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    Holy Smokes Bourbon and BBQ

    4.3 (46 reviews)
    PriceyBarbeque
    Closed 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Classy
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Alyssa G.

    OUTSTANDING!! Best BBQ I have had in a long time!!! The service was friendly and welcoming! And the place is clean and has a wonderful ambiance! Would recommend to anyone and would come again!

    Fries- were great and the cornbread is good as well as the brisket.
    Caroline J.

    This place has been open for a few month now in Watertown. I was not impressed by any of the meats really beside the beef brisket. The pulled chicken and pulled pork were both dry. The ribs were also a little on the dry side. The best side I had was the French fries. They were really good. The cornbread was also good especially if you enjoy sweeter cornbread. I liked the baked beans but they were nothing special. The potato salad and macaroni salad were not that great, average at best. Sadly the macaroni and cheese was extremely salty!!! I couldn't eat it!

    pulled pork, macaroni, and cheese
    Kathleen L.

    For the hours they keep I won't recommend it but I can see why they can keep them this is one of the best barbecue spots I've been to. Their brisket is amazing they're mac & cheese delicious and the owner is very nice everything is very clean and they do have a catering menu. Be aware they're closed Sunday and Monday and they're only open 11 to 6.

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    Xay B.

    The view of the square is beautiful and the Food was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! I got the Mac Daddy with fries and beans and my BBQ was the Honey BBQ. My man got the Pulled Pork Cubano with broccoli and mac and cheese. Everything had a wonderful smoke to it and did not feel heavy or bloating! And that is coming from a girl who shouldn't be eating gluten LOL. Service was wonderful, on my receipt the servers name was Brianna. Both women were AWESOME. Definitely will be recommending to family and friends! Thank you!!

    Cubano pulled pork / baked beans / butter soaked soft potatoes
    Joel S.

    Great BBQ and food....wish they sold there sauces but for downtown great prices and location..can't go wrong..

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    Jake K.

    Now there are four (five? they just keep popping up!) barbecue places in the Watertown/Fort Drum area! Met some friends for a Sunday lunch, decided to split their homewrecker platter with the wife and daughter. It was a great way to sample most of their meats on the menu, as well as a healthy portion of their hot and cold sides. There were five or six sauces available, all of them unique and delicious. Of all the sides I tried, I found the smoked cream corn to be the most interesting because I've never seen it before, and wished I had more. I was a little disappointed with the mac and cheese, but it was good when mixed with pulled pork and sauce. We didn't realize it was inside a grocery store, but they had bar stool seating that easily sat all 6 of us. There was some open space that I felt could use a picnic table or two, but it may be against some sort of fire code. My wife wrapped up with grasshopper pie ice cream, and I vowed to return for their homewrecker eating challenge because I'm pretty sure I could down all of their delicious food. I'll be back to try more of their generous helpings of sides and the pulled pork poutine!

    Tahsha D.

    First time here and it's delicious!! Got the Mac Daddy with fried pickles and it was so yummy! Great prices and a very large variety!!

    Pulled Pork Kaiser Roll Sandwich

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    Go often always love our mealGreat staff and food Only thing that would make it better a few taps and one n/a tap!

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    Food and service was amazing! Very clean, and covid friendly. Thank you! I would definitely recommend.

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    I really like going on!! The food is good, so is the ice cream!!! If ya'll haven't been you should check it out..

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    Great location and atmosphere. Employees were very friendly and helpful. Food was amazing and priced well. I will definitely go back.

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    This was a surprising gem of a find in Watertown. I was meeting a friend who is at Fort Drum, and…read morewe really wanted to get some Korean food. We were very pleased with the food, and location near the base. Many people were coming in to take out so you could tell that this is a loved spot. I ordered bibimbap and it was very very good. I typically like the dolsot bibimbap, but it was not an option, so I was surprised how good my dish was. The vegetables were fresh and well cooked, the flavors were excellent. The beef was very tasty. I also enjoyed the banchan - in particular the cucumber kimchee was fantastic. It was probably the best I've had anywhere (at least in recent memory). The regular cabbage kimchee was good too, and the pickled daikon were tangy. They offer small, medium and large sides of the banchan, and I could definitely see ordering extra of those. Our server said she makes the cucumber kimchee fresh every day multiple times a day to keep the cukes from getting soggy. My friend got the Ja Jang Myon which was very good too. The noodles were a great texture, and the portion of meat and sauce was generous. You can also get soju here! The only thing that is keeping my review from being 5 stars is the price. While I understand that these prices are probably necessary given the location, it was much higher than in a larger city such as Rochester. But other than that, I had a great experience and would come back again!

    We've been coming here for 30 years and it's been consistently wonderful! The staff is friendly,…read morefood is delicious and they have recently expanded and renovated. Try it out!

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    Briskets Pit Stop is a Watertown food truck that specializes in wood-fired BBQ, usually camped out…read morein front of the Mattress Express on Arsenal Street (they're very good about updating their Facebook page with where they're going to be on any given day, if you want to hunt them down). The namesake brisket frankly left a little bit to be desired. It was moist and juicy, but for the all the nice thickness of the smoke ring, there was little distinct smoke flavor (I tasted hardwood, but none of the fruit or nut woods that typically impart flavor) and no real bark; the rub (basic salt and pepper, Texas-style) kind of just fell away from the meat. I'd guess that the brisket is prepared using the hot-and-fast method of smoking, or the meat is otherwise foiled (Texas crutch) to prevent the stall, the long process of evaporative cooling that forms the bark. To my palate, it was also under-salted. I've done better on a Weber Smokey Mountain at home, but there's something to be said about not having to babysit the smoker for fifteen hours. I didn't care for the cheese blend in the mac and cheese whatsoever and I threw most of it away. This is still probably one of the better brisket spots in the area if you're looking for a quick lunch, but I don't know that it's a destination.

    My husband and I made the biggest mistake of our lives by eating at the place. Their food is very…read moreoverpriced and definitely not worth the price you pay. First, the macaroni and cheese is very dry. Second mustard in coleslaw that was awful tasting. Third, I caught them picking up with their bare hands (no gloves) what they would like to call corn bread (which I did report to fort drum). The woman that work their are rude especially the young girl. She is not very friendly at all. One of the other woman that works there I think I heard the young girl call her Tracey or Stacey is very unprofessional looking her hair is colored blue or green or something along those lines, she has piercings which I know for a fact from working in the food industry for 10 years in the kitchen you are not allowed to wear while preparing food. If your going to have people representing your company then they should at least look and act professional. While my husband and I were waiting the girls are yelling out the front window to soldiers that are walking by (very unprofessional). The young girl was wiping down counters with dirty disgusting dish clothes. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this place. Very overpriced, food is mediocre at best, they touch your food with bare hands and they are wiping down counters with dish clothes that are filthy and have fallen on the ground. Let's put it this way I have a few friends that were going to order from them over the holidays for holiday parties and I recommended that they not order from there. One more thing I have a friend that lives in adirondack creek and she ordered from them for delivery and it took them forever and by the time she got the food it was cold. She had ordered from them before when they first started delivering and had an awesome experience, but apparently they have a new delivery driver who either one does not know their way around post, doesn't care or is just plain lazy or all of the above. Apparently the person who used to deliver for them (who actually knew his or her way around post and cared that the food was delivered swiftly and hot moved on. Please before you go and order from these people tell them you want to see them wash their hands and are wearing gloves when they serve your food. Better yet, do yourself a favor and save money and get a better quality of food by eating elsewhere. Good luck!!

    Holy Smokes Bourbon and BBQ - bbq - Updated June 2026

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