Blackstrap BBQ

This cash-only joint is worth the trip to the ATM… and then up to Winthrop. Blackstrap slowly smokes all of its many meats onsite, serving them with a big old helping of love inside its laid-back, brick-walled space. Beyond its many pit specialties—from crispy jerk chicken to burnt ends—this place also offers hearty accompaniments like “Gram Kath’s rip your lips off chili” and corn and bacon salad, as well as boozy adult milkshakes. Other ways to enjoy its super tender proteins: atop its barbecue fries and nachos, or mixed into its ginger scallion lo mein.