15 Great NYC BBQ Joints Open for Takeout and Delivery Now
I recently ordered Hometown Bar-B-Que via delivery and it was delicious.
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As NYC restaurants have continued to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, many have made steep adjustments in order to stay open. This includes laying off staff, changing hours, making menu modifications, adding alcohol to-go, and more.
It still feels a long way off from full reopenings, but many of these establishments have at least developed more robust takeout and delivery options in the meantime. Some have decided to develop their own platforms and some are exclusively using third-party apps to manage their online ordering. (As a reminder, ordering directly from BBQ joints is preferable to using a third-party app because more money stays with the restaurant.)
Juicy Lucy BBQ offers a very good chopped brisket sandwich via takeout.
The list of barbecue restaurants offering takeout and delivery has changed quite a bit in the past few weeks, but the list of joints still open around New York City is surprisingly large.
Here are all the NYC area barbecue joints that are open for takeout and/or delivery right now.
Cash Only BBQ – Brooklyn – Items available for order through Knickerbocker Market on Caviar.
Corner House BBQ – Staten Island – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Call 718-987-1227 to place orders.
DaddyO’s BBQ – Staten Island – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Call in directly or place an order online via DoorDash. (Has 2 locations.)
Dallas BBQ – Various Locations – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Order online here.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit – Brooklyn – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Order online here.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que – Various Locations – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Call in orders directly.
Fette Sau – Brooklyn – Open Wednesday through Saturday for takeout and delivery through Grubhub, Seamless, and Caviar.
Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue – Brooklyn – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery through Seamless, Grubhub, Caviar, and DoorDash.
Gentle Giant Brewing – Rockland County – Open Tuesday through Sunday for takeout orders. Order online here.
Hamilton Pork – Jersey City, NJ – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Order through Delivery.com or Grubhub.
Hill Country Barbecue Market – Manhattan – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Place orders online here.
Hudson Smokehouse – The Bronx – Open Tuesday through Sunday for takeout (order here) and delivery via Grubhub, Seamless, UberEats, and DoorDash.
Hometown Bar-B-Que – Brooklyn – Open Tuesday through Sunday with takeout and limited delivery available. Place online orders here.
Izzy’s Brooklyn Smokehouse – Brooklyn – Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday for takeout and delivery. Order online here.
Juicy Lucy BBQ – Staten Island – Open weekends for takeout and delivery.
Kimchi Smoke – Westwood, NJ – Open Wednesday through Saturday. Takeout available via ChowNow and delivery via DoorDash.
Mable’s Smokehouse – Brooklyn – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery on Grubhub, Seamless, and Caviar.
Main House BBQ – Brooklyn – Open Sunday through Thursday and Saturday night. Order takeout and delivery online here.
Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque – Various Locations – Normal business hours 7 days a week for takeout and delivery. Get 15% off with code MIGHTY15 on their website and app.
Monk’s Meats Vegan Smokehouse – Brooklyn – Open several days a week for takeout and delivery.
Morgan’s Brooklyn Barbecue – Brooklyn – Open 7 days a week for takeout and delivery.
Queens Bully – Queens – Open 7 days a week, takeout delivery, and curbside delivery. Grubhub, UberEats, Seamless, Postmates, DoorDash, or by calling the restaurant.
Red White & Que Smokehouse – Kearny, NJ – Open Wednesday through Sunday for pickup. Order online here.
If there are any that I missed here, please let me know. And if you had any particularly good experiences recently with takeout or delivery barbecue, I’d like to hear about that too.
Sean Ludwig
Founder, NYC BBQ
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Here are the top BBQ and related food news stories you need to know about this week:
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que’s Brooklyn location is open for takeout and delivery but it has decided to ditch third-party apps for now.
One of the biggest names in the New York barbecue scene, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, has decided to stop using third-party apps like GrubHub and DoorDash after a “very rocky weekend” last weekend. Not only do the apps take a large cut of the sale, but they also appear to be overloaded as of late, owner John Stage said. Dinosaur is now developing its own delivery app so it can deliver food directly to customers.
Operation BBQ Relief, one of the top barbecue non-profits, has been working with the Salvation Army to feed needy Pennsylvanians. “For the next four weeks, the Salvation Army’s Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware and Western Pennsylvania divisions will work with the relief organization and a network of barbecue restaurants and food distributors to provide 180,000 freshly prepared meals to individuals and families,” The Mercury reports.
Hill Country Barbecue Market was mentioned by the New York Daily News as one of the clever restaurants out there that is expanding its offerings with to-go groceries.
On a final (and more positive) note, the currently closed Carlitos Barbecue Taqueria was spotlighted as one of the best food trucks in New Jersey. Carlitos is best known for its blend of Mexican staples like tacos mixed with smoked meats, and I'm sure many folks are excited for it to reopen soon.
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