BBQ Joint
Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
A polished Southern-themed chain with solid execution and great biscuits — better than expected for a corporate BBQ concept.
Details
- Address
- Long Beach, CA
- Phone
- (562) 434-7427
- Style
- Southern-style
- Price
- $$$
Imagine my delight when, after a tiring evening of Christmas shopping on 2nd Street in Long Beach, we walked past Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ. Of course we had to stop and go inside for some good old BBQ.
At 8:30 on a Monday night they still had a wait. We knew we were in for some delicious food. From the lobby we could see and smell the hickory wood smoker. My mouth was watering before we even sat down.
The menu was impressive. It was hard to decide what to order, but in the end we did well. We started with an order of onion straws — think of a more delicious version of the Awesome Blossom, served with Lucille's own BBQ ranch dipping sauce. We were pretty full after just that, but went on to order the spare ribs and a pulled pork sandwich. Both were incredible. We had three choices of BBQ sauce: Memphis, Hickory, and Hot & Spicy styles. I found the Hot & Spicy to be the most unique. The choice of sides was extensive and everything we tried was worth having again — sweet potatoes, grilled corn, greens, and garlic mashed potatoes. My only complaint was the excessive amount of food, but is that really a complaint?
Overall it was a great experience. Since Lucille's has multiple locations, I was a little concerned about it feeling too "chain-y." Thankfully I was proven wrong.
**Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que**
Multiple locations
lucillesbbq.com