Blue Ribbon Barbecue
Restaurant information
Food typeBarbecue
Dress codeCasual
CountryUnited States
Websiteblueribbonbbq.com
Blue Ribbon Barbecue
in Arlington, Massachusetts

Blue Ribbon BBQ[1] is a family-owned chain of barbecue restaurants in the Greater Boston area. The restaurants offer an assortment of authentic regional southern wood-smoked barbecue.

Locations

Blue Ribbon has restaurant locations at 1375 Washington Street in West Newton, 908 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, and 342 Washington Street in Dedham.[2] Their business office, catering office and central kitchen are located in Newton Highlands. In January 2022, it was announced that Blue Ribbon Barbeque was expanding to several new states, including South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, and Ohio. The restaurant will share space with Buc-ee’s Travel Stops. Blue Ribbon BBQ is also opening a location at DFW Airport in Terminal B.

Awards

Boston Magazine awarded Blue Ribbon Barbecue Best of Boston in 1999,[3] 2006, 2007, 2008[4] and 2011.[5] Phantom Gourmet awarded Blue Ribbon The Greatest: BBQ Sandwiches.[6] Citysearch awarded them Best of Citysearch in 2006[7] and 2007.[8]

Groupon

On October 14, 2010, Blue Ribbon BBQ set a national restaurant record[9] for most sales on the deal-of-the-day website, Groupon. The chain sold 16,751 deals, resulting in mentions on the cover story of The New York Times Business Day[10] and the Harvard Business Review.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Blue Ribbon BBQ
  2. ^ "Now Open: Blue Ribbon BBQ In Dedham Square". Dedham, MA Patch. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  3. ^ Blue Ribbon Bar-B-Q - West Newton, Massachusetts - Restaurant - Boston Magazine Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Best of Boston 2008 Barbecue Joint - Boston Magazine". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  5. ^ "Best of Boston 2011 - Barbecue West". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  6. ^ The 8 Greatest BBQ Joints Archived January 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Barbecue Food 2006 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA
  8. ^ Barbecue Food 2007 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA
  9. ^ Blue Ribbon BBQ Breaks National Record Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Blue Ribbon BBQ in The New York Times". Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  11. ^ Groupon: Is Google Making a $6 Billion Mistake?
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