Nationwide Directory of Great BBQ Restaurants

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Alabama

• Big Bob Gibson BBQ - Decatur (review here)
• Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q - Bessemer
• Dale's BBQ - Boaz
• Demetris BBQ - Homewood
• Down South BBQ - Foley
• J Rodgers Barbecue - Saraland
• Johnny Rays - Trussville, Birmingham, Chelsea and Pelham
• Lawler's Barbecue - Huntsville, Lewisburg and Athens
• Liz's Homestyle Bar B Q - Gadsen
• Richard's BBQ & Grill - Birmingham
• Sam's Bar-B-Q - Montgomery
• Smokin' - S - BBQ - Wetumpka
• The Brick Pit - Mobile
• Tin Roof Barbecue - Hoover

• Big City BBQ - Tempe and Mesa
• Grumpy Jakes BBQ - Overgaard
• Honey Bear's - Tempe and Phoenix
• Joe's Real BBQ - Gilbert
• The Barbecue Company - 2 locations - Phoenix and Tempe
• Three Pitts Again - Glendale
• Waldo's BBQ - Mesa

• Catfish City and BBQ Grill - Little Rock
• Hog Wild Cafe - North Little Rock
• Lucky Luks BBQ - Fayetteville
• Pig n' Chick - The Great American Barbeque House - Sherwood
• McClard's Bar-B-Q - Hot Springs since 1920.
• Mr. Masons Pit Bar-B-Q & Catering Co. - Little Rock
• Rooster's Bar-B-Q - Diamond City
• White Pig Inn - North Little Rock

California BBQ Restaurants

• The Famous Rib Shack - 223 El Camino Real, San Bruno CA
  
• Blue Rock BBQ - San Jose, CA
• Geno's West Coast Style BBQ - El Cajon, CA
• Memphis Minnie's Barbecue Joint And Smokehouse - San Francisco, CA
• Robin's Wood Fire & BBQ Grill - Pasadena, CA
• Backwoods BBQ - Corona
• Bear Pit BBQ Restaurant - Mission Hills
• Bo's BBQ & Catering - Lafayette
• Great American Barbecue Company - Alameda
• Gus's Barbecue - Pasadena
• J D's Wings and Barbeque - 2844 Main Street San Diego, CA 92113 - 619 501-2948
• Mo's Smokehouse BBQ - San Luis Obispo
• Phat Matt's BBQ - 3415 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland, CA 94609
• Phil's BBQ - San Diego
• Porky's BBQ - Los Angeles.
  
• Redhill BBQ Texas Style - Rancho Cucamonga
• Robin's Wood Fire & BBQ Grill - Pasadena
• Sam's BBQ - San Jose
• The Hitching Post Restaurant - Casmalia
• Uncle Frank's BBQ Restaurant and Catering - Mountain View
• Woody's Bodacious Barbecue - Santa Barbara
• Bruno's BBQ - Scotts Valley
• Sam's BBQ - San Jose, CA
• Big Nate's Barbecue - San Francisco, CA  415-861-4242
• Brix BBQ Burgers - Menlo Park, CA   650-321-3300
• Brother-in-Law's Bar-B-Que Barbecue -San Francisco, CA 415-931-7427 .
• Buzzard's Backyard BBQ - Monterey, CA
  
• Doug's Bar-B-Q Barbecue - Emeryville, CA  510-655-9048
• Everett & Jones Barbecue #2 Barbecue - Berkeley, CA  510-548-8261
• Everett & Jones Barbecue Barbecue Oakland, CA  510-663-2350
• Jordan's House of Ribs Barbecue - San Francisco, CA  415-282-4003
• Powell's Place Southern - San Francisco, CA  415-863-1404
• San Francisco Bar-B-Q Barbecue - San Francisco, CA  415-431-8956 

• Bennett's BBQ Texas Style BBQ - Arvada, Denver, Lone Tree & Colorado Springs
• Big Kahuna BBQ - Golden
• Hoke's BBQ - Westminster
• Sagebrush BBQ & Grill - Grand Lake
• Sam Taylor's Bar-B-Q - Glendale
• Smoke and Bones Barbecue Co. - Castlerock
• Smokin' Dave's BBQ & Tap House - Estes Park
• The Dog House BBQ and Bistro - Ridgway

• All Smoked Up - Danbury
• Black-Eyed Sallys BBQ & Blues - Hartford
• Bobby Q's Barbecue & Grill - Westport
• Dorothy and Leroy's Southern Cuisine Restaurant - Bloomfield
• Sweet Potata's Southern Smokehouse - Bloomfield
• Wood's Pit BBQ & Mexican Cafe - Bantam

Delaware BBQ Restaurants

• Bethany Blues BBQ Pit - Bethany Beach
• Papa Rays - Newark
• Where Pigs Fly Restaurant - Dover

Florida BBQ Restaurants

• Brother's Barbeque - Lakeland
• Bubbalous Bodacious Bar-B-Que - Orlando
• David's Real Pit BBQ - Gainesville
• First Choice Southern Bar-B-Que - Tampa & Plant City
• Fred Fleming's Famous Bar-B-Que - St. Petersburg
• Happy Jacks Barbecue - Lakeland
• Hot Rod's BBQ & Grill - Lutz
• Jaymer-Q Southern BBQ - Valrico
• Peoples Bar-B-Q - Miami
• Porkie's Original BBQ - Apopka
• Southern Brethren BBQ - Clearwater

Georgia BBQ Restaurants

• Angel's BBQ - Savannah
• Barbecue Street - Kennesaw & Cartersville
• Bullpen Barbeque - Atlanta
• Dusty's Barbecue Restaurant - Atlanta
• Finchers Bar-B-Q - Macon (several locations)
• Iron Pig BBQ and Stew - Jefferson
• Old South Bar-B-Q - Smyrna
• PR's Bar-B-Q - Cumming
• Sprayberry's Bar-B-Q - Newnan x 2
• The Pink Pig - Cherry Log
• The Swallow at the Hollow - Roswell
• Wallace Barbecue Restaurant - Austell

• 17th Street Bar & Grill - Marion & Murphysboro
• Carson's - Chicago and Deerfield
• Jackson's Ribs-N-Tips - Champaign
• John John's BBQ & Catering - Colp
• Merle's #1 Barbecue - Evanston
• Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue Restaurant - Elk Grove & Wood Dale
• The BBQ Pit: Rib House & Grill - Highland Park
• The Q Smokehouse Buffet - Peoria
• Uncle Bub's - Westmont

• Birds Smokehouse BBQ - Daleville.

• Daniel's Bar-b-q - Location #1  10 west 9th street  Eudora, KS 66025  785-690-3000 

• Oklahoma Joe's BBQ - Kansas City & Olathe

Kentucky BBQ Restaurants

• Good Ol' Days Barbecue Farm - Midway, KY
• Moonlight Bar-B-Que Inn - Owensboro, KY
• The Smoke Pit - 1800 New Lebanon Rd, Campbellsville
• Brother's Bar-B-Que - Madisonville
• Knoth's Bar-B-Q - Lake City

Maryland BBQ Restaurants

• Hempen Hill BBQ Bar and Grill - Hagerstown
• O'Briens Pit Barbecue - Rockville

• Holy Smokes BBQ & Whole Hog House - West Hatfield
• Tex's BBQ Express of Boston - Boston

Missouri BBQ Restaurants

• Arthur Bryant's Barbeque Restaurants - Kansas City, MO

• Roscoe's BBQ Root Bear & Ribs - Rochester

• Cook's Bar B Que, 111 northside plaza, Newton MS (no website)

• Arthur Bryant's Barbeque Restaurants - Kansas City
• Gates BBQ - Kansas City x 6 Locations
• Pig Up & Go Bonafide BBQ - Mexico
• Smoke House Bar-B-Que - Kansas City, Gladstone & Independence
• Smokin' Guns BBQ - North Kansas City
• The Po' House Restaurant - St. Louis
• Wabash BBQ Restaurant - Excelsior Springs

• Carolina Kitchen & Barbeque Co. - Reno & Sparks
• Memphis Championship Barbecue - Las Vegas

New Mexico BBQ Restaurants

• Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant - Rio Rancho, NM

• Bourbon BBQ Hickory Smokehouse - Wyckoff
• Broad Street Smokehouse and Grill - Ridgewood
• Grub Hut BBQ - Manville
• Hot Rods Real Pit BBQ - Wharton

New York BBQ Restaurants

• Adirondack Smokehouse Barbecue Company - Indian Lake
• Barnsider Smokehouse Restaurant - Lake George
• Brooks' House Of Bar-B-Q - Oneonata
• Chico's BBQ & Restaurant - Guilderland
• Daisy May's BBQ USA - NYC
• Dallas BBQ - Brooklyn
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Syracuse, Rochester & New York
• Hickory BBQ and Smokehouse - Kingston
• Limp Lizard Bar and Grill - Syracuse
• NOLA's New Orleans Louisiana BBQ - Rochester
• Virgil's Real BBQ - New York

North Carolina BBQ Restaurants

• Bubba's Barbecue - Charlotte
• EB's Bar-B-Que Restaurant - Indian Trail
• Fat Buddies Ribs & BBQ - Franklin, Asheville and Waynesville
• Green River BBQ Restaraunt & Catering - Saluda
• Henry James Bar-B-Que - Highpoint
• Jim's Famous BBQ - Chapel Hill
• Kings BBQ Restaraunt - Kinston
• Smiley's Pit Cooked Barbecue - Lexington
• Sooeys BBQ & Rib Shack - Outer Banks
• Sticky Fingers BBQ - Charlotte
• The Woodlands Barbecue Restaurant & Catering - Blowing Rock

• Goodies Southern Style Barbecue - Cincinnati
• Jim Dandy's Family BBQ - Sharonville
• Rolling Smoke Barbecue (Catering)- Dayton

• Billy Sims BBQ -- It's not BBQ, it's Boomer-Q!" - Tulsa
• Elmer's - 4130 S. Peoria - Tulsa
• Head Country Barbecue - Ponca City
• Knotty Pine - 3301 W 5th - Tulsa
• Smokin' Cowgirl's Barbeque - Jones
• Wilson's - 1522 E. Apache - Tulsa

Oregon BBQ Restaurants

• Hole In The Wall Barbecue - Eugene
  
• Russell Street Bar-B-Que - Portland

• Abner's Authentic Barbecue - Philadelphia and Jenkintown
• Pig Daddy's Barbecue - Drexel Hill

• L J's BBQ - Pawtucket

South Carolina BBQ Restaurants

• Melvin's BBQ - Charleston, SC
• Joeys Famous BBQ And Catering - Warrenville
• Maurice's Gourmet Barbeque Ribs, Sauces and More - West Columbia

Tennessee BBQ Restaurants

• Bennett's Pit Bar-B-Que - Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge, TN
• Jack's Bar-B-Que - Nashville, TN
• Central BBQ - Memphis
• Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue - Memphis bbq-festivals.com recommends
• Mothership BBQ - Berry Hill (Nashville)
• Pardner's BBQ - 5444 Hghwy 11E, Piney Flats - 423-538-5539 (no website)
• Pig-N-Whistle Great Memphis Ribs & BBQ - Memphis, Bartlett & Kerrville
• Ribb Doctorx Bodacious BBQ - Clarksville
• Ridgewood Barbecue - Bluff City - (no website - Roadfood.com review)

Texas BBQ Restaurants

• Big O's Barbecue - Valera
• Black's BBQ - Lockhart
• Clark's Outpost Barbecue - Tioga
• Hard Eight BBQ - Stephenville
• Houston Barbecue Company, Restaurant and Saloon - Houston
• Lenox Barbecue And Catering - Houston
• Louie Mueller's BBQ - Taylor
• Mikeska's BBQ & Catering - El Campo x 3
• Mike Anderson's BBQ - Dallas
• Riscky's Barbeque - Ft Worth
• Ruby's BBQ on Guadalupe - Austin
• Stubbs Bar-B-Q - Austin
• The Pit BBQ - Georgetown
• The Salt Lick Barbecue Restaurant - Driftwood
• Up In Smoke BBQ House - Keller

• Pat's Barbecue & Catering - Salt Lake City

• Checkered Pig Barbecue Restaurant - Martinsville
• Ray's BBQ & Catering - Woodbridge
• The Silver Pig Barbecue- Lynchburg

• Longhorn Barbecue - Seattle, Spokean, Auburn, Kent & Fairwood
• MacDoos BBQ - Port Townsend 
• Red Lion BBQ & Pub - Spokane
• Stan's Bar-B-Q - Issaquah