Blue Ribbon Barbecue Explained

Blue Ribbon Barbecue
Food-Type:Barbecue
Dress-Code:Casual
Country:United States

Blue Ribbon BBQ[1] is a family-owned chain of barbecue restaurants in the Greater Boston area. The restaurants offer an assortment of authentic regional southern wood-smoked barbecue.

Locations

Blue Ribbon has restaurant locations at 1375 Washington Street in West Newton, 908 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, and 342 Washington Street in Dedham.[2] Their business office, catering office and central kitchen are located in Newton Highlands. In January 2022, it was announced that Blue Ribbon Barbeque was expanding to several new states, including South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, and Ohio. The restaurant will share space with Buc-ee’s Travel Stops. Blue Ribbon BBQ is also opening a location at DFW Airport in Terminal B.

Awards

Boston Magazine awarded Blue Ribbon Barbecue Best of Boston in 1999,[3] 2006, 2007, 2008[4] and 2011.[5] Phantom Gourmet awarded Blue Ribbon The Greatest: BBQ Sandwiches.[6] Citysearch awarded them Best of Citysearch in 2006[7] and 2007.[8]

Groupon

On October 14, 2010, Blue Ribbon BBQ set a national restaurant record[9] for most sales on the deal-of-the-day website, Groupon. The chain sold 16,751 deals, resulting in mentions on the cover story of The New York Times Business Day[10] and the Harvard Business Review.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.blueribbonbbq.com Blue Ribbon BBQ
  2. News: Now Open: Blue Ribbon BBQ In Dedham Square. 2018-02-14. Dedham, MA Patch. 2018-10-21. en-US.
  3. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/detail/blue_ribbon_bar_b_q Blue Ribbon Bar-B-Q - West Newton, Massachusetts - Restaurant - Boston Magazine
  4. Web site: Best of Boston 2008 Barbecue Joint - Boston Magazine . 2009-12-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090228171451/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/best_of/detail/best_of_boston_2008_barbecue_joint . 2009-02-28 . dead .
  5. Web site: Best of Boston 2011 - Barbecue West . 2011-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328122958/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/best_of/detail/best_of_boston_2011_barbecue_west/ . 2012-03-28 . dead .
  6. http://www.phantomgourmet.com/Showpage.aspx?content=GreatAteDetails&greatateid=20 The 8 Greatest BBQ Joints
  7. http://boston.citysearch.com/bestof/winners/2006/barbecue_food Barbecue Food 2006 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA
  8. http://boston.citysearch.com/bestof/winners/2007/barbecue_food Barbecue Food 2007 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA
  9. http://newton.patch.com/articles/blue-ribbon-bbq-breaks-national-record Blue Ribbon BBQ Breaks National Record
  10. Web site: Blue Ribbon BBQ in The New York Times . 2010-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110119133810/http://blueribbonbbq.com/blog/bid/50438/Blue-Ribbon-BBQ-in-The-New-York-Times . 2011-01-19 . dead .
  11. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/12/groupon_is_google_making_a_6_b.html Groupon: Is Google Making a $6 Billion Mistake?

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