<< previous review   next review >>

reviews

“Dinosaur Bar-be-Que”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Barbecue	Upper West Side	Moderate	Good

;s priceless here with Midwestern tourists, neighborhood folks, college kids, families, and cool downtown hipsters all sharing the same space), or get started on some appetizers. I’d recommend all three. While wings come in three ($3.95), six ($6.95) or a dozen ($11.95), you’ll want to take your usual wings estimate and double it, because these wings are special.

I usually hesitate to say that any food is the best I’ve ever had, because that’s a pretty strong statement, but in this case I feel pretty good about it. These are plump and fat with tons of meat to sink your teeth into, and they seem to be saturated with smoky flavor from bone to saucy skin. Your level of saucy hotness is your choice with mild honey bbq (beginners) to Hottest Devil’s Duel (advanced fire eaters only). I’d recommend the Hot Wango Tango, a lip-tingling balance of sweet, tangy, smoky and spicy. We only ordered only three wings (what were we thinking?) in anticipation of a larger feast to come, but if I were to do the meal over, I’d have gone for six. I suggest you do the same.

After 14 minutes passed, our name was announced over the loudspeaker (it’s a bit like waiting for your gate to be called for boarding at the airport) and we were escorted through the happy mobs to a table for two in the back that seemed large enough for a solo toddler to have some Cheerios, but not really two full-grown adults to dig into a feast (our drinks took up all the surface area on the table). But hey, we were seated and happy about it.

The menu is a mind-numbing exercise in choice, with appetizers like fried green tomatoes ($5.95/$8/95), wedge salads ($6.95), chili on the half shell (think nachos: a bowl of chili topped with melted cheese, chopped red onion, pickled Jalapeños and sour cream served with crispy, fried tortilla chips ($8.50) and Creole-spiced deviled eggs ($3.95-$10.95) leading the way into two- and three-meat combo meals, rib platters, and over-stuffed sandwiches, sides, and burgers and desserts.

As we considered the menu trying to decide what to order, we looked around to check out what others had ordered. To the right of us, a lone diner—a handsome African-American man with a shiny bald head and a neatly clipped moustache, dressed in a navy pinstriped three piece suit—was delicately working his way through a Flintstone-sized West Texas Rib eye steak, approaching his meal wi ... [more, click below]

Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  

 Make a reservation

<< previous review   next review >>

Posted: November 30, 2008

Other restaurants in Upper West Side :
+ 'Cesca   + Asiate   + Blue Hill Stone Barns   + Per Se   + The Neptune Room   + Spigolo   + Telepan   + Aix Brasserie   + 'Cesca   + Bar Boulud   + Dovetail   + BarBao   + Dinosaur Bar-be-Que   + Kefi   + Bar Luna   + Ed's Chowder House   + Red Rooster, by Rachel Barbarotta   + Loi by Dara Pollak   

Share ! Post a comment