Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
| Dinosaur Bar-B-Que | |
|---|---|
 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que's Syracuse Location | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1988 |
| Food type | Barbecue |
| Street address | 246 W. Willow St. |
| City | Syracuse |
| County | Onondaga County |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 13202 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 43°03′09″N 76°09′17″W / 43.052490°N 76.154697°W |
| Other locations | Harlem, Brooklyn, Rochester, Troy, Newark, New Jersey, Buffalo, Stamford |
| Other information | Former locations in Chicago and Baltimore |
| Website | DinosaurBarBQue.com |
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is a restaurant, blues venue, and biker bar chain located mostly in upstate New York with branches in New Jersey, Connecticut, and formerly Illinois and Maryland.
Opened in 1988 on Willow Street in downtown Syracuse, a cookbook with many of the restaurant's recipes was published titled Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse in 2001.[1]
In March 2015, a New York City law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, claiming the chain systemically underpaid its tipped workers. The firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, has filed similar lawsuits on behalf of workers at T.G.I. Friday's and Chipotle.[2]
In the media
- In late November 2006, the Syracuse location was affected by the Norovirus and was closed for about a week until cleared to reopen by county health inspectors. Hundreds of customers and employees were affected. It is unclear how the virus materialized. Onondaga County health inspectors did not find fault on the part of the restaurant. [3]
- In May 2009 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que was voted America's best barbecue in ABC's "Good Morning America" poll. Approximately 4000 out of the 7500 participants in the poll chose Dinosaur Bar-B-Que.[4][5]
- Adam Richman, host of the Travel Channel's Man v. Food, took the show to Syracuse, New York (season 3, episode 13) on June 8, 2010. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que was the first stop for Richman, who tried the restaurant's "Pork-Sket" sandwich (which features 1/2-pound each of brisket and pulled pork). It was first broadcast on the Travel Channel on September 1, 2010.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Stage, John (2001). Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1-58008-265-3.
- ^ "Law firm alleges Dinosaur Bar-B-Que cheats tipped workers out of wages". Albany Times-Union.
- ^ "Coincidence or connection?". Syracuse.com. Retrieved April 19, 2007.
- ^ "Dinosaur Bar-B-Que voted America's best barbecue in ABC's "Good Morning America" poll". Syracuse.com. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Smaknews.com: The Leading Smack News Site on the Net
- ^ "'Man v. Food' at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Heid's in Liverpool". Syracuse.com. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
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