrup. Dead giveaway. Anyway, Guerilla Grill does not do that because they know their hushpuppies are perfectly done and maple syrup has no place in a NC bbq spot.
My son got a smashburger topped with mac & cheese (called the “Monkey”) which he really enjoyed. He also got a side of cornbread. Honestly to me that cornbread didn’t look great but I didn’t try any and I forget what he thought of it. The burger looked great, though!
If you ever go to Keene, you must try this place! It’s in a cute historic house and has a great patio out back for warm weather dining. Next time I go I would definitely also get the fried okra since I know they can do good hushpuppies.
Update: August 2024 Visit which Includes Fried Okra
Guerrilla Grill in Keene does not disappoint!! You may remember a few months ago I went there and this North Carolina girl was amazed at how good their hushpuppies are. So with that knowledge, I went back and got their fried okra and it was equally as good. Amazing to find a place in NH that can do both!!
What a little gem this place is! Their outdoor brick patio is gorgeous with the wrought iron furniture, umbrellas, and fantastic summer flowers like cannas and rose of sharon. As a gardener I could barely control myself wanting to pull all the crabgrass but I held back.
Okra is darn near impossible to find in this area, and the server even chatted with me about how hard it is for them to source it. And of course their bbq sandwiches are great too.
Guerrilla Grill
176 Main Street
Keene NH
www.guerrillagrillbbq.com
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