barbecue food pittsburgh guide

Barbecue Food Pittsburgh
Best Barbecue Restaurants

• Local or Independently owned
• Regional Chain
• National Chain

There are very few large national chains of barbecue restaurants. However, there are many small to medium size regional chains. Normally if a regional chain is in a geographic area they will have several locations in that geographic area for their restaurants. For our listings we only list the restaurant one time even though there may be five or ten restaurants of that chain in the metropolitan area.

Check on the restaurant's web site for specific location information. It is not unusual for the local or independently owned barbecue food restaurant to be located remotely in a rural town outside the major metropolitan area. Not so for the regional chain - their restaurants are normally located in a high traffic area with many other types of restaurants. Many of the local barbecue restaurants also sell food products via their web site. So if you have a great meal while traveling at one of these local barbecue restaurants - order some food via the internet to be shipped to you and enjoy a meal with family and/or friends.

Here are some of our barbecue food Pittsburgh recommendations:

Barbecue Food Pittsburgh
Smokey Bones Barbecue - Regional Chain - Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill opened its first restaurant in Orlando, FL., in 1999 and has since grown to more than 100 locations across the eastern and midwestern United States. Smokey Bones features a rustic mountain lodge dining environment. The building uses tall timbers, stacked stone, fireplaces and images you would see in the mountains. The atmosphere is enhanced with television screens throughout the building showing guests' favorite television programs. Each table has an audio box so guests may listen to the television program they choose – or mute the sound altogether. Smokey Bones is owned by Florida-based Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI), which also owns and operates Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52 casual dining restaurants. Smokey Bones recorded $269 million in sales in its most recently completed fiscal year.

http://www.smokeybones.com/