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Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots
Fette Sau is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

1. Fette Sau

8.9
354 Metropolitan Ave (btwn Havemeyer & Roebling St), Brooklyn, NY
BBQ Joint · Williamsburg · 561 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Ace BBQ, brilliant sides, huge wooden tables for cozy communal seating, magical flatscreen "fireplace," and, last we checked, 30 kinds of bourbon. Don't go there looking for a salad.

Hill Country Barbecue Market is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

2. Hill Country Barbecue Market

8.7
30 W 26th St (btwn Broadway & 6th Ave), New York, NY
BBQ Joint · NoMad · 489 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Moist brisket and Mac and Cheese are the jam. Plus they've got live band karaoke downstairs sometimes (if you're into that sort of thing).

RUB (Righteous Urban BBQ) is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

3. RUB (Righteous Urban BBQ)

208 W 23rd St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.), New York, NY
BBQ Joint · Chelsea · 96 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Ribs are excellent, burnt ends are excellent. They do it right. Second fave after Fette Sau.

Mable's Smokehouse & Banquet Hall is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

4. Mable's Smokehouse & Banquet Hall

7.8
44 Berry St, Brooklyn, NY
BBQ Joint · Williamsburg · 178 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Rad sides, solid BBQ, and you don't have to throw elbows to get a seat like you do at *some* BBQ places... <cough><Fette Sau><cough>

The Smoke Joint is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

5. The Smoke Joint

87 S Elliott Pl (btwn Lafayette Ave & Fulton St), Brooklyn, NY
BBQ Joint · Fort Greene · 215 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: The chopped chicken is where it's at.

Blue Smoke is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

6. Blue Smoke

116 E 27th St (btwn Park Ave S & Lexington Ave), New York, NY
BBQ Joint · Rose Hill · 416 tips and reviews
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is one of Our Fave Big Apple BBQ Spots.

7. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

8.8
700 W 125th St (at 12th Ave), New York, NY
BBQ Joint · West Harlem · 502 tips and reviews

ExperiencesExperiences: Ribs. Fried green tomatoes. Go.