Spoiler Alert! Boneyard Bistro is now the best place in Sherman Oaks to get pizza. You may think…read moreI'm crazy, but it's true. This longstanding BBQ stop on Ventura, with fantastic Q and a bunch of recently-added creative dishes like Brisket Dan Dan Noodles and Shawarma-Spiced Salmon, is also baking pizza at a level of quality and taste that most full-blown pizza places never achieve. I've been eyeing Boneyard's pizza for a while. When I first saw it on the menu I thought it was a gimmick. Then, I saw other people ordering various pies, and they all looked fantastic. So, last night I popped in by myself, sat the bar and ordered the House Made Spicy Fennel Sausage Pizza -- and let me tell you, this is NOT a gimmick of any kind. The crust is born of an expertly made dough that's clearly given time to rise and rest before being drafted for service. As such, the crust arrives crispy on the outside, airy and light inside, and sturdy enough to hold the other components. This is huge, because so many places taking pride in serving traditional Neopolitan Pizza deliver pies with charred crusts that turn to disintegrated soup in the center. Not here. With that solid base set, the layer of smoky tomato sauce makes its presence known but remains a foundation, supporting the very flavorful smoked mozzarella without adding too much acid or sweet. By the way, that smoked mozz gives off tons of flavor and also offers a very satisfying chew. The titular Spicy Fennel Sausage boasts a terrific, herbaceous flavor of its own, but isn't really all that spicy. There's a little heat to it, but it's perfectly balanced with everything else -- so if the word "spicy" normally scares you, you have no reason to be afraid. What you DO have is every reason in the world to eat this pizza. The 12" pie is hearty and filling. Plenty for 2 people to share, or for a single to take some home (as I did) -- but I wouldn't give you the side-eye if you ate it all by yourself, because YOLO. And since YOLO, I suggest you eschew the rest of the local pizza purveyors, order up a pie at Boneyard, and see what all my shouting's about. Guaranteed, from then on you'll also be shouting, "hey everyone, let's go get pizza at the barbecue place!

Okay, the service here is top notch, from when I walked in, greeted by a smiling face, friendly,…read moreengaging, to our server who was super sweet, gave her recommendations and treated us like we were the only ones in the restaurant. Music was pumping and place was clean, kind of busy, and I did make reservations online. Okay, now to the food... I so wanted to love their BBQ, but it just missed the target by a smidge. We got the following, three way tray, fried mac & cheese, potato salad, deviled eggs, KPOP sticky ribs, and smoked brisket Dan Dan noodles. I will say the star of the show has to be the KPOP sticky ribs but everything else was not memorable and as I type, nothing is sticking out and making me drool and go WOW, I need to have that dish again!! I will say they make a good Shirley Temple and they gave us a free dessert since we were celebrating our BDays and services is on point, 100% quality service. Unfortunately, they just fell short with their BBQ. I wish I had more pics but it was a hot minute since I seen my two friends so we were just talking and eating and catching up.

I've been wanting to try this place for awhile because I have a mild pulled pork sandwich…read moreobsession. I've been hesitant because it is in a trickier area, but I had no issues pulling in or parking! They have a few spots in the front, but otherwise I'm sure there is parking around the neighborhood. You walk inside to order and it is not a fancy looking place, but the people cooking the meat definitely know what they're doing!! It felt like an authentic Texas bbq spot. I didn't want the frills, I just wanted good food and that's what I got. I sat at a little table outside which was perfectly pleasant! The road wasn't too loud or anything. But really, the sandwich was SO good. I doused it in the spicy bbq and added the pickles and coleslaw and I ate the WHOLE thing. I shouldn't have. But it was great!! I want to come back and try their other bbq meats and sides!! I loved the pulled pork sandwich and would recommend sharing it if you do order it. Yum!! The service was great, too!!

The accurate rain forecast changed our Sunday adventuring plans, but considering the food we were…read moregoing to get into, BBQ felt like a sensible substitute. We hadn't visited since February, 2020. Before the pandemic might as well have been 10 years ago, if the world shut down 6 years ago. We were overdue for a followup visit. Judging by how the food went down, we were sore for it. We ordered the Big Tex: four meats and four sides - tri-tip, brisket, pulled pork and links; kale greens, bbq beans, mac and cheese and fries. We opted for the cornbread in the roll slot. It should be the top meats in your order, by premium scale and availability, but more often than they should be, the brisket/tri-tip selections are, 90%, obligatory orders. I think I have a love/hate relationship with the way LA treats the pepperoni pizza of bbq meats. Swinging Door broke us off proper though. Not too fatty. Great tenderism. And the accompanying sauce complemented the smoked all stars, rather than compensated for lack of flavor. Didn't stop me from loving their Whiskey bbq sauce though. The beans were a true bbq side, swimming in a mild sauce and containing lovely chunks of link. And the kale greens - sheesh - I think they might've switched to kale since our first visit. An effective exercise in alternative ruffage that holds seasoning and jucies for a similar bbq/soulfoud bite. We live further away now. Took the food to go, to prevent the intermittent rain from foiling more of our plans. It traveled well. And since I'm using our leftover bbq sauce on every other meal I cook, I'd say we successfully made do with our lunch substitute.

This is the best bbq I've ever had in LA. We ordered almost everything on the menu yesterday for a…read morebirthday dinner at our home. OMG it is just delicious. My personal favorites were the baby back ribs, the brisket, the pulled pork, the cole slaw, the corn muffins and the BEANS. Best bbq beans I've ever had. I have to admit I just can't put into words how delicious this food is. As good as or better than the best bbq I had in Nashville. Need to try the chicken next time. We ordered it, but I left it for the non-red meat eaters who said it was DELICIOUS. The staff/owners are super warm and friendly, very helpful and very professional! This is a takeout/take home place, btw.

The food is 10/10 and the service is also 10/10. The gentleman cooking our food took great pride…read moreand care to do so. Also, the nice lady who helped us at the register was also super warm and took great care of us. Even without asking she packed us the awesome sauces and made sure she gave us our dinner hot. You must get the hot link, brisket, and ribs. Also, the cornbread was moist and perfect. 10/10. This place surpasses Bludso's. We would've taken pics but we just ate the food and forgot about everything else.

The owner has been so kind every time I walk in. He gives me samples and asks questions to get to…read moreknow us better. So far I've tried the sausage and guac for humans (delish) and my furry son has loved the narrow bones and frozen raw meat topper. The vibe is like carnicerias where I grew up in LA with a butcher section and other essentials available alongside drinks. Ps the owner also caters!

M&M Market and Hardy's has been a true neighborhood staple for years. When we lived nearby, it was…read moreso nice to be able to walk over to the market on weekends for BBQ or sometimes just to grab a sandwich. Those visits always felt like part of the neighborhood routine. We moved away about three years ago, so it's been a while since we've been back, but I really hope they've continued to maintain their quality and keep serving the community the way they always have. If you're looking for a local Valley spot with pretty solid BBQ, this is it. There aren't a ton of options around, but Hardy's always seemed to hit the spot when the craving struck.

I just had a friend cater from here and I think I ate enough for a small country to be full for a…read moremonth. The food was absolutely amazing. I'll go one by one as I really didn't skimp on any of it..... First off, the brisket was so tender I couldn't even get it on to my plate originally. I had to keep stabbing at it with a fork and it just kept falling into pieces it was magical. The flavor was amazing with the perfect combination of that smokey and fire grilled taste. Didn't even need to use any sauce, but don't sleep on their BBQ sauce it had the perfect flavor of not too acidic and not too sugary. It's hard to stop eating it. I had to follow it up with the brisket quesadillas because.... well because they were staring at me and I had to show them who was boss.... Again, insane flavor combo and pleasantly addicting. Next move I had to throw down on a couple of hot wings to make sure my taste buds were still jumping and ready for the upcoming situation. Just for reference purposes, nice little kick with a bit of smokey flavor. Could've eaten 20 in one sitting but was continuing on my path of BBQ destruction. We now veered over to the baby back ribs .... I think I ate 10 before I realized what was going on. Yet again, the flavor was perfect and the meat was cooked to perfection. It didn't need any sauce, but I was a big fan of loading up on the BBQ sauce for these bad boys..... Next I shifted my fat eyed focus over to the tri-tip. It had that perfect pink center looking like a medium rare meaty super model. I went a different route here and dipped it into this horseradish sauce concoction that I never seen or heard of in my life. I don't know what was in that sauce, but it was phenomenal. I could have literally eaten this stuff by itself, but everyone was looking so I didn't want to make it weird. The tri-tip itself didn't even need any sauce and was super juicy, but that sauce just elevated the taste to another level. Now we decided to go a different location on the farm pay tribute to some smoked chicken. I had to dabble with both the BBQ sauce and the horseradish sauce as my dipping/smothering choices for this tasty bird. Couldn't even tell you how great it was without the sauce, since my mind was already fading trying to fight off my meat sweat coma. Lastly for our protein portion of the evening, I had to top it off with some of that pulled pork. Now this was extremely flavorful and some of the best I've had in quite some time. I did however enjoy lathering it up with that BBQ sauce like some of his fellow plate mates I already devoured. I will give a shout out to the sides, even though I only had a brief taste of each as I was going hard on the proteins. High fives to the potato salad, coleslaw, Mac and cheese, street corn, corn bread, tator tots and collard greens. I may have possibly missed one or 2, but after gorging on disgusting amounts of food, you tend to forget things. Had to make sure to sneak some of those greens in there so my heart didn't give out.... I however did not indulge in the chips and salsa that were there since I didn't want to come off as a pig..... So instead (as I forgot to mention previously), I took the queso and poured it over some pulled pork because that's what needed to happen at that moment.... Boom! For the grand finale, we had this banana pudding dessert that literally put me over the top. If I could openly cuss on this platform, I genuinely would.... It was absolutely orgasmic. That's right, you read that correctly. I don't know what they put in that thing, but to call it amazing would be an understatement. Pretty sure I blacked out at some point while finishing my bowl of dessert. As you can read, I was not a fan of any of the food in any way shape or form.(Sarcasm ...) I look forward to going back, but I will need to wait until I awake from this painful food coma I've been fighting off since the ending of the World Cup match watching USA beat the breaks off of Bosnia with one man down. Much love on the food and I happily dedicate this extra fat fold on my stomach and the 8lb weight gain to AJ's BBQ.

Wow! My new favorite BBQ spot in LA. To start, great service! Everyone was super nice and…read moreinformative! Now let's get into the food. I got a brisket and half rack of ribs, with corn bread, greens, and beans. My friend got the elote cup and that was equally as amazing! Everything was excellent! The meat was perfectly cooked and seasoned and the sides were delicious. My husband and I were blown away and already planning our next visit back.

Smoky brisket is so delicious for a Friday night fun…read more Got myself 2 lbs of brisket, and just went to town on this juicy, tender meat. It melts in my mouth. Amazing! Come try this juicy brisket cooked Texas style.

I have been to the old one in Compton they won hoodie awards and such. Not the same at all!!…read moreThe players are 35$ per plate with a up-charge of $3 for ribs. (At a rib joint, the nerve) but it wasn't my plate so oh well. First note this is a pick up spot only there is an ordering counter that no more than 4 people can be in at a time. The street is super dark and desolate looking it feels like an industrial area think City of Industry. There's no parking well there's one spot to park for pick up. The street parking is filled with what looked like broken down type cars the four I seen had chalk writing like tow yards do. To the food!!! Ordered 2 two meat meals that come with 2 sides. Not a piece of bread or muffin was included. Please notice the dry @$$ pulled pork? and I got 4 pieces of a rib tip that was the same as 1 maybe 2 real tips ANYWHERE else.the tips were chopped into 2-4 pieces from one full tip. So I really feel cheated and I was frigging hungry -hungry. The pork was dry and couldn't be swallowed without the bbq sauce and drink. She ordered a hot link with ribs and added a side of ribs for an additional $24. The sides came in a small container I had Mac n cheese and greens which every bite I was like wish I had cornbread to add to these greens. While she had greens and the sweet potato (which by the way was the best thing they had going on) the Mac was average I'm about to reheat and toast again before I hit send for this review. Reheated the side of ribs, greens and Mac and it's a bit better than the pulled pork, but this definitely isn't a bbq spot I'd advise anyone to go to nor would I dare try without bbq sauce and a lot of it. Dessert banana pudding last time I was here the desserts were pretty good. This tasted like the yoplait whips yogurts consistency and like knock of Nila wafers I was just sooo utterly disappointed.

Excellent food ! It's always a vibe the sauce is unmatched,…read moreand the food is Top Tier! Tastes like love is in every dish! !

The meat is incredible, tender, flavorful, the sauces that come with it; the bomb! Pete is a master…read moreat his craft and cares for his clientele. He serves his food with such care. He's a pop up venue guy but despite serving from his food truck and different venues, his food is fire!

Delicious but kinda expensive. I've eaten this twice now with both being at different events…read morewhere they had a booth. This one was at the global grill festival at Northridge park. The menu had lists to choose from so I decided on the brisket bowl which was about $25 plus tax. Meat was tasty and tendered. Loved the Asian fusion bbq flavors and the egg is always a nice touch. Staff was friendly and food came out quickly