City Rib

Joining New York's burgeoning barbecue landscape is this 200-seat Queens smokehouse. From a duo of smokers come pit standards including baby back ribs, pork shoulder and barbecued chicken. Grab a chair at a wooden communal table for down-home dishes such as fried catfish, deviled eggs and shrimp-and-sausage gumbo. At the 30-seat bar—a blend of concrete and galvanized metal—find 14 beers on tap (Shiner Bock, Brooklyn East India Pale Ale) and cocktails like a Jack Daniel's–spiked lemonade and Caribbean rum punch.