Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que's Syracuse Location
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
Restaurant information
Established1988;36 years ago (1988)
Food type Barbecue
Street address246 West Willow Street
City Syracuse
County Onondaga County
State New York
Postal/ZIP Code13202
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 43°03′09″N76°09′17″W / 43.052490°N 76.154697°W / 43.052490; -76.154697
Other locations Harlem, Brooklyn, Rochester, Troy , Buffalo
Other informationFormer locations in Newark, New Jersey, Stamford, Connecticut, 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 York City, and formerly in New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut and Maryland.

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History

First opened in 1988 on Willow Street in downtown Syracuse, the restaurant subsequently opened locations in older buildings of historical significance in several cities. The Syracuse location used to be N&H tavern and once housed a Cadillac dealership. The Rochester restaurant is a former Lehigh Valley Railroad station overlooking the Genesee River. The Buffalo restaurant is a former Universal Pictures film storage vault. The Brooklyn restaurant had been a tool & die shop, and the former Newark location was once a boxing club where Rubin Carter trained, Stamford was a Yale Lock Co. factory. [1]

A cookbook with many of the restaurant's recipes was published titled Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse in 2001. [2] Many of the restaurant's signature sauces are also bottled by Private Label Foods and sold in grocery stores and online. [3]

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 found no fault on the restaurant's part. [4]

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. [5] [6]

Adam Richman, host of the Travel Channel's Man v. Food , took the show to Syracuse (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. [7]

In March 2015, a New York City law firm filed a class action lawsuit against Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, claiming the chain systematically underpaid its tipped workers. The firm, Fitapelli & Schaffer, has filed similar lawsuits for workers at T.G.I. Friday's and Chipotle. [8]

Restaurants

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que has 6 restaurants currently in operation along with 4 restaurants that have closed down.

Current restaurants

Restaurant NumberRestaurant NameLocationOpenedSeatsSquare feetNotes
1 Syracuse, NY 246 W Willow St, Syracuse, NY 132021988??Original restaurant. Formally an N&H tavern and once housed a Cadillac dealership
2 Rochester, NY 99 Court St, Rochester, NY 146041998??First restaurant in Rochester, New York. Formally a Lehigh Valley Railroad station.
3 Harlem, NY 700 W 125th St, New York, NY 100272004?7,000First restaurant in New York City.
4 Troy, NY 377 River St, Troy, NY 1218020102509,200First restaurant in the Capital District. Formally Fresno's restaurant. [9]
7 Brooklyn, NY 604 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215201365?Formally a motor freight company and the Perfect Steel Rule Die Corp.
8 Buffalo, NY 301 Franklin St, Buffalo, NY 1420220141806,000First restaurant in Buffalo, New York. Formally a Universal International Pictures movie vault.

Former restaurants

Restaurant NumberRestaurant NameLocationOpenedClosedDuration Of Time OperatedSeatsSquare feetNotes
5 Newark, NJ 224 Market St, Newark, NJ 07102May, 2011 [10] August, 2021 [11] 10.24 years1806,000First restaurant in New Jersey. [12] Formally a boxing club where Rubin Carter trained.
6 Stamford, CT 845 Canal St, Stamford, CT 06902December, 2012 [13] June, 2020 [14] 7.5 years?7,500First restaurant in Connecticut. Closed due to the effects of COVID-19. Formally a Yale Lock Co. factory
9 Chicago, IL 923 W Weed St, Chicago, IL 60642April, 2015 [15] July, 2016 [16] 1.25 years16812,686 [17] First restaurant in Illinois and the Midwest. Two story restaurant.
10 Baltimore, MD 1401 Fleet St, Baltimore, MD 21231September, 2015 [18] January, 2018 [19] 2.39 years??First restaurant in Maryland. Building opened in 1885. [20]

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