Kansas City barbecue served in a Long Island City backyard
Pull up to a picnic table for smoked brisket, ribs, and cold beer under red umbrellas in Long Island City.
Smoke, sauce, and a backyard 🔥
John Brown BBQ smokes Kansas City style meats in a Long Island City backyard, where red umbrellas shade weathered picnic tables and pitchers of beer land beside trays of brisket. The brisket comes sliced with a dark bark and a pink smoke ring, and the ribs pull clean from the bone. Sides run to mac and cheese, collard greens, and cornbread, all packed into red-checked paper boats. Regulars pile pulled pork, mac and cheese, and collard greens onto one tray and carry it out to the graffiti-lined patio. The kitchen opens at 11:30 AM on weekdays and noon on weekends, running until 9 PM most nights and 10 PM on Friday and Saturday. Prices land in the mid-priced range, and the tables fill with long, slow afternoons. Come hungry, and plan to share a tray.
