You cannot imagine my pleasure in discovering BarBersQ restaurant! I miss really good Southern-style barbeque, and I absolutely love the food at BarBersQ!
On my first visit, I tried the Vande Rose Memphis Pulled Pork Sandwich. The pork was absolutely exquisite – very lean, tender and deliciously smokey! And the sandwich was huge. It was served on a very soft bun with their barbeque sauce (yum) and coleslaw. I also tried their Painted Hills Chipotle-Braised Short Rib Sandwich (this was research, after all). This sandwich was also served on a nice, soft bun with chopped romaine, horseradish sauce and coleslaw. The meat was so tender and delicious without the fat that you normally find with short ribs.
And, of course, I had to try their collard greens (delicious) and ridgecut cornbread (excellent, too), as well as their wonderful baked beans from Rancho Gordo.
They also feature such menu items as Grilled Porterhouse Pork Chop, Long Meadow Ranch Grass-fed Flat Iron Steak, Baby Back or St. Louis Ribs, BerbersQ Chicken, as well as their BarbersQ Chili. I love the fact that they have grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and local items on their menu.
I had the opportunity, as well, to meet Chef Stephen Barber, a native of Kentucky, who got his start at City Grocery Restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi. Barber then opened Cameron Diaz’s restaurant, Bambu, in Miami. He worked for several years at Mecca in San Francisco before opening up BarbersQ in Napa.
If you love fine food and have a thing for Southern-style barbeque and the trimmings that go with it, you must give BarbersQ a try! They have a very nice wine selection, as well.
BarbersQ Restaurant
3900 D Bel Aire Plaza
Napa, CA 94558
(707) 224-6600
www.barbersQ.com (Website is currently under construction. )