A business that began on a Weber Smokey Mountain has grown into one of the area’s best barbecue restaurants. In 2022, Jeff Budnechky channeled his pandemic side hustle into a standalone location. Outside the restaurant, a small array of smokers billow aromas of pork and beef that betray Budnechky’s Brazilian-Argentinian roots and his wife’s Cuban […]
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No, we’re not talking glam dining here. But there is something for everyone and plenty of it. That’s why you’ll often find a line of patrons waiting for a table during peak hours. Waiting for chilled snow-crab legs, shrimp, and mussels. Eel, salmon, and California sushi rolls. Barbecued ribs, sweet-and-sour chicken, egg rolls, dumplings, stir-fried […]
Hard work is also the mantra of Hometown Barbecue founder Billy Durney, who constantly repeats, “Stay humble, stay focused, stay hungry.” Durney opened in Allapattah an outpost of what’s considered the best barbecue in New York City. Here, you’ll find all of the Texas signatures, including butter-soft brisket with a deep-magenta smoke ring rippled with […]
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Tomato or mustard? Tangy or sweet? Every barbecue lover has his or her sauce preferences, but in all honesty, the sauce is just windowdressing. It’s the meat that matters and it’s James’s meat that draws customers to parking lots across town. To cover James’s ribs with any sauce, even your favorite, would be a tragedy […]
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TEMPORARILY CLOSED A sizable portion of the menu at Kyu in Wynwood is prepared on the restaurant’s wood-fired grill using a combination of Asian and American barbecue techniques. The meat is simply prepared with Japanese sea salt and black shichimi pepper and then smoked for 12 to 14 hours. It arrives divided into thick slices […]
Formerly a “first come, first served” pop-up, La Traila Barbecue has turned into a Miami success story, serving up some of the Magic City’s finest barbecue. With a recently opened brick-and-mortar location, Austin-born Mel Rodriguez and Miami native/Buffalo Bills wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie have given a Miami spin to Texas-style barbecue with a menu focused […]
At Doral’s Las Mercedes Restaurant, the succulent, fat-rippled slabs served Thursday through Saturday speak for themselves. At most, there’s a dusting of salt and pepper, perhaps accompanied by a splash of mojo. Racks of beef and pork are pulled from a smoking vessel, then cleaved and served with two sides such as moros, maduros, or […]
Andres Barrientos and James Bowers started Miami Smokers in a few coolers while working at a catering company. The goal? To make better bacon. Soon the business moved into Bowers’ Coconut Grove apartment, where they produced mounds of the smoky, salty stuff that made its way to biergartens and pop-up brunches. Now, a dedicated space […]
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Oak is the wood of choice for barbecuing at People’s, the Overtown restaurant that’s been serving barbecue and soul food specialties for over four decades. The menu includes oxtails, pork chops, and ham shanks, but most diners come for the tender chicken and meaty ribs, both bathed in a mildly tangy barbecue sauce. Sides such […]
That plume of smoke you see rising by the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park is likely emanating from the Pit’s wood cabin. What’s on the grill are juicy ribs or chicken or even frogs’ legs. The double pork sandwich, with perhaps the best pit-cooked pulled pork to be had south of the Carolinas, […]
