In Search of Ribs

Baby Back Ribs
Irresistible baby backs that are slow smoked with a Memphis-style dry rub.

 

Where to find them:
Hogshead Cafe
9503 W. Broad Street
(804) 308-0281
www.thehogsheadcafe.com

 

St. Louis Spare Ribs
Dry rubbed, hickory smoked and served with your choice of two sides such as jalapeno macaroni and cheese or southwest black bean and corn salad.


Where to find them:
ALAMO BBQ
2202 Jefferson Avenue
804-592-3138
www.alamobbqva.com


TDS Smokehouse Ribs
Tender smoked ribs smothered in a sweet and spicy BBQ sauce and served with cole slaw and French fries.


Where to find them:
BIG AL'S
3641 Cox Road
804-270-4454
www.bigalsrichmond.com


Applewood Smoked Baby Back Ribs
These super moist, smokey baby back ribs are one of their signature “to go” items. Slow roasted over applewood for 4 hours, these lightly sauced ribs melt in your mouth as you slowly pull the meat off the bone. Gotta take them home to eat them, but what a treat when you get there.



Where to find them:
THE BUTCHER AT BON AIR
2720 Tinsley Drive, Richmond
804-323-MEAT

Beer-B-Cued Ribs
A full rack of tender St. Louis cut Smithfield Pork Ribs basted with our malted barley beer-b-cue sauce. Served with frites and cilantro lime slaw.



Where to find them:
CAPITAL ALE HOUSE
Midlothian Village Square & Innsbrook, 4024-A Cox Road
804-780-ALES
www.capitalalehouse.com



Brennan’s Baby Back Ribs
Smoked and cooked to perfection, then covered in their special sauce. Available in 1/2 rack or full rack.



Where to find them:
CARTER'S PIG PEN BAR-B-QUE
8011 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville
804-730-3616
www.carterspigpenbarbque.com


Baby Back Ribs
Fall off the bone tender baby back ribs covered in homemade BBQ sauce and slow roasted for three and half hours.



Where to find them:
CENTRAL PARK DELI
Breckenridge Shopping Center
12744 Jeff Davis Hwy., Chester
804-796-9660


Award Winning St. Louis-Style Ribs
Hand-rubbed with Dave's secret blend of tongue-tingling special spices and pit-smoked for 3-4 hours over a smoldering hickory fire. Then slathered with sauce over an open flame to seal in the Famous flavor and give them a crispy, caramelized coating. Also available un-sauced.



Where to find them:
FAMOUS DAVE'S
10201 Midlothian Turnpike 7009 W. Broad Street
804-323-6112 804-755-4450.
www.famousdaves.com


Baby Back Ribs
Half rack of slow roasted baby back ribs basted with java bbq sauce, steak fries, cider slaw.



Where to find them:
FIREBIRDS WOOD FIRED GRILL
The Shoppes at Belvedere
11448 Belvedere Vista Lane, Richmond
804-440-0000
www.firebirdsrestaurants.com


Baby Back Ribs
Rubbed with a special spice blend and chiles and slow smoked to fall-off-the-bone perfection.



Where to find them:
HALLIGAN BAR AND GRILL
Short Pump • 2451 Old Brick Road, St. 103
Shockoe Bottom • 3 N. 17th St. • 447-7981
www.thehalliganbar.com


Hondos Baby Back Ribs
Half rack of award-winning baby back ribs smoked slowly and served with a special barbecue sauce and topped with haystack onions.



Where to find them:
HONDOS
Innsbrook
4024-C Cox Road
804-968-4323
www.hondosprime.com


Baby Back Rib
Seared, rubbed with Quaker’s secret rib rub and slow-roasted for hours until fork tender. Ribs are then flame-grilled with your choice of sauce: Original BBQ, Tequila Lime BBQ, Buckeye BBQ, Louisiana Lickers or Thai ‘R’ Cracker!



Where to find them:
QUAKER STEAK & LUBE
8000 W. Broad Street
804-217-9496
www.quakersteakandlube.com

BBQ Smoked Ribs
St. Louis trimmed ribs, hand-rubbed with Ronnie’s Sweet and spicy dry rub, then slow-cooked in our hickory smoker with Ronnie’s homemade BBQ sauce on the side.



Where to find them:
RONNIE'S RIBS, WINGS & OTHER THINGS
2512 E. Main Street
804-308-7524.
www.ronniesribsandwings.com

Slow Smoked Ribs
Choose from St. Louis or baby backs slow smoked on the premises with either TD’s Original Kansas-style sauce or Eastern North Carolina sauce.



Where to find them:

TD’S SMOKEHOUSE
8919 Patterson Avenue
804-741-9804
www.tdsmokehouse.com