23 Must Try Pork Ribs in NYC

by Nick Solares@Nick_Solares Nov 18, 2014, 9:28am EST

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by Nick Solares@Nick_Solares Nov 18, 2014, 9:28am EST

Here are 23 pork ribs to try in NYC. Some are smoked, some are grilled, some are braised, and some are roasted. They are all delicious.

Beast of Bourbon

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St. Louis style barbecue ribs.

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710 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205

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Big Wong King 大旺

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The St. Louis style Chinese ribs are cut into riblets at this Chinatown mainstay.

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67 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 964-0540

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Daisy May's BBQ

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Famed pit master Adam Perry Lang may be long gone here but the Memphis style dry ribs remain on the menu and are one of the better examples of the form found in NYC.

623 11th Ave, New York, NY 10036

(212) 977-1500

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Delaney Barbecue: BrisketTown

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Owner Daniel Delaney and chef/pitmaster Philip Powers turn out Texas style pork spare ribs that more than hold their own against those from the Lone Star State.

359 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 701-8909

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Duck's

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Chef/pitmaster Will Horowitz turns out hickory smoked St Louis style ribs.

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351 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003

Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue

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Pitmaster Matt Fisher turns out a textbook version of St.Louis style barbecue ribs. Fisher formerly worked at the dearly departed R.U.B. barbecue, founded by "the baron of barbecue" Paul Kirk, and he honors the tradition here.

[Bill Wadman]

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433 Third Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

(347) 763-2680

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Full House Cafe

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Find Wu Xi–style spare ribs here, made in the red cooking style.

[Robert Sietsema]

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97 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

(212) 925-8083

Georgia's Eastside BBQ

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These baby back ribs are not smoked, but rather roasted with beer and then finished on the grill.

192 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002

(212) 253-6280

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Glaze Teriyaki Grill

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These St. Louis style braised and grilled ribs come doused in a Japanese style barbecue sauce. It's a low barrier of entry at $5 for two ribs with rice.

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60 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019

(212) 315-0300

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Great N.Y. Noodletown

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You can find reliable, old-school St. Louis cut Chinese ribs at this Chinatown staple.

28 Bowery, New York, NY 10013

(212) 349-0923

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Hillstone

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Once called "knife and fork ribs," the name has been changed to "campfire barbecue ribs" which is only a partially accurate description. The ribs are not barbecued with smoke, but are grilled and then slathered in a barbecue sauce.

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378 Park Ave S, New York, NY 10010

(212) 689-1090

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Hometown Bar-B-Que

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The baby back ribs here would make famed barbecue pitmaster Mike Mills proud. He taught Hometown's owner/pit master Bill Durney the art of the rib, and it shows.

454 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

(347) 294-4644

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Hop Kee

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A fine example of St Louis style Chinese pork ribs.

21 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 964-8365

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Jeepney Filipino Gastropub

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Jeepeny serves baby back ribs doused in a viscous banana ketchup.

201 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003

(212) 533-4121

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Kaia Wine Bar

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Find pork two ways at this east side South African wine bar. One variety is called the "bark ribbetjies honey-rooibos tea ribs."

[Robert Sietsema]

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1614 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10128

(212) 722-0490

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Khe-Yo

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Chef Soulayphet Schwader serves spare ribs in the Ping-Sien-Moo style. He uses Berkshire hogs and serves the ribs with smashed long beans and cherry tomatoes.

157 Duane St, New York, NY 10013

(212) 587-1089

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Meadowsweet

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Chef Polo Dobkin braises St. Louis style ribs for three hours, then allows the ribs to cool and reabsorb some of the liquid before smoking them for an hour over hickory wood. They are then finished on the grill and slathered with a bourbon barbecue sauce.