Privy 5 New York Barbecue

No one knows barbecue better than the good 'ole USA. This city is lucky that it gets a mixture of the best barbecue food from across the nation in one city. So take your pick from one of plenty of top barbecue eateries and dining establishments.

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Blue Smoke

Categories: Restaurants

Neighborhood: Gramercy/Flatiron

Cuisine: Southern/Barbeque

116 East 27th Street New York City NY 10016

+1 212 447 7733

Considering how busy the restaurant gets, Blue Smoke in Manhattan delivers when it comes to barbecued food. Serious BBQ aficionados know that barbecue is the type of cuisine that only a select few places do extremely well and everywhere else offers the same old jazz. Speaking of jazz, Blue Smoke sits atop of a stellar jazz venue called The Jazz Standard, which makes your meal at Blue Smoke satisfy ... read more >
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Categories: Restaurants

Neighborhood: Harlem

Cuisine: Southern/Barbeque

646 West 131st Street New York City NY 10027

+1 212 694 1777

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Harlem, NY is more than just a BBQ joint - it contributed to the revolutionizing of a unique part of Harlem. Upstate counterparts of this joint have a similar charisma - think Fred Flintstone, under the direction of Pit Master John Stage - a Harley rider, who got started at biker meets, hawking BBQ. When in Harlem, or Manhattan, do as the Manhattanites and dine at Dinosaur it ... read more >
RUB BBQ (Righteous Urban Barbecue)

Categories: Restaurants

Neighborhood: Chelsea

Cuisine: Southern/Barbeque

208 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues) New York City NY 10011

+1 212 524 4300

Paul Kirk is co-owner and a Pit Master of National repute; he is also responsible for the rubs at Rub. Hundreds of awards under his gun-belt, he is the "Kansas City Baron of Barbecue". Rub is a significant arrival for Manhattan BBQ fans - a message from the BBQ Gods. Homesick Houstonians and displaced denizens of Memphis are bull-rushing this joint every night. The menu reads like a death warrant ... read more >
Virgil's Real BBQ

Categories: Restaurants

Neighborhood: Theatre District

Cuisine: Southern/Barbeque

152 West 44th Street New York City NY 10036

+1 212 921 9494 / +1 212 921 9663 (Take Out)

The catch phrase for Virgil's is "Your belly with thank you". The fact that a delicately placed white linen napkin is not put in your lap when you are seated, rather a burgundy hand towel is set, is telling. This is the place to eat Memphis baby-back pork ribs, red beans, and Georgia chicken fried steak. BBQ is supposed to be sucked off your fingers, and I'll tell you a secret, Ryan Seacrest goes ... read more >
Hill Country

Categories: Restaurants

Neighborhood: Gramercy/Flatiron

Cuisine: Southern/Barbeque

30 W 26th St (between Broadway & Madison Ave) New York NY 10010

(212) 255-4544

This two story eatery is not just blowing smoke it deliberately planned evokes memories of central Texas BBQ markets. Brick wall décor covered with images of lonely country roads and battered pick-up trucks convey this culture. Tables are rough hewn and rolls of paper towels complete the picture. Hill Country dispenses huge hunks of meat, chicken and sausage, and is modeled on the Kreuz Market -Te ... read more >
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