Blue Ribbon Barbecue

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.

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

References

  1. Blue Ribbon BBQ^
  2. Now Open: Blue Ribbon BBQ In Dedham Square Dedham, MA as well as in Time Out Market, Boston.Patch, 2018-02-14, retrieved 2018-10-21^
  3. Blue Ribbon Bar-B-Q - West Newton, Massachusetts - Restaurant - Boston Magazine^
  4. Best of Boston 2008 Barbecue Joint - Boston Magazine retrieved 2009-12-17^
  5. Best of Boston 2011 - Barbecue West retrieved 2011-09-28^
  6. The 8 Greatest BBQ Joints^
  7. Barbecue Food 2006 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA^
  8. Barbecue Food 2007 - Best of Citysearch Boston, MA^
  9. Blue Ribbon BBQ Breaks National Record^
  10. Blue Ribbon BBQ in The New York Times retrieved 2010-12-13^
  11. Groupon: Is Google Making a $6 Billion Mistake?^