Originally Posted by
lancebanyon
I don't even know where to go with this list. NYC, San Francisco, what?!?
The inclusion of Jack Stack, but not LC's, Bryant's, or Joe's, makes me think they were looking for a Top 10 BBQ Restaurants You'd Take a Client Who Might Not Like BBQ for a Business Dinner. All of the photos look all, you know,
clean and stuff...

Corporate barbecue. No disrespect to Jack Stack - it's certainly good BBQ and probably belongs in any national Top 10 list - but I wouldn't use white linen ambiance as a means of evaluating great 'cue restaurants.