Jack Stack Barbecue

“The Plaza's polished temple of hickory and beef”

The Plaza Jack Stack on Broadway brings the city's most polished barbecue to the Country Club Plaza crowd, running the same hickory-fired playbook that made the Martin City original an institution. Service here reaches a level few pits bother with—this is barbecue dialed up for a shopping-district dinner, set among the Plaza's fountains and storefronts. Crown prime beef ribs lead the way, the chain's beef-forward showpiece, backed by burnt ends, smoked brisket, and the famous hickory pit beans that travel to every location. The cheesy corn bake is rich enough to start an argument over the last scoop on the plate. It's the same menu the chain built its name on, delivered in a room that fits the Plaza address without cutting a corner on the smoke. Come for the beef ribs; stay for the corn and the polish that surrounds it.