Blue Smoke – LOST GEM 2020
Blue Smoke – LOST GEM 2020
116 East 27th StreetNew York, NY 10016
255 Vesey Street
Blue Smoke has been one of the Manhattan Sideways team’s favorite restaurants in the city for years. Indeed, we are certain that it places on many top-ten lists for anyone who has spent an evening at this rare Manhattan barbecue spot and jazz club. Though perhaps an unusual combination to many New Yorkers, pork spare ribs and live jazz really do go well together. Blue Smoke serves up all different takes on Southern dishes from Po’ Boy sandwiches to barbecue baked beans. Catering to both classic and innovative preferences, the fried chicken can be served in a traditional manner, or spruced up with hot honey. The restaurant also features Crispy Hog’s Head Cheese Sliders, wings, salads, and killer Cornbread Madeleines. The space itself is open and lively, with exposed brick walls, high ceilings, skylights, red vinyl seating, corrugated metal star-shaped pendants, and an absolutely massive, dark-stained wood bar. There is a lofted seating area overlooking the main space, and the jazz club is downstairs.