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In this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly, I outlined the top events you might want to go to in 2019, including the I Love BBQ and Music Festival, Hudson Valley Ribfest, and Pig Island NYC. Plus, the week’s top BBQ headlines and more.

Honeybee's, a new bar and restaurant in the East Village, serves shockingly good vegan barbecue that mirrors the flavors and textures of American barbecue, with top-notch burnt ends, chorizo, and chicken and waffles.

This edition of NYC BBQ Weekly covers the highlights of last week’s Rib King NYC event, news including Eater’s new list of essential barbecue restaurants in NYC, and events like the NYC Bacon and Beer Classic 2019.

The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, one of the largest barbecue events in the nation, will not be held this summer at all, multiple sources close to the event have told NYC BBQ. This and much more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly.

Biscuit N Brisket is the most unassuming new barbecue joint to open in New York in recent years. It’s small but pitmaster Nestor Laracuente, aka the Brooklyn Pit Rat, has lots of confidence in himself and the product.

The new cookbook Smoked, by New York-based pitmaster Ed Randolph of Handsome Devil BBQ, features many of the Northeast’s best barbecue joints and even some vegan BBQ from Brooklyn.

Chef and pitmaster Corey Cash of Cash Only BBQ fame will soon open a new Brooklyn BBQ joint and bar called Southbound in Gowanus. This and much more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly newsletter.

Here are some of the top NYC BBQ stories of 2019 that you might have missed, including the nine best BBQ bites in New York, the new Brisket King of NYC, the launch of a great barbecue taco joint, and my first curated BBQ event.

Mothership Meat Company, a new Texas-style barbecue joint at the northern edge of Long Island City, promises a wide range of experimentation and innovation. This, plus the week’s top news stories and events.

Last Saturday, more than a thousand NYC barbecue fans attended the Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit at Pig Beach in Brooklyn, one of the largest events of its kind to be held this year. We should expect more like it over the coming years.

Juicy Lucy BBQ of Staten Island hasn’t even opened yet but it won Wednesday night’s Brisket King NYC 2019 event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This and much more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly.

I’m extremely excited to announce Rib King NYC 2019, the first event I’ve had the pleasure of curating. The event takes place on Thursday, May 30 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so mark your calendars and buy tickets for Rib King here.

Next Saturday’s 2019 NYC BBQ Cookoff on Staten Island will feature 35 barbecue competition teams and offer family fun and food for attendees.

Just as March Madness tips off, here are the best barbecue joints across the NYC metro area for eating high-quality ‘cue and brews while watching high-octane college basketball.

Manhattan’s Blue Smoke has radically changed lunch and completely eliminated tipping at lunch and dinner. This and more in the NYC BBQ Weekly newsletter.

The Jeff Michner Brooklyn BBQ Benefit at Pig Beach will feature pitmasters from all over the country and will raise money to help Jeff’s family after he passed away at 36 last year. This and more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly.

The new Izzy’s Taqueria in Crown Heights, Brooklyn is not only kosher but it also elevates Tex-Mex in a down-to-earth setting. This and more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weeky newsletter.

Williamsburg’s Cash Only BBQ and the West Village’s Pig Bleecker announced closures this week, but thankfully both operations have big plans down the road for Brooklyn and beyond.