City Barbeque — Kentwood

The business has been running low and slow since 1999, and this branch carries the same approach: on-site smokers, local hickory, and the kind of attention that wins competitions. The wood does its work; the meat follows.

Kentwood gets what the rest of the chain delivers — barbecue cooked properly, without shortcuts. Find it on 28th Street SE, where the smoke is real and the method doesn't change.