Redbones Barbecue   

55 Chester St
Somerville, MA 02144
617-628-2200
www.redbonesbbq.com

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For Boston's transplanted Southerners, Redbones is a little taste of home. The food may be messy, the wait long, the tables crowded and the room noisy, but it's all worth it for some of the finest barbecue in a town where authentic 'cue is hard to come by. The upstairs dining area is a large, spacious room with rustic wooden tables, while the bar and dining downstairs are a bit funkier, with loud blues music and a raucous atmosphere. It's often easier to get a table down here than upstairs, so be sure to ask if the wait is long overhead. The menu is a straightforward meaty heaven, with four kinds of ribs (Memphis, Texas, Arkansas and baby back), down-home sides and comforting desserts like pecan pie, sweet potato pie and caramel custard. Meats and sauce are available by the pound to take out, as are sides by the quart. If you're interested in being the coolest company in the business park, Redbones will bring over one (or more) of its pits-on-wheels with requisite pit master in tow. Nothing says, "Thank you for that fourth-quarter profit margin" like a whole pig on a spit.