Gold Winner and Hall of Fame Inductee Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Upstreet BBQ Brewhouse After Eve in the Garden of Eden, it’s hard to think of somebody who’s made as much out of ribs as Cindy Wheatley. In 2010, she quietly opened the doors of Boneheads BBQ, a […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Studio East Give it up for the south end’s premiere barbecue spot as it celebrates its ninth straight win for Best Ribs in Halifax. Even though a call from The Coast this time of year is almost expected, Boneheads proprietor Cindy Wheatley […]
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Best Chicken Wings
Gold Winner Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar Too Silver Winner Your Fathers Moustache Bronze Winner Boneheads BBQ Nick Vadeboncoeur evokes Bubba Rays’ plethora of sauces with his sugary response to the news about winning Best Chicken Wings in Halifax. “Sweet!” exclaims the managing bartender. “That’s awesome.” The secret to award-winning wings? Well, those sauces help. Bubba […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Baton Rouge Halifax’s riff on the eats of the deep south is on the deep south side of Barrington Street. That’s where Boneheads—the now eight-time winner in the Best Ribs category—lives in a little no-frills space that lets the food (and the […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Bronze Winner Baton Rouge Seven years in business plus seven Best Ribs awards equals pretty flawless, by our math. The Boneheads finger-licking, bone-in ribs win with a slow and steady cook time of anywhere from five to eight hours, says Cindy Wheatley of the […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Baton Rouge Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Those afraid of getting their hands a little dirty in the name of dinner should avoid Boneheads. The south end’s southern barbecue smokehouse maintains its finger-licking good status for the fifth year running, but the messy goodness doesn’t stop with […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Bearly’s House of Blues, Burgers and Ribs Bronze Winner Mic Mac Bar & Grill Southern comfort lives in the heart of Halifax. Boneheads BBQ dishes out mouthwatering, meaty magic in the form of ribs, fit for any carnivore. You can order a full slab of these baby-back beauties, or […]
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Boneheads’ Fairview location has closed
Just over a year after opening it, Boneheads BBQ announced via Twitter last night that it had closed its Fairview location. It’s sad news for diners in the Dutch Village Road area, but rest easy meat lovers—the grill is still on at Boneheads’ flagship location (1014 Barrington Street).
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ, Halifax Silver Winner Q Smokehouse & Southern Barbeque Bronze Winner Bearly’s House of Blues, Burgers and Ribs For the meat-loving carnivore, Bonehead’s is heaven on earth—and boy, do they know ribs. With BBQ made daily, this big ol’ rack of baby-back ribs will make your mouth water just looking at it […]
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Best Ribs
Gold Winner Boneheads BBQ Silver Winner Q Smokehouse Bronze Winner Baton Rouge These guys certainly aren’t boneheads when it comes to ribs. For the third year running, Boneheads BBQ has stolen the show. “I think it’s just the care that we take in making everything—it’s all made from scratch,” says owner Cindy Wheatley. “We really […]
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Best Ribs
Two thousand ten’s Best New Restaurant claims Best Ribs again in just its second year. “I would say it’s all about the smoke,” says kitchen manager Alan McPherson, who says Boneheads doesn’t take any shortcuts when it comes to ribs—no boiling, no ovens, just low and slow. “We give them a good three or four-hour […]
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Seven under $7
$4.99: Pulled Pork Sandwich Boneheads BBQ 1014 Barrington street, 407-4100 “Succulicious,” that’s the only way staff at Boneheads BBQ could describe their pulled pork sandwich in one word. The fresh Kaiser bun is paired with a heaping pile of slow-cooked pork. The meat, which cooks for an average of eight to 10 hours, is smothered […]