RIP Dallas BBQ

Of all the chicken joints in all the world, why did it have to be this one?

This was a great and cheap place to pick up grub when going to Central Park. It's now gone, gone, gone.

"For more than 30 years, the Dallas BBQ on 72nd Street served up cheap ribs and liquor on what was, increasingly, a rarefied block. The location was the first of what became a small family empire of about a dozen restaurants across New York City. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, that incongruous era ended: The original Dallas BBQ slung its last frozen daiquiri and closed its doors forever."
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"You know there are, like, a dozen other ones, right?"

Not ones that are just steps from Central Park.

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I'm 99% sure this is the location at which I had my very first meal as a visitor to NYC. I know it was one of the, as Kad said, millions of Dallas BBQs in NYC. I was part of a school tour group. Don't remember much about the food other than the fact that dessert was ice cream sandwiches. Like ones purchased at a supermarket. A bit disappointing.

Updated On: 1/1/15 at 08:41 PM

That place was just horrid!

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The location by CPW was a Friday night staple for me in the late 80s. Have lots of wonderful memories from the place. I haven't eaten at Dallas BBQ in at least 20 years, so I'm not sure exactly how they fared as time went on.

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Updated On: 1/2/15 at 01:49 PM

A friend of ours usually eats at the 42 nd street location

How bad is that one?

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The only repeat customers the 42nd street location gets are either tourists who think Guy Fieri's American Kitchen & Bar is just way too upscale for them, or Alzheimer's patients.