Where to find the very best BBQ in NYC
When you think of local cuisine, New York pizza or the city's best bagels probably come to mind. While pit-smoked brisket and sauced ribs are more readily associated with the south, the best BBQ restaurants in NYC are here to boost the North's grilled-meat bona fides. Tackling a range of regional and global barbecue styles, these joints are carving up everything from smoked brisket and burnt ends to hot dogs and sausages.
As befits its Times Square location, perennially crowded Virgil's is the Epcot Center of barbecue: Paper placemats present a map of the country's barbecue-producing regions and their specialties, from Texas beef brisket to Memphis pork ribs to vinegary Carolina pulled pork"all of which are on the menu, along with oddities like Oklahoma State Fair corndogs, served with a jalapeձo _
