Save room for Lynchburg

Second-Saturday tradition will be serving breakfast the way it always does – with the money going back to local kids

#Opinion • 4:00 p.m. Sept. 30, 2026

The second Saturday of the month means something in Moore County.

Yep, we grab breakfast at Jiffy Mart, Southern Perks, and Woodard’s every week. We know where the coffee is hot, where to get a biscuit, and usually who we’re going to run into when we walk through the door.

But one Saturday a month, breakfast tastes a little different. Folks get up early and head to the Masonic Lodge at 101 Main St. Ten dollars gets you all you can eat, and the money helps fund scholarships for local kids.

This second Saturday just happens to fall on the biggest weekend of the year in Lynchburg.

A Saturday like no other

Oct. 10 is the final day of The Jack, which means Wiseman Park will be stirring before most of us finish that first cup of coffee. Smoke will already be hanging over the cook sites, and before long, Main Street will be carrying about as many people as we can squeeze onto it.

That’s The Jack, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

There will be breakfast in Wiseman Park, too. The Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue has a complimentary barbecue breakfast scheduled Saturday morning, presented by Mark Lambert of Sweet Swine O’ Mine.

Free is a mighty good price, and I’m not about to argue otherwise. Besides, nobody said you have to choose.

Start at the lodge at 6 and graze a while. Have another cup of coffee if you want one. By the time you wander back toward Wiseman Park, you’ll have walked up enough appetite to let Sweet Swine O’ Mine tickle your palate.

Come eat with us

There’s nothing fancy about breakfast at the lodge. People come through the door hungry and usually stay a bit. The money they leave behind goes toward scholarships for Moore County kids figuring out what comes next.

Shaggy may be the fellow who greets you at the door. Then again, he may wind up plating your food. There’s not much that needs doing around there that he won’t do.

And if you’re lucky, you might find an open chair next to Woodye. Pull it out and sit down. Woodye is one of those Moore County characters you ought to meet at least once. Breakfast might last a little longer than you planned.

There will be a few new faces in the room this month, too. The DAV out of Manchester will have a table set up, another good reason to slow down and visit a bit before heading back toward the Square.

The Masons didn’t put this breakfast on the calendar because The Jack was coming. They’d be cooking Saturday morning whether there were 500 people in town or 25,000.

They were going to be there anyway.

There’s room at the table

Come enjoy The Jack. We’re glad to have you. Walk through Wiseman Park and watch some of the best barbecue cooks in the world work their pits.

You don’t need directions from your phone. Just follow Mulberry Creek west until you get to 101 Main St. If there are cars in the lot and somebody you don’t know is holding the door open for you, you’ve probably found the place.

And if breakfast and good company aren’t enough, the Masons are holding a drawing for a $650 gift card to Potts Meat Processing. That ought to get a few barbecue folks headed down the road.

For one weekend every October, we invite the world into our hometown. Saturday morning, let’s invite them to the table.

Breakfast will be served 6 to 9:30 a.m. at 101 Main St. Just follow the creek.