Best Northern New Jersey Barbecue Restaurants


From smokehouse to hoghouse and roadhouse, we've rounded up the best in barbecue. Sure, preferences abound when it comes to matters of the grill. So maybe it's a pulled pork sandwich on squishy white bread you crave or Texas brisket with a side of coleslaw and sweet tea. One day you might like your ribs slathered and glazed in tomato sauce; the next day rubbed with special spices; and the next marinated and drenched in tangy vinegar. Whatever your pleasure, try these smokin' spots for the best barbecue around in Northern New Jersey.


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Big Ed’s BBQ Barbecue
11/20
Dining Room at Big Ed’s BBQ, Matawan, NJ 305 Rt. 34
Matawan, NJ 07747
732-583-2626
Extra big napkins and extra big appetites required to dine here. More...

Cubby’s BBQ Restaurant Barbecue
Quick Bite
249 S. River St.
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-488-9389
Big barbecue eaters will like this little place. More...

Indigo Smoke Barbecue
Quick Bite
387 Bloomfield Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
973-744-3440
Everything is smoked low and slow over hickory and apple woods at this Bloomfield Avenue ’cue spot. More...

Mojave Grille Southwestern
No Rating
35 Elm St.
Westfield, NJ 07090
908-233-7772
It's Southwestern, pardner, but they don't serve grub like this out on the trail. More...

Salt Creek Grille American
13/20
Dining Room at Salt Creek Grille, Princeton, NJ Princeton Forrestal Village
One Rockingham Row
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-419-4200
With the patio surroundings and quadrangle fire pits, smoke is definitely on the menu. More...

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