Acme
9 Great Jones St; (bet Lafayette St & Broadway); 212-420-1934
Modeled after the famous New Orleans Acme, this whiskey-soaked
Cajun restaurant fries most things to within an inch of turning
to ash. Not so with the ribs. Acme thoroughly bakes their baby-backs
and, as you might suspect from the condiment bottles lining
the walls, these guys leave no meat un-spiced. Downstairs in
the Acme Underground lounge live bands play to a hipster crowd
that's more NoHo than N'awlins.
Brother
Jimmy's Bait Shack
1644 3rd Ave; (@ 92nd St); 212-828-0336
Operating
under the idea that "more is more," Brother Jimmy's
is the Upper East Side, Mardi Gras and Spring Break Daytona
rolled into one over-the-top party shack. The sweet and juicy
"wet ribs" are a messy good time while the "dry
rub" produces a slightly more-tangy dish. From 5-7pm during
the week $1 Buds are available at the bar. Stop by Sunday for
the 2-hour, $9.95 all-you-can-eat ribs special that also includes
all of the Budweiser you can drink. Does that sound like a challenge?
Earl's
560 3rd Ave; (@ 37th St); 212-949-5400
From
the folks who brought us Gramercy's famously fattening Duke's
comes this new Southern inspired sports, beer and ribs madhouse.
Flat screen TVs face a long run-of-the-mill bar where pitchers
of Bud go for $16 and Sierra Nevada is $20. A series of round
and square tables sit under multi-colored hanging lanterns
where a slab of "St. Louis" ribs with sides weighs-in
at $18.95.
Brothers
Bar-B-Cue
225 Varick St; (bet W. Houston & Clarkson St); 212-727-2775
If
you've been a way for a while and you're now back in the city,
Brother's might throw you for a bit of a loop. Now directly
across the street from where it opened in mid 90s, this polished
beef-and-brew has shed its old southern skin in favor of a
neon-heavy upscale (ish) sports bar vibe. More than a dozen
different sauces cover these city-slicked ribs (fourteen to
be exact), which run from your basic mesquite to various berry
infusions. The pulled-pork falafel seems to draw some attention,
if for no other reason than the suggestion that there are
Mediterranean Hillbillies.
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