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    Rib Shack

    3.0 (164 reviews)
    ModerateSoul Food, Barbeque
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    RIB SHACK ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Dogs allowed

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    Ribs joint on Linden Blvd
    Chun M.

    The B-52's - "Rib Shack" cue up the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs "If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says Fifteen miles to the Rib Shack! Rib Shack, yeah, yeah I'm headin' down the Van Wyck Expressway Lookin' for the meat hideaway Headed for the rib takeaway I got me a meal, it's as big as a whale And don't you dare bail I got me some pork, it feeds about twenty So pony up and bring your lunchbox money The Rib Shack is a little ol' place Where we can eat together Rib Shack, baby Rib Shack, Baby!" OK maybe we can't get together for dinner here, but we can certainly get take out. This is really deep in the south. The south of Queens, that is South Jamaica. Any further south and you can board a plane at JFK for the island of Jamaica. You're at the Rib Shack, so you gotta go for some ribs, but is it gonna be pork or beef? I go for the Pork Rib Dinner, ordering at the meat counter. Swing around the corner to get my two sides of Mac & Cheese and Red Beans & Rice, then over to the end register to pay and the cashier packs up my cornbread neatly to go. The ribs are fall off the bone and taste good with the sweet BBQ sauce. There are 5 honkin' big ribs here, so I split it into 2 meals. I might have to go for the Beef Short Ribs next time. I also wanted to try the fried chicken and got 2 pieces of dark meat that were pretty decent. The leg and thigh were seasoned well but were on the small side. I've seen half wing drummettes bigger than that drumstick. It did come with a square of their signature corn bread, which I also enjoyed.

    Delicious Ribs !!!
    Greg D.

    Yooooooo, Working out here in da streets & when you want some home cooking food that sticks to ya ribs !! This place can fulfill your needs; very old school & very clean; all steam table set up & displayed with a huge spread of food; full slabs of my favorite full size pork ribs alway tender & delicious... I love em dry ... if ya don't tellem ya gonna get sauced !! Fried, Baked all kinds of chicken as well as fish !! Gonna try their salmon today looked fantastic last week but I was craving the ribs ... Their Mac & cheese looks awesome as well as their cobblers ... just take a looky lou !! Love their cabbage & collar greens a real deal southern home cooking spot !! The servers are alway polite and clean looking as well as their restaurant ! Take out only, parking could be a Lil rough at times ... Always coming back when I'm in da hood !!! My 5 star rating is not based on all the food because I basically eat the same food all the time this is a diamond in the rough & if you know this area you would definitely understand & appreciate this food establishment & their employees .... Thanks, GREG D

    Oxtail with spinach rice and Hot Collard Greens with a side of corn bread and Peach Cobbler
    Johnny Y.

    It's hard for me to compare this to anywhere else. I never really had legit soul food. May have stumbled across some that I assumed was but wasn't This may sound dramatic but Gawd Danggg it was good ! I haven't felt this way about someone else's food in awhile! I ordered their collard greens, spinach rice, and ox tail. I seriously felt like the chef who cooks there really puts in his efforts to his dishes. Every bite I had made me felt I was welcomed to someone's home. It's the type of comfort food anyone can enjoy. I wish them nothing but greatness in their business!

    Pork Ribs Dinner. It looks like hot sauce all over it. Didn't look appetizing and didn't taste like home cooking ribs.
    Marcia D.

    Oh no. Talk about so disappointing. I did but enjoy at all. I was hoping this place was a real down south home cooking place. The color in the food was so off. The Mac and cheese needed cheese. Needless to say, I won't be ordering from them again.

    Fried Whiting Fish Dinner, 3 Piece Fried Chicken Dinner, Hot Mashed Potato, Corn Bread

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    Went here for thanksgiving and Christmas food was on point,friendly staff,clean establishment,great desserts

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