WHY Seal Beach’s legendary smokehouse and beer bar has finally crossed county lines. WHAT Many consider Beachwood to be the region’s top beer bar, a place where the craft movement gained legs and hopheads were born. Now there’s even more Beachwood to go around with its new downtown Long Beach location. The menu remains the [...]
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WHY For Q that rivals meats at the best steakhouses. WHAT This tiny, casual restaurant serves only grass-fed organic meats and uses farmers’ market produce for sides like hand-cut fries, fried onion loaf and roasted vegetables. Chef Shari Teremotos brines the meats in apple juice and then adds spice rubs before smoking them over wood. [...]
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WHAT This rider on the mobile-truck bandwagon makes solid, respectable barbecue, notably the brisket and pulled-pork sandwiches, the faux-pork vegetarian sandwich and the baby-back ribs. , @BarbiesQ, barbiesq.com. Cash only. Region: Citywide Features: Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian Price Range: $10-$16, $10-under Cuisine Type: Barbecue
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WHY Top-notch pulled pork, plus other solid barbecue standards. WHAT Descended from the now-shuttered Porky’s in Inglewood, this Long Beach rib joint stepped right into the region’s relative barbecue void, offering hefty ribs, crisp fried chicken, worthy brisket and its signature dish, pulled pork. Unlike the wispy, flavorless strands of meat found at other spots, [...]
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WHY Serious Texas-style barbecue that doesn’t disappoint. WHAT Bludso’s proclaims itself to be ‘a lil’ taste of Texas,’ but there’s nothing small about these flavors. There aren’t any diminutive dishes, either: This storefront joint is a purveyor of hearty, meat-heavy barbecue in the style of the Lone Star State. And though it’s a relatively new [...]
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WHY Tender, just-fatty-enough pork ribs, pulled-pork sandwiches, rib tips, brisket and cornbread, to eat at the one picnic table or to take home—except most people can’t wait until they get home and rip into the ribs in the car. WHAT Barbecue fans can (and do) argue for days, weeks, even years about whose ribs are [...]
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WHY The sons of the guy who owns the original Tops learned well at their daddy’s knee: Focus on good, unfussy food that makes people, if not their cardiologists, happy. So you get tasty dry-rub ribs, sweet baked beans, salty and rich pulled pork and fresh Southern greens. WHAT For years people came here just [...]
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WHY Sweet potato fries, pulled-pork sandwiches and Memphis-style baby-back ribs. WHAT A partnership between chefs Leonard Cohen (Maple Drive, 72 Market St.) and Michael Rosen (Reign) along with the Gelsinger family (Gelsinger’s Meats) opened Zeke’s in 2002. It’s become a Montrose mainstay for its top-quality regional American barbecue and smokehouse cooking, as well as its [...]
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WHY When the ‘cue zealots start debating who does it best, Robin’s usually ranks among the finest. WHAT There’s Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap, a kitschy Americana décor and a swell lineup of side dishes (blueberry cornbread, pecan cole slaw) but those are just supporting players to the deservedly popular meats, smoked over mesquite and [...]
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WHY An American barbecue joint is a fish out of water in Chinatown, but this place has proved to be a big success, with fine sauces and meat so good it (almost) doesn’t need any. WHAT The pitmaster in this simple rib joint mans a J & R Little Red smoker, and his meats benefit [...]
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