Smoque BBQ
Smoque BBQ is a neighborhood kind of place that cooks up BBQs well enough to make it a true destination. This restaurant will offer more than beef. Lamb, duck, and pork will also be served. Not everything is smoked over oak, Sorkin mentions a shrimp scampi. Sides include scalloped potatoes, glazed carrots, and there will be mushrooms. They’re covering all the steakhouse classics. Barbecue crisscrosses cultures like grill marks on a marbled rib-eye steak. People in all corners of the world have harnessed flames to cook food—slow-roasted pig in banana leaf-lined pits, skewered meat caramelized over hot coals. It is an ancient craft, after all, with simple instructions: fire plus meat equals mealtime. With credit due to many storied foundations of barbecue—through indigenous peoples, immigrants, and enslaved people—today’s smoked meats are, in some parts, tried-and-true traditions and, in others, contemporary approaches.
One of the benefits of sous vide is cooks don’t need a pricey dry-aged cut of meat for great results. Hanger cuts come out as tender as filet mignon. Though Smoque BBQ will source wagyu and prime cuts, they’ll offer less costly pieces of meat, too. This will allow customers, the ones without a corporate expense account, to afford to visit more than once a week. Neighborhood steakhouses need something to attract customers other than hulking pieces of meat. In Ukrainian Village, Boefhaus relies on great service and a wonderful wine list. Another Avondale steakhouse, Mirabella Italian Cuisine, depends on a chef who worked for years at Gene & Georgetti. The restaurant offers full service, but patrons with an order on their phones use QR codes to pull up menus. Servers will still be on hand to explain the menu and wine list, but Sorkin says QR codes, something that was born to limit contact during the height of the pandemic, are here to stay at restaurants.
Location: 3800 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60641, USA
Website: https://smoquebbq.com/
Tel: 773-545-7427
Hour: 11:00 AM - 21:00 PM
Google Rating: 4.7/5
