Reviews for Blackstrap BBQ in Winthrop, MA
If I could give 10 stars I would. Great food, drinks, awesome staff and live music! The specials are always awesome! Make sure... you try the mac n cheese too! Big shout out to the owners who make this place extra special. Love you guys!!! Read more
HIDDEN BBQ GEM!!! Incredible food and affordable prices. We ordered the bbq plates each as you can choose one to three meats,... two sides, and a cornbread. I had corn and bacon salad, mashed potatoes, shredded bbq chicken, chilli, and burnt ends ofbrisket. I?ve also tried creamy corn, ribs, and the Texas brisket. Everything was cooked to perfection. To be honest one of thebest restaurants I?ve been in the Boston area. Worth the drive if you?re staying closer to the city. Read more
What a great find, The atmosphere is fun and casual. The food is very good. We had a sampling of fried pickles, 2 ribs and 2... pieces of fried chicken thighs. Read more
Small town BBQ in the old center of Winthrop, was delicious, had a great atmosphere great to see them expanding in this current... era. It seems like a little hole-in-the-wall at first BUT that's how you know it's going to be good. ???? Read more
If you like barbecue this is the place to go! I?ve been coming here once a month for several months now and plan on doing the... same in the future. I always have the onion rings and a few pints of the local craft IPA while grabbing some food to go for mywife. She loves everything on the menu but her favorite by far is the crispy pork, ginger scallion lo mein. They also have afull bar for mixed drinks. There?s plenty of street parking as well as a small municipal parking area right across the street.I?ve never had a problem finding parking. Just a reminder that they only accept cash. Read more
As a BBQ lover and living near Winthrop, I really wanted to love this place, but it is just OK and the BBQ is not that great. If... you have never had Carolina, Georgia, or Texas bbq, the maybe you will be fine with it. First the positives! Christian thebartender/waiter was extremely nice and helpful and sat our party of six quickly. Good drink and beer selection, but might bethe first bbq place without sweet tea! Amazing portion sizes but we didnt like it enough to finish. The appetizers are good.Fried pickles are excellent with a good batter that sticks on well. The crab and andouille hush puppies were very tasty withgood chunks of crab but the outside was overcooked and too crunchy. The cornbread is huge but too dry and crumbly. The brisketwas very tender and had an excellent smoke complexion. Decent smoke ring but no bark included. A few pieces were ok but a fewwere dry. The pulled pork was much more vinegary that most Carolina bbq I have had. It was almost inedible it had so muchvinegar flavor. Also a bit dry. The South Carolina sauce on the side was a bit better than the North but was still more vinegarand not enough mustard. The sweet bbq sauce is standard and good. Brisket sandwich was good but a bit dry. If things were notovercooked and more juicy we might comeback. BBQ sweet potato salad was ok but lacked a bbq flavor and had some undercookedsweet potatoes. Cole slaw...excellent! Mac and cheese was good but not great. Collards were disappointing. Not the sweetblackstrap molasses flavor I was looking for and a bit raw. Nice vibe and an intimate small place. Needs work on the food. Irecommend Smoke BBQ in Charleston, SC if you want Carolina pork Read more
The memphis dry rub was amazing-- the right amount of seasoning that didn't even need a sauce to accompany it. With that said,... we did try several sauces with the brisket and our favorite was the sweet bbq although the Carolina was good as well. The menuat blackstrap is impressive. There are so many delicious options that you'll keep wanting to come back to try something else. Read more
Amazing brisket and ribs. So glad I went at 4:30 since it was packed by the time we left. The sauce on the cauliflower is very... mild and the vegan withbus enjoyed the black bean Chipotle burger Read more