Blue Smoke
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 447-7733
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue
- Directions:
- 6 at 28th St
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 11:30am-11pm, Thu-Fri 11:30am-1am, Sat 12pm-1am, Sun 12pm-11pm
Editorial Review for Blue Smoke – by Dana Bowen
The Scene
Danny Meyer's sprawling, wood-trimmed barbecue joint, with its oversized booths, showpiece bar and late-night jazz club in the basement, is a hot spot for casual work lunches and fun nights on the town. Crowds pour in, and service is friendly and knowledgeable.
The Food
The moderately priced menu features upscale comfort food, but only enough to showcase the high-quality ingredients and interesting pairings. The food is fun and unfussy, as creamy deviled eggs and hush puppies with jalapeno-marmalade prove. Appetizers, like plump "barbecued" mussels spiced with cubes of smoked pork and chilies, and juicy game sausages with pickled jalapenos, are Southern in theory only, but they sure taste great. But it's the barbecue that really impresses: Pulled pork, though nothing like Carolina's versions, is chunky, chewy, with just enough smoke, while spice-rubbed and sauce-slathered ribs (best enjoyed as a sampler) feature fat-streaked, mostly tender pork and beef.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe Jazz Standard, a live jazz club, is downstairs. Two sets play weeknights, three on Fridays and Saturdays, and the cover varies ($15-$30). The full Blue Smoke menu is served, and there's no food or drink minimum.
What to DrinkThere's a great selection of beers on tap, but don't overlook root beer or creamsicle ice cream floats. Unlimited refills on iced tea.
Where to SitBooths in the upstairs mezzanine are best for people-watching.
User Reviews for Blue Smoke
03/14/2008 Posted by mfoxjackson
We were there on a busy Friday night and had a good time. The place is a bit loud, but overall good. We started with the homemade potato chips with the warm blue cheese dip, which was real nice. The dip was pretty addicting. We also had the peel and eat shrimp, which I was surprised was a hot dish. ( heat-hot) If it said it on the menu, I missed it. We both had the rib sampler platter which we ended up having packed up to take home we had so much and were saving room for dessert. I highly recommend the macaroni and cheese, it was delish. Best thing of the evening. Neither of us particularly cared for the cole slaw. Dessert was the chocolate layer cake and banana cream pie. I had prearranged with the hostess that it was my husbands birthday, so they wrote his name in chocolate on the plate and put a candle in his cake. Unfortunately I was a solo in singing as a food runner dropped it off and immediately left. The banana cream pie was a little too much on what tasted like artificial banana flavor in the pie filling, but the walnuts on top were a nice addition.
Pros: The Macaroni and cheese - yummy!!
Cons: Too loud!
03/02/2008 Posted by genji
Great food and service! We went for lunch over the weekend and the food was really really tasty!!!! We had the rib sampler and the Texas beef ribs, mac and cheese, fries, hush puppies..we loved it all. I'll definitely be back again.
Pros: Food!!
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