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Originally Posted by g24kb8
(Post 2723633)
I am a fan of Sonnys which is a chain mostly in Florida.
Sonny's used to be pretty good - many years ago - when they really were a local Central Florida BBQ joint with only a few resturants. Today they are just another chain where the Sysco truck pulls up every morning. |
Went to Fat Willies Rib Shack in Chicago this weekend and really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was fun and the food, amazing. I had hot links and a half order of rib tips which came with fries and Texas Toast. Everything was excellent, including their spicy BBQ sauce. I only wish I could have taken my leftovers home. Plus they had a selection of Goose Island beers (including 312, my favorite) AND they participate in Restaurant Rewards!
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After going to Lillie's Q in Chicago, I wonder if I may have found my favorite BBQ place, period. I like it better than the Salt Lick, which is saying something.
Homemade sauces for Carolina, Memphis, and Kansas City style BBQ - check. I had the ribs, which DIDN'T fall off the bone - intentionally. And they were sublime. The sides were also outstanding. Best sweet potato fries I've ever had, bar none. And an amazing beer list that includes a brew custom made for Lillie's Q by Chicago's own Metropolitan Brewing Co. Also they (get this) make their own moonshine in two stills behind the bar. And drinks are served in mason jars for that down home touch. |
Uncle Dewey's Outdoor BBQ in Mizpah, NJ.
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Ate at Oklahoma Joe's for lunch today. And had Gates yesterday. Some things are wonderful about living in KC. Maybe I'll go to LC's tomorrow...
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+1 for Blues City Cafe. Amazing ribs. Period.
Originally Posted by thedoorchick
(Post 14308848)
I have eaten a lot of good BBQ in my day and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. However, I recently had great ribs at Blues City Cafe in Memphis (we much preferred those to the ones we got at Rendezvous). Also, Cyclone in central TX near Waco.
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Kinders BBQ in Stockton, CA
Apparently they're all over Northern CA and Reno. I was very impressed with this one, they had a lot of sides (including a delicious tortellini ranch pasta salad) and a good selection of meats. I had a hot links sandwich and was impressed by the quality of the bread and the amount of sausage I got. I want to go back again to try the Ball Tip and some more of their sides. The service was quite good too. |
near downtown Austin
If you are ever in the area, this one is worthy of your patronage:
http://www.franklinbarbecue.com/ Used to be a food trailor operation, but now in their permanent location at 900 East 11th Street. Best regards, William R. Sanders Social Media Specialist Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide [email protected] |
Out of Denver, Yazoo's up on Broadway, Champa and 22nd is by far the best dry I've ever had. Heavily smoked. Place is a bit weird to go into, but well worth it. Moreso on the way to the Great Divide brewery just a block or two away.
Sam Taylor's (Cherry St in Cherry Creek) used to be a favorite, but the ribs at least have gone a bit downhill over the last few years. |
Originally Posted by anrkitec
(Post 14369175)
Gotta disagree here.
Sonny's used to be pretty good - many years ago - when they really were a local Central Florida BBQ joint with only a few resturants. Today they are just another chain where the Sysco truck pulls up every morning. Smokey's & Uncle Grube's (used to be Uncle Dave's) in Elkridge, MD has some good BBQ - hit or miss depending on your tastes, like all good BBQ. Open generally weekdays for lunch |
As a Texan who moved to New York City a few years back, I was surprised to find good BBQ here and it's only gotten better.
NYC: Best Brisket - Hill Country BBQ Best Beef Ribs - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke Best Pork Ribs - Dinosaur BBQ Best Sides - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke A few others are decent (RUB & Fette Sau in Brooklyn), but I got to the above mentioned fairly often. |
Originally Posted by naiel
(Post 16212612)
As a Texan who moved to New York City a few years back, I was surprised to find good BBQ here and it's only gotten better.
NYC: Best Brisket - Hill Country BBQ Best Beef Ribs - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke Best Pork Ribs - Dinosaur BBQ Best Sides - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke A few others are decent (RUB & Fette Sau in Brooklyn), but I got to the above mentioned fairly often. Best regards, William R. Sanders Social Media Specialist Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide [email protected] |
Beach Club BBQ in Hardy, Arkansas is best BBQ I have ever had. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
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I haven't read all of the posts. But, try Piggy Sue's in Monticello, Ark. I go there about twice a year. Good!!
Was in Memphis last week also and went to Corky's . Good BBQ and friendly folks. Miss the food but not the heat/ humidity! BW |
Originally Posted by DownTheRappitHole
(Post 16124236)
I ate at the Sonny's in PNS on a cross country drive. Perhaps a chain, definitely not just another chain compared to what's available west of Texas and north of the Mason Dixon.
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Originally Posted by dd992emo
(Post 16252608)
I still have a fond memory of trying to talk my 11 YO daughter into going into a Sonny's and asking the hostess, "If this is a bbq place, how come there's no smoke coming out of that big chimney?"
A friend who worked there told me that the sliced pork is smoked in house along with turkey, and the pulled pork/ribs and all sides are just warmed up on site but cooked in the warehouse. This would explain the variations that I have witnessed. The chain has fallen on recent hard times. They upped the prices quite a bit in 2007/2008 and they have closed at least 3 restaurants due to poor sales. The prices have come down some in the past two years but when my ticket per person gets over $9 I wouldn't go there. Of course I do have good memories of going to Sonny's every Thursday night for a few years, but to expect gourmet BBQ is asking too much. |
There's an interesting little debate going on in the bbq blogosphere about wood vs gas cooking.
The Texas BBQ Posse opines: I don’t mean to pour charcoal lighter on the fire, but Gary is indisputably correct about gas versus wood: No one who cooks with gas belongs on a list of Texas’ best barbecue joints, any more than grape Nehi belongs on a wine list. (And the offense isn't pardoned just because the gas cook throws on, as Marshall Cooper puts it, "a couple of sticks of wood for perfume.") Texas Monthly, more than most, ought to realize this. Texas Monthly replies: Since I am the person who heads up Texas Monthly's top-fifty list every five years, let me respond to a couple of questions. We do, in fact (as Jacob said, above), indicate whether each place uses wood or gas/electric, but it's in the form of a symbol (of flames or a commercial smoker) so a reader might not notice it immediately. This thread suggests we should put the description in words next time. Forty-one places on the list use wood and nine use gas or electric (one of those has a combo). Like all of you, I prefer wood-smoked barbecue (who in their right mind doesn't?). But if we had not considered 'cue done in a commercial smoker when we did the tasting in 2008, we would have left out these cities altogether: Austin, Crockett, Dickens, Harlingen, Jacksonville, Los Fresnos, Paris, Peadenville, and San Benito. No matter how much we might regret it, the barbecue world is moving rapidly in the direction of commercial smokers. When I participated in my first Texas Monthly barbecue round-up in 1997, there was probably not a commercial smoker in use except at the big chains. Now they are all over the place. We made the decision to judge the meat solely on the basis of taste, on the theory that there is more to smoking than fuel source (like keeping the temperature constant and quality of meat, to name just two). |
Originally Posted by Texas Monthly
(Post 16257767)
Since I am the person who heads up Texas Monthly's top-fifty list every five years...
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Bryan's BBQ in Cave Creek, AZ is THE BEST that we have had which includes four years in TX and multiple trips to MEM and KCI. His lamb shank with ginger beer glaze is excellent!
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Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
(Post 16213251)
If you are ever in Port Chester, NY give Q a try.
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Originally Posted by dchristiva
(Post 16258757)
Agreed. It's as good as BBQ gets in Westchester.
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Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
(Post 16258812)
LOL. HPN-HRL and dhammer53 turned me on to this place. Nice selection of bourbon there as well. ;)
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Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker
(Post 16258812)
LOL. HPN-HRL and dhammer53 turned me on to this place. Nice selection of bourbon there as well. ;)
Originally Posted by dchristiva
(Post 16259336)
Oh. Well I see the problem then! Just kidding, of course!
Now I'm hungry for BBQ. :mad: dchristiva, if you want to head to Q for lunch one day in May, send me a PM. dh |
Maybe far off-point here,
but in SEA there's a great BBQ called Jones' BBQ down by the Sounder tracks near Starbucks HQ. Their BBQ is excellent and I always enjoyed eating there a lot! The spicy sauce is the absolute best to have there, and the sampler platter is ginormous! :D |
Originally Posted by njx9
(Post 16124169)
Out of Denver, Yazoo's up on Broadway, Champa and 22nd is by far the best dry I've ever had. Heavily smoked. Place is a bit weird to go into, but well worth it. Moreso on the way to the Great Divide brewery just a block or two away.
Sam Taylor's (Cherry St in Cherry Creek) used to be a favorite, but the ribs at least have gone a bit downhill over the last few years. and i was a displaced texan, so i feel i must weight in: brothers bbq is much much better**. more commercial/chain in feel, rather than rugged shack, but better food. **relatively speaking, of course ;) |
Originally Posted by deniah
(Post 16276647)
i used to live in denver, not more than a couple of blocks from yazoo.
and i was a displaced texan, so i feel i must weight in: brothers bbq is much much better**. more commercial/chain in feel, rather than rugged shack, but better food. **relatively speaking, of course ;) Yazoo's is definitely different, not really much of a rub, certainly not a wet place (I feel weird even dipping into the sauces), but their chicken wings... Wow. |
As you can see under my handle, my favorite is Interstate BBQ in Memphis. They even have a counter in the airport! Take that stuff on the airplane and everyone will be wanting some. Use it to make friends with the cutie in 14C.
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Originally Posted by lvfs
(Post 4119876)
Moonlite Inn, Owensboro, KY
The best and most unique of the regional types of BBQ is Western Kentucky. They feature mutton, chopped in a unique sauce. There is also a unique stew/soup called burgoo. It's a little like Brunswick stew, but quite different. We often mail order a lot of the mutton and burgoo from them around holiday time. Also, am I the only one who has scheduled a layover at MEM just to eat a Neely's Interstate BBQ? :) Now I'm hungry :). |
Originally Posted by naiel
(Post 16212612)
As a Texan who moved to New York City a few years back, I was surprised to find good BBQ here and it's only gotten better.
NYC: Best Brisket - Hill Country BBQ Best Beef Ribs - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke Best Pork Ribs - Dinosaur BBQ Best Sides - Tie: Daisy Mays & Blue Smoke A few others are decent (RUB & Fette Sau in Brooklyn), but I got to the above mentioned fairly often. Holcombe's BBQ in Greensboro, GA and Browns in Kingstree, SC are as good as it gets.... |
Though it's probably mentioned elsewhere, Oklahoma Joe's in KC might be my new top BBQ I've had, well, anywhere.
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Originally Posted by njx9
(Post 16336327)
Though it's probably mentioned elsewhere, Oklahoma Joe's in KC might be my new top BBQ I've had, well, anywhere.
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Originally Posted by Thomas Hudson
(Post 16336560)
DO they serve sweet tea?
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Big John's Alabama BBQ in Tampa! They had to close for a year because of road construction and it was the longest year of my life! Family run for 40 years, they do have a FB page.
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Henry's Smokehouse in Simpsonville, SC
Great American Land and Cattle Company in El Paso State Line in El Paso Jack's Creek in the middle of nowhere outside Henderson, TN Izzy's in El Cajon, CA The place in Memphis with the Pink Cadillac limos near Graceland was pretty good... for the life of me I can't remember the name. Smithfield's Chicken & BBQ in NC Sticky Fingers in Charleston, SC Lots a hole in the walls all over! |
Sticky Fingers is a chain...
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-The Shed-Ocean Springs, MS
-Dreamland Ribs-Hoover, AL -KC Pit-Marietta, GA (I heard they got shut down for selling coke and not the one you drink) |
Originally Posted by Thomas Hudson
(Post 16337732)
Sticky Fingers is a chain...
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Is there a "no chain" rule in this thread?
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Originally Posted by CalVol
(Post 16346998)
Is there a "no chain" rule in this thread?
Back on topic, I finally went for KC BBQ, to Arthur Bryant's, and was very impressed by it. Loved the pulled pork, burnt ends, fries and of course the people and the atmosphere. |
My favorite is Risckys Barbecue located in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas. They serve Beef ribs, the daily special is $9.95 all you can eat ribs, comes with garlic bread, fries and pickles. They will bring the ribs to you as long as you keep emptying your basket. it is cooked to order. Yummy. I live in Maryland now so I am missing it big time. Any MD BBQ's?
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