BY CAROLYN ONOFREY
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
646 West 131st Street
Harlem
212-694-1777/dinosaurbarbque.com
Swag Sampler at Dinosaur BBQ
A recent trek up to Harlem during my apartment search brought me to the neighborhood of Dinosaur BBQ. I had never made it up to 131st street to try out the famous BBQ, so when I passed it, I made a definitive note to self that I would for sure be stopping for dinner on my way home.
Monday night at 8:30pm, the huge restaurant (at least for Manhattan) was packed full, leaving the wait for a table for two at an hour and a half. Just as I was about to give up and settle for a can of soup from my pantry at home, 2 seats in the bar section (grab them as you see them seating policy) opened up and we rushed to snatch them up.
My game plan was to try a bit of everything, I went with the Swag Sampler plate for 1 ($5.95), an appetizer combo plate similar to what one would find at an Applebee’s including all of their goodies like spicy shrimp, meaty and very juicy BBQ chicken wings, fried green tomatoes, and deviled eggs. Having never ordered deviled eggs from a restaurant before, I was a little skeptical but discovered that they were actually very good! [Read more...]
