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Barbecue Restaurant Reviews
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Hill Country
30 West 26th St.
b/w 6th & Broadway
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Some of the meat items at Hill Country are rather large. For some reason, Jonas wasn't keen on trying much of the food (perhaps it was the ice cream that he was eating), but he did.. >
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Blue Smoke
116 E 27th St.
b/w Lexington & Park Ave.
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$$$$$
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3
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Girls night out....restaurant week.... you might not think of barbeque as a top choice on a night like this, but we had a great time. I'd heard about how good Blue Smoke was suppo.. >
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RUB - Righteous Urban BBQ
208 W 23rd St.
b/w 7th & 8th Ave.
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$$$$$
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5
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The other night me and old friend, Peter Vermaelen, and corporate chef Mark Slutsky, both of McCain Foods, went to R U B for part of our grazing through New York City's downtown ba.. >
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Daisy May's BBQ
623 11th Ave.
at 46th St.
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$$$$$
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In October 2006 I tried the Oklahoma beef rib for the first time and it was large enough to be a deadly weapon. The outsides were caramelized and the insides were pink (borderline .. >
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
646 W 131st St.
at 12th Ave.
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$$$$$
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3.2
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Chicken was the highlight of the combo. The skin was borderline crisp, the meat was very juicy and the flavor was very good, with just a hint of sweetness that didn’t overshadow th.. >
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Waterfront Ale House
540 2nd Ave.
at 30th St.
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Lean, I expected, but even medium rare, my buffalo burger (platter; $13.95) was juiceless; the "homemade" cumin-coriander catsup was too sweet. Waffle fries had a texture closer to.. >
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Justin Timberlake's Restaurant
1460 Second Ave.
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1.6
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I know a special event like this, where extra attention was paid to ensure everything came out just right, isn't necessarily representative of a typical restaurant experience. Stil.. >
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Gyu-Kaku
34 Cooper Square
b/w Astor Pl & 4th St.
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Japanese BBQ. This reminds me of the korean BBQ, only the flavors are different, but I still get just as excited.
Are there any Japanese BBQ buffets in New York like there are Ko.. >
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L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
64 Fulton St.
b/w Cliff & Gold St.
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$$$$$
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Like a magical pastry-delivering fairy, Sarah came by last night with leftovers from Bouchon Bakery. Oh, Sarah. I love you for reasons beyong your access to the baked goods that wo.. >
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Chung Moo Ro Barbeque
10 W 32nd St.
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$$$$$
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5
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I have about an hour to write this post for you before I go to class. Since this lunch I’m writing about now took place last Friday, I might as well tell you about this meal in K-t.. >
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Cowgirl
519 Hudson St.
at W 10th St.
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Wednesday night I met up with my friend and former colleague, JB, at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, which apparently is really just “Cowgirl”. It’s funny, I had never really given this.. >
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Virgil's Real Barbecue
152 W 44th St.
b/w 6th Ave. & Broadway
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$$$$$
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The bottom line: there were highlights and lowlights; overall, I had two good meals here. This isn't life altering barbecue by any means, but the pulled pork sandwich was excellent.. >
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Picnic Garden
14742 Northern Blvd.
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$$$$$
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2.8
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Picnic Garden - Korean BBQ Kalbi Buffet Flushing
Picnic Garden
147-42 Northern Blvd
Flushing Queens NY
718 886 5050
Person #1: Dude, No Way.
Person #2: Way, Dude.
Picnic Garden K.. >
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Ressie Mae’s Soul to Go
612 8th Ave.
b/w 39th & 40th St.
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$$$$$
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4.5
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Ressie Mae’s, the soul food place on 8th ave. btw. 39+40th with loose ties to Amy Ruth’s in Harlem has closed as of today. I was just emailed these sad photos from Midtown Lunch’e.. >
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Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan Ave.
near Havemeyer St.
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Fette Sau has a lot going for it: good to very good barbecue meats with a killer rub, a rotating menu, a great bar atmosphere and a comfortable place to hang. I’d like to see a lit.. >
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Dallas BBQ
241 W 42nd St.
b/w 7th & 8th Ave.
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$$$$$
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There's an old line about sex, I think made famous by Mae West, that says, "even when it's bad, it's still pretty good." It's been said about pizza, and you could even apply it to .. >
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Rack & Soul
2818 Broadway
at 109th St.
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$$$$$
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Charles Gabriel, perhaps NYC's finest fried chicken practitioner, has expanded south from his base at 151st St. and Eighth Avenue (Charles Southern Kitchen:212-926-4313) to 109th a.. >
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Duke's
99 E 19th St.
at Park Ave. S
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$$$$$
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Sides were a mixed bag. Warm biscuits, presented in a basket before the meal, were decent, and lighter than most. Collard greens were pretty good, with big leaves and good use of s.. >
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Brother Jimmy's
1485 2nd Ave.
b/w 77th & 78th St.
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$$$$$
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Service at the Second Avenue location was a major upgrade from what I suffered through at the now-defunct Cambridge MA location and at Brother Jimmy’s Express in Grand Central Stat.. >
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RIB
357 West St.
b/w Leroy & Clarkson
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$$$$$
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I don't believe in restaurant hoarding (obviously). It's hard enough to keep a restaurant afloat, what with lease increases, fickle taste, and trickly profit margins; it's got to .. >
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Live Bait
14 E 23rd St.
b/w Madison Ave. & Broadway
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$$$$$
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The bottom line: Not bad, but not good. This is Duke’s/Earl’s caliber barbecue, with a seafood slant (and I’m guessing the seafood is better), making it a palatable option to the l.. >
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A&M RoadHouse
57 Murray St.
b/w Church St. & W Broadway
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$$$$$
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Got to love this little neighborhood. Just so many places to go. I had a decent day today and think I am going back one more time tomorrow... >
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Smoked
103 2nd Ave.
at 6th St.
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$$$$$
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Just a few days ago I wrote about some incredible, authentic Texas bbq we were lucky enough to stuff ourselves with. Who’da thunk I’d have a second barbecue experience to share wit.. >
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Lenox Lounge
288 Lenox Ave.
b/w 124th & 125th St.
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$$$$$
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I headed up to Harlem today to meet my buddy Bernie. Bernie is the guy that picks me up at 8:00 A.M. for 1:00 P.M. games so we will have enough time to tailgate. The next home game.. >
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Spanky's BBQ
127 W 43rd St.
b/w 6th & 7th Ave.
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$$$$$
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The bottom line: not a horrible meal, but there's not much to draw me back. If it's mediocre ribs I want, I'd rather go to a lame theme restaurant like Planet Hollywood or the ESPN.. >
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Bann
350 W 50th St.
Between 8th & 9th Ave.
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$$$$$
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I tried Bann today for lunch and was surprised by a few things. The entrance was somewhat dramatic...though if I were an investor, I'd be concerned that the first 200 sq. feet of .. >
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Mara's Homemade
342 E 6th St.
b/w 1st & 2nd Ave.
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$$$$$
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Last night was the 1 year anniversary of Mara's Homemade and reservations were on a first come first serve situation - no walk-ins tonight... >
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The Hog Pit
22 9th Ave.
at 13th St.
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$$$$$
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My plate arrived with four huge mounds of food. The ribs were falling-off-the-bone tender and then some, with one of the bones already separated from its meat by the time the plate.. >
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Bone Lick Park
75 Greenwich Ave.
b/w 7th Ave. S & Bank St.
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$$$$$
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On a lunch visit, I tried the 2-meat combo with babybacks and pulled pork. I honestly wasn’t expecting much, but the ribs were pretty good: pink, slightly smoky, exceptionally meat.. >
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Brother Jimmy's Express
Grand Central Terminal
at 42nd St.
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Anyway, the pulled pork sandwich came slightly warm on a fairly fresh Kaiser roll. It didn’t have the vinegar sauce I was expecting to make it North Carolina style, but they did su.. >
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BBQ Pit
221 E 23rd St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.
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$$$$$
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Serious note to myself, stick with beer or mixed drinks. Manhattans are not appropriate quest drinks considering how big they make them in this town. I hit the five bars I was aimi.. >
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Don's Bogam BBQ & Wine Bar
17 E 32nd St.
b/w Madison & 5th Ave.
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My mother-in-law Carin wanted to celebrate her birthday by having dinner at a Korean BBQ joint. I'd suggested Woo Lae Oak (as recommended on Chowhound) but in the end we found ours.. >
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KR Space Food Market
34 W 32nd St.
b/w 5th Ave. & Broadway
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$$$$$
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A good deli with a bunch of little prepackaged meals for takeout. What I've sampled here so far is Pat-Bing-Su, the shaved ice, fruit and syrup treat that's alot like Malaysian ABC.. >
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Maroon's Smoke Shack
228 Bleecker St.
b/w Carmine & Sixth Ave.
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$$$$$
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Alas, on Friday night, I was without plans. How does a strapping young lad such as myself find himself alone and without plans on a Friday night; especially with his thousands of a.. >
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Earl’s
560 Third Ave.
at 37th St.
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$$$$$
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For some reason I had less success than usual getting bartenders to pose for pictures. Actually, only the bartenders in two places didn’t want their picture taken. In one place the.. >
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Ling Kee Beef Jerky
42 Canal St.
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$$$$$
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The odds were stacked against me. The car in front of me was a S.U.V. It had New Jersey plates. The driver was a woman. She was talking on her cell phone. She was Asian. And .. >
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Sylvia's
328 Lenox Ave.
b/w 126th & 127th St.
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I headed up to Harlem today to meet my buddy Bernie. Bernie is the guy that picks me up at 8:00 A.M. for 1:00 P.M. games so we will have enough time to tailgate. The next home game.. >
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Bubby's Brooklyn
1 Main St.
b/w Water & Washington St.
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As a brunch destination, Bubby’s in DUMBO has a few things working in its favor. First is its location: right on the edge of the water overlooking Manhattan, Bubby’s sits in the ve.. >
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Biscuit BBQ
230 Fifth Ave.
b/w President & Carroll St.
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Having worked my fingers to the bone cleaning toilets at the Park Slope Co-op last night, I was famished after my shift. A friend and I wanted to grab a seat at the bar at Union Ha.. >
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Royal Rib House
303 Halsey St.
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With the unofficial end of summer upon us, I try to cram every glorious summer moment into a weekend: beach, tomatoes, corn, melons and barbecue. Sometimes it just all gets to be t.. >
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Jakes Barbeque
208 Columbia St.
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$$$$$
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"Copyboy" recently admonished me for not including Jakes BBQ in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn in my "Vittles" wrap-up of barbecue spots in the Big Apple. And, so, I weaseled my way int.. >
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Shin Chon Kalbi
43-01 Queens Blvd.
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$$$$$
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Who could resist the multiple sensory pleasures of Korean barbecue: the spicy, salty flavors and the combination of textures and temperatures (crisp lettuce juxtaposed with succule.. >
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Dokebi Bar & Grill
199 Grand St.
b/w Bedford St. & Driggs Ave.
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A few weeks after my surgery, I realized that my hair was something of a disgrace. Not just because I’d become a housebound sloth with perpetual bedhead—no, it was shaggy and unrul.. >
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Stick Rice
85 Orchard St.
at Broome St.
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$$$$$
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2.5
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No drinkie for me Last last Sunday I went to 7A with John, Pete, Aleks, Dean, and Madeleine (yes, that was too much LJ linkage) to celebrate's Aleks' birthday. It sits on the corne.. >
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The Smoke Joint
87 South Elliott Pl.
at Lafayette Ave.
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I think the sides are the real standout at the Smoke Joint. The only disappointment was the crusty mac and cheese, which needed more cheese or other lubricant, but everything else .. >
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Bubby's
120 Hudson St.
at N Moore St.
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Do Hwa
55 Carmine St.
b/w Bedford St. & 7th Ave. S
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Grill 21
346 E 21st St.
b/w 1st & 2nd Ave.
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Harlem Grill
2247 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd
at 132nd St.
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