Blackwood BBQ

Blackwood BBQ is a bbq joint The Loop Chicago located in United States.

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  • Phone

    (312) 621-9663

  • Website

    blackwoodbbq.com

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  • Type

    BBQ Joint

Address

307 W Lake St (N Franklin St) Chicago , IL 60606 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Discover & MasterCard)
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Breakfast, Lunch

Comments / 57


Keywords:

brisket Southern food cornbread mac & cheese north carolina sauce memphis sauce good for a quick meal baked beans pulled chicken breakfast food great value casual lively cole slaw big portions bright authentic BBQ sauce lunch Chicago style
Redeye Chicago

Next time you're looking for a quick bite , check out Blackwood BBQ in the Loop. It is a welcome change to the usual fast food joints and won't disappoint. Try the pulled pork and their mac-n-cheese. Read more

Thrillist

If a Chipotle franchise knocked boots with a Southern BBQ joint, things would probably get really messy, but the resulting offspring might well look something like Blackwood BBQ. Read more

Time Out Chicago

The first barbeque spot in the Loop, Blackwood is not the best ‘cue in the city , but it’s good and it’s a welcome change from the usual lineup of fast food and salad/wrap restaurants . Read more

Will

Don't be discouraged by the simple menu. The brisket sandwich with Chicago sauce is amazing. All of the sides are very good, but keep in mind that your eyes could be bigger than your stomach.

Dave

Lunch is good here with the choice of beef brisket or pulled pork , but the winner here is the breakfast hash which includes eggs , potatoes , choice of meat and sauce. At $3.99 it's a bargain.

Will Longhini

Order the platter, you get more meat and you're going to order at least one side anyway. I recommend the brisket and you can't go wrong with any of the sauces. Heads up, the lemonade isn't very sweet.

Chicago Tribune

This fast-casual barbecue joint — open during breakfast and lunch only Monday through Friday — specializes in a bright , yellow sauce, honey mustard-like in color and flavor. Read more

Raum

Great fast good BBQ option downtown. Pulled pork was excellent, I recommend both Carolina sauces together. Chicago style sauce had too much cumin in it. Slaw was good too. Cornbread tasty.

Chicagoist

File this under good things: the a.m. sandwich from straightforward pit Blackwood Barbecue features meat rubbed with seasonings from The Spice House. Read more

Luiz Eduardo

Brisket BBQ plate or salad , mix a couple of sauces and be happy. Fast service if everyone knows what they want by the time they get to the counter. Remember that.

Thrillist

Get the angus beef brisket smothered in PBR-infused BBQ sauce , and Panko-and-cheddar-crusted mac & cheese . Choose from any of five different BBQ sauce styles. Read more

Andre Williams

Awesome BBQ as you have options of the following flavors: Kansas City BBQ , Memphis BBQ , North & South Carolina BBQ and Chicago BBQ in the form of pulled pork or brisket

Chicago Tribune

Of note is the barbecued beef brisket , smoked 14 hours with hickory and apple wood. One of its nice touches is the ground coffee in the dry rub . Read more

John Shrimp

The meats are slowly smoked for hours in house and the menu keeps things simple by offering just pulled pork , pulled chicken , and brisket .

Khadi Cano

The brisket is sooooo good. The Mac and cheese is pretty top notch too!

Casey Ryan

Brisket is good but you get way more in the pulled pork meal. Chicago style is the best sauce. Cornbread and Mac-n-cheese are awesome.

Michael Haarala

Get your meal with the white Atlanta style BBQ sauce for a great spin on classic brisket or pulled pork .

Emily B

The Kansas City sauce is the best tasting by far, but a little too thin. Mix it with a tad of the Memphis sauce for extra thickness and you've got a winner!

Chicago Tribune

My preferred sauce: the Chicago style , a tomato-and-vinegar-based dip splashed with Pabst Blue Ribbon (though more accurately, Milwaukee style?). Read more

Phaedra Leslie

Beef brisket with Mac n cheese and a cornbread muffin . Pulled chicken over salad with the North Carolina sauce . Mmm mmm

Kirstjen Lorenz

You cab smell the place a block away. Pulled pork with NC sauce and Mac & cheese makes a pretty good work day lunch .

Mark Brouch

This is the Chipotle process for BBQ . Line can be long, but moves quickly.

Nick

Line is almost always out the door during lunchtime, but it moves quickly and is 1000% worth it.

Bradley Loberg

The brisket is fantastic and the baked beans and mac and cheese sides are great.

Manijeh Bonshahi

Loved the brisket w mac n cheese . Got the memphis sauce but would love to try the rest soon :-)!

Time Out Chicago

The pulled pork at Blackwood BBQ is one of the 100 best things we ate this year. http://tmout.us/rLOtk

AV

Decent sauces, nice coleslaw . But what's better is that they play solid songs. By solid, I mean Jimi Hendrix's, Led Zeppelin's and Rolling stones'.

Billy Kenefick

Wow! This place is just what the loop needed. The lines may look long but jr moves fast because it's BBQ

Kirstjen Lorenz

The pulled pork is very good and the North Carolina sauce is a zesty addition.

Shannon Jeropke

The brisket here is phenomenal… the sauces are amazing!

Spencer S

You will definitely want to buy an additional side with your meal. Recommend the cornbread .

Consta K

Everything is awesome. You can buy big bottle of their souse

Nick Barella

Brisket is delicious

Johnathan Barnes

Pulled pork sandwich with the Chicago bbq sauce . You can't go wrong.

Matt Lindner

The pulled pork . Just order the pulled pork . Generous portion and perfect.

Scott R

Brisket was really good. Just the right a amount of smokey, fatty, juicy.

Joshua Ehart

Tough to find a seat but the pulled pork plate with Carolina sauce is first rate

Matt

Order pickup on GrubHub to skip the line of 50 dudes in button downs

Weston

Breakfast wrap and corn bread were great.

Orlando Kesler

Beef Brisket platter with corn bread was off the chains.

Angelica C

Corn bread is dense, dry, and not sweet. Slaw is not worth it. Mac n cheese is OK. Beware of bone bits in pulled chicken . Brisket is tender and good with Memphis sauce . Pulled pork is very dry.

Kirstjen Lorenz

Pulled pork with Carolina sauce is great.

Dan Chamberlain

Great food, friendly staff .

Lee Allen

The brisket sandwich was great.

ISC Chicago

One of few BBQ places in the Loop

Michael P. Hill

Love the brisket with K.C. sauce on the side.

Chris Shackleton

Brisket is top notch.

Nick Fruendt

Chicago BBQ sauce is delicious

Benjamin Nelson

Food is flippin' amazing

Mark Anthoney

The food was good

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