‘Unreal’ BBQ fast food chain owned by UK pub to open 10 new restaurants in 2025

One Southern-inspired fast food chain has big plans for 2025 (Picture: Hickory’s Smokehouse)Serving up burger stacks, steaks, and gooey mac and cheese, an American-inspired fast food chain branded ‘unreal’ is opening 10 new branches across the UK in 2025.The first Hickory’s Smokehouse opened in 2010, born out of a US road trip that saw founder Neil McDonnell travel across the likes of Texas, South Carolina, and Tennessee.It all started in Chester, a year to the day that