Beast of Bourbon

Brooklyn’s white-hot BBQ scene shows no sign of cooling off. From nearby gastropub Black Swan comes this sprawling 6,000-square-foot smokehouse in Bed-Stuy. Pit master Frank Davis—who ran upstate’s Cha Cha Hut BBQ—mans the Southern Pride smoker, firing up brisket, ribs and pulled pork. Dive into sandwich specials like the PBR (pork, bacon and house-made relish) and the Gobble Gobble Hey (turkey, bacon and pickled cabbage) at communal picnic tables, or sidle up to the horseshoe bar for a selection from the 200 bottles of whiskey, 50 American beers and frozen cocktails.