Best Craft Beer and BBQ Joint in the Valley: Boneyard Bistro

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Daniel Drennon
The Pulled Pork Sandwich at Boneyard Bistro

Owner/chef Aaron Robbins makes some great BBQ at Boneyard Bistro. We grew up in the birthplace of barbecue -- North Carolina -- and let's just say that Boneyard makes a pulled pork sandwich we'd be proud to take back home to Uncle Wilbur. Robbins hickory smokes his meats for up to 18 hours or grills it over a Live Red Oak fire. As we would say back home "it's right good."

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Daniel Drennon
Boneyard Bartender Miryam Gomez on "Roaring 20s Night"

Brisket, St. Louis spare ribs, baby back ribs and throw in some fried mac n' cheese or collard greens as your sides. Coronary-threateningly good BBQ for being in Sherman Oaks and not the South. The only thing that even comes close to being better than Aaron Robbin's BBQ is bar manager Rory Snipes' crazy good 38 taps of craft beer. Boneyard has 40 taps but we are throwing out the root beer tap unless you are dating a 12-year old and the cider tap unless you would choose cider over 38 great craft beers. Snipes has a lot of handles to play with and he mixes it up well with every beer style available, and top-of-the-line brewers on tap from Russian River Brewing to The Bruery.

And speaking of the brewery we recently called the best in the Southland, for LA Beer Week, Boneyard is hosting a twelve-course beer pairing dinner on Thursday, October 13 featuring twelve incredible Bruery beers. This is BBQ and beer worth driving to Hell for, or the Valley.

Yes, it's that time of year again, or almost. This is one of over 400 pieces that will be appearing in our upcoming Best of L.A. issue, out October 6th.

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Boneyard Bistro

13539 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA

Category: Restaurant

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Dan
Dan

I may not be the last word on true blue BBQ. But what I will say is that you will eat some of the best food in town, for a reasonable cost and be served by some of the best Bartenders and Wait Staff in the Valley.  Boneyard is my favourite place in the entire city of Los Angeles by a mile.

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gareend

Been to Boneyard, and I must say, it's not the greatest BBQ. Beer, maybe, but if you want a very classic offering of Southern-style BBQ, you have to try Mr. Cecil's down the street! I was actually quite shocked to see that Boneyard was featured here. This foodie did not approve. My two cents.

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