Quick Summary:

  • New York City may seem like an unlikely place for traditionally Southern barbecue, but these restaurants say otherwise.
  • In fact, NYC benefits from the many restaurateurs who hail from across the country and have brought their regional fare with them.
  • There’s the North Carolina slow-cooked pig at Arrogant Swine, the soulful Louisiana barbecue of Blue Smoke, and the Kansas City-style, juicy, fall-off-the-bone barbecue at John Brown Smoke House.
  • Several, like Hill Country Barbecue Market, reflect the central Texas hill country famous for its barbecue and live music.
  • Daisy May’s BBQ USA brings different regional barbecues together under one roof cafeteria style.


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1. Hometown Bar-B-Cue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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2. Mighty Quinn's BBQ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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3. Dallas BBQ

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4. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

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5. Fette Sau

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6. Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue

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7. Hill Country Barbecue Market

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8. Mable's Smokehouse

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9. Morgan's Barbecue

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10. Pig Beach

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11. Virgil's Real BBQ-New York

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12. BBQ Smoke House Restaurant

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