Bare Bones BBQ & Jerk

Currently closed for renovation.

Talk about a gem! Delicious, flavorful, varied and tender meats and sides. We were driving down for the Orange Bowl and decided to pick up some BBQ for our tailgate and found Bare Bones because it was close to the campground. Fantastic! We were disappointed when we called in from the road and were told the brisket would not be ready before the evening, but I’m sure it is fabulous. Will come back to try it next time!
In the Big Mama platter, we sampled baby back ribs, jerk chicken, pulled pork and smoked chicken. All were super moist, super full of flavor, spiced to perfection and a big hit. Chicken is easy to mess up and it was flawless. The pork wasn’t fatty or smothered in sauce, so all the flavors really came through. Ribs, delish! The sides we had were the slaw, baked beans, mac and cheese and grilled veggies, plus we added their version of hush puppies.
The food will have us coming back. The super friendly and hospitable people working in there were a huge bonus.

I can’t believe how people will give this place one star just because it’s closed for renovations and Unilocal hasn’t updated its status. This place is fantastic and I can’t wait for it to re-​open. Ignore the dumb one star ratings who haven’t tried the food here. I would fight someone for the brisket. You gotta get your order in early to get your fix in. Looking forward for the re-​opening. Hurry up already. Food is some of the best in west broward. Just make sure you get your food to go bc sitting there really isn’t an option.

Bare bones is my shit!!! Can I say that on Unilocal?Seriously though, the food here is out of this world! You will not be disappointed with anything on their menu. My favorites are the smoked chicken, brisket sandwich, Mac n cheese, jerk pork and the grilled corn. Tommy and his team over there are awesome. I need my bare bones fix ASAP!

The food here at Bare Bones is absolutely amazing you can never go wrong with these guys. Just pick whatever you’d like from the menu and I guarantee you will love it. My favorites are the mac and cheese, jerk pork and jerk chicken. My wife loves the brisket and grilled veggies !!!

Big fan of this BBQ restaurant. I suggest you order ahead for the fastest service. As of now it seems to be closed for renovation but when back open you can expect some of the best island influenced BBQ around. The mac and cheese is probably the best local mac and cheese. All the BBQ is delicious and it all has that island touch. This and Tom Jenkins BBQ are some of the best Broward BBQ around.

Place is closed, but Unilocal is not updated. Came to eat, just to find a closed restaurant.

I must say the food definitely lived up to the reviews I’ve seen on here. I ordered for lunch and couldn’t come close to finishing it. The macaroni and cheese is very delicious and doesn’t taste like it’s made with processed cheese product. You can taste the individual ingredients of cheese and butter and milk. The collard greens were much better than I was expecting and had plenty of meat pieces and flavoring. The baked beans were some of the best I’ve had. As for the spare ribs themselves, this is where I take the star, the meat wasn’t very tender. It may have just been my batch that day but it was kind of tough even and I was a little disappointed. The bbq sauce is really tasty and overall I would definitely order again

South Florida is, geographically, as about deep south as you can go; culturally, not so. Which means time and again we follow claims of «best BBQ» to be disappointed. Most of the time the BBQ isn’t passing grade by true Southern standard.
Bare Bones has a menu of both southern BBQ, true BBQ smoked for many hours, and Jamaican jerk. While the place is small it’s nice and clean, with two tables (when we called to see if there is any dine-​in space the person offered to «reserve» the table for us, along with the BBQ, which is a nice gesture.)
We’ve tried most of the meat, but most of the sides were out on a late weekend afternoon. I like the ribs the best. The spare ribs are huge, but the baby back is much tenderer, and at only $ 1 more than the spare ribs, is definitely a better deal. For the brisket, I have to say that the place in Pompano Beach that begins with B, offers a much nicer brisket — a more flavorful rub and a tenderer brisket. Unfortunately our brisket was served rather cold. Fat is delicious when melting and juicy, not so when it’s cold and firm. As for the jerk — I can name quite a few Jamaican places that do it better.

Bar none this is the best BBQ place in south Florida. What a hidden gem… Everything on the menu is great, everything!
Run don’t walk, thank me later

Bare Bones Bbq noon to 8pm — 6−12−15 1451 N palm ave — Pembroke Pines — No To okish brisket, Dickies is better tasting IMO — okish mac n cheese okish Texas toast brisket sandwich — to try shrimp POe boy (excellent collard greens) (good to dry spareribs) — (okish jerk chicken) — baby bones family meal $ 48 plus tip 6.5

I lucked into stopping by here after my mom’s acupuncture appointment on July 4^th, and what a find this was. I ordered their Big Momma’s Mea and added a few more BBQ meat items.
I am so glad to have ordered everything: ribs, baby back ribs, pulled pork, jerk chicken, jerk pork and brisket. We had the Peas and Rice, corn, plantains and macaroni and cheese for sides and all were delicious.
Everyone at our dinner table was happy about all the food that I think half of them had food coma after wards. What else can I say about our new drug, BBQ at Bare Bones.

The first thing to mention is this is mostly a takeout restaurant. They only have one small table if you want to eat there. Somehow I didn’t realize that until I got there. That being said, for what it is, this restaurant is fabulous! The brisket was so tender, very rare to find in South Florida. The ribs were also tasty. We had the mac and cheese and collard greens for our sides. The collard greens were a little bland, but I am happy when I get my greens in. The mac and cheese had the consistency of homemade. The service was also excellent for it just being takeout. Overall, though, because of the rarity of tender brisket, it gets 5 stars.

Archie Bunker — err Allen S. — was right. Bare Bones makes some really good food.
We’re in the middle of having our house painted so homemade meals are up in the air. We ordered food for tonight and this week’s lunches and dinners. I called in the order and hubby picked it up. The person told me it’d take 25 minutes but when hubby arrived he hung out for a half hour. So I’d say double the time they tell you the order’ll be ready.
If you want to try everything, call early. They were out of corn hush puppies and corn bread when I called. When hubby was there they ran out of jerk chicken and pork. This is a good problem — people loving the food so much it’s gone!
I have to say, we enjoyed everything. There is a spicy kick to most of the food so if you like your food to bite you back a bit you’ll love this.
The corn on the cob was surprisingly wonderful — the occasional char taste balanced the sweetness and the kernels weren’t mushy — they were done right.
The brisket is a smoky, soft, juicy mouthful. The assertive rub blends with the fat cap drippings and the meat is kissed with their flavors.
The ribs are nicely done — the rub is a balance of savory and sweet and the meat is smoked but not overcooked to the point of ‘falling off the bone’ — an actual cooking error. The meat pulls away from the bone easily — a sign of being cooked properly. They gave us sauce but I didn’t use it on the meats because it really wasn’t needed. I tried the sauce on one bite of meat at the end of the meal and it was a bit too sweet for me.
The mac and cheese was a thick cheese covered elbow macaroni — it was good but not creamy. The dirty rice and beans were delicious. The pork and beans was a heavily sauced meaty side worth ordering. The collard greens are lost on me — I just don’t see why people like an overcooked-​to-​the-​point-​of-​turning-​grayish-​green, heavily sweetened veg. But if you have to get it at least this one has a spicy note that helps cut through the sweetness.
They’ve removed desserts from their menu — with exception of festivals, a Jamaican plain donut, fried into balls instead of the traditional short sticks. (And they shorted us one — see the pic — who got that one?) The fesivals tasted good but they weren’t drained after cooking so each bite coated my lips with grease. It didn’t stop me from finishing it, however.
We ordered 2 sandwich combos for hubby’s lunch this week. I tasted the potato salad, Cole slaw, and bit of chicken from one of the boxes. The potato salad was homemade and good; the Cole slaw was very vinegary, and the white-​meat chicken was on the dry side and spicy. We have a container of sauce so hubby can wet the chicken when he packs it to go.
If you aren’t having your house painted and are looking for 1 meal instead of nearly a week’s worth, I suggest the corn and the brisket.
And if you see Allen, tell him that hubby waited for his food along with white and black people, ranging in age from 30’s to 50’s, who hadn’t eaten there before but had read reviews. Who knows, maybe it was Allen’s review that sent them there… maybe I shouldn’t brace myself when I read his reviews.

So a Jamaican, a Redneck and a Black fella from the South all walk into Bare Bones. They look at the menu and Bob Marley says «Tis what I was raised on Mon», Hank Williams Sr replies «Hell Son I ain’t followin’ ya, this here’s what I was raised up on» (One eye squints, looks down and spits out chewing tobacco juice) and finally Ray Charles answers «Oh hell nah, Y’all crazy, this is what I was raised up on» (then kinda bobs his head)
Question: Which one was telling the truth?
Answer: They all would have been.
Yeah traditional Southern Cookin’, Soul Food and Jamaican eats can be similar in many ways to the surprise of younger folks, but this place brings it full circle.
Bare Bones has Jamaicans going out of their way to get a hold of our Southern style Collard Greens and us Florida Crackers and Southern Blacks introduced to and jonesing on Jerk Chicken and Red Peas and Rice.
This is no chain but a ‘Mom and Pop’ place, I believe as rumor has it with just a Pop raising his Son and Pop obviously busts his a** to make sure the food is always great, I say this because we’ve had his food at least 20 times now and have NEVER been disappointed, not even once.
We’ve had I believe everything on the menu and really don’t know what to recommend except to say you’ll never find better slow cooked Brisket in probably the tri-​County area, it melts in your mouth. Even a New Yorker would love it, it’s like «Butta».
My Wife doesn’t care much at all for this type of food (it’s actually probably her least favorite) yet loves this place, it genuinely freaks me out. If you knew her and how ridiculously picky she is you wouldn’t freak out at how much I’m freaking out.
Another thing that impresses me is the fact they have meat in their Greens, if you are from up North ask anyone Black or White older than 35 who is from down here what that means, instead of answering they’ll just force you to drive them there immediately.
Like I said everything has been awesome but I have to also mention their corn on the cob. It’s roasted/​grilled and has a scal to it meaning in the Deep South it is a tad bit burnt in spots which brings the flavor out, make sure you have some, it’s crazy.
Bare Bones in all their glory is take-​out only but Delivery WOW delivers for them in a pretty extended area. Do yourselves a favor and try them at least once to see what I mean. This is only 1 of 2 places I’ve reviewed so far where I didn’t have to sit back and give much thought about giving them 5 stars, everything is honestly excellent.

Delicious smoked BBQ joint that you would never find. Smothered into a shopping center it replaced a small Chinese takeout location.
The smoke their brisket and pork for 12 hours before serving it and it is very noticeable. I had the pork sandwich and is was delicious. Sweet BBQ sauce and pork on a soft yet toasted bun. Sandwich came with coleslaw and potato salad. I don’t like coleslaw but the potato salad was very good. I also ordered a side of pork and beans as well as baked mac and cheese. The pork and beans were good not great. The Mac and cheese was absolutely delicious! I’m a sucker for Mac and cheese. So cheesy!
This place is not a sit down restaurant. There is literally one table with two chairs inside. Order to go or delivery only. Overall it was very good quality and flavor for the price.

Just a tiny storefront in an old strip plaza on Palm Avenue in Pembroke Pines with excellent barbeque meats. The owner is a single dad raising his son on his own. I give him credit for that. He is teaching his son about work ethic. This is a take out place so I didn’t mind his son playing quietly with his action figures at all. The food is top notch. I had the 24 hour smoked brisket and it was so tender it basically fell apart as ypu touched it with a fork. Their barbeque sauce was sweet and tangy but so well balanced that you are left wanting more. Thr grilled corn wss perfect, sweet, tender corn grilled just enough to give it a nutty flavor and chopped in pieces making it easier to eat. I have to go back and try their baby back ribs.

I’m a little biased since I have had some of the best BBQ in the US, but this is basically an average barbeque joint.
The macaroni was really good. The slaw was average. The pork was very tasty, but a little bland. The brisket has a strong flavor of liquid smoke.
I prefer a more saucy pulled pork and a thinner, smokier brisket, but I will come back until I find a better place.

I finally found my go to bbq place! All thanks to Unilocal.This gem is located less than 5 mins from my house, and I will be visiting again.
I ordered the brisket and white meat chicken with pork n beans and Mac n cheese.
The meats were juicy and flavorful. The brisket was a little fatty but still really good. The beans were AMAZING the Mac n cheese was okay… Nothing to brag about.
The girl at the register was very friendly and helpful.
The only Con was that they were sold out of a few of the side items and it’s hidden in a old plaza… Other than that, this place is really good! I highly recommend eating there

This place is amazing! I’ve been searching for a decent BBQ place and I was super happy when I found this place. It’s not a place for you to dine in and it is more of a carry-​out style. There is a wait for the food but at least you know your food is fresh and hot. You can call ahead so I usually just call and place my order. It is in a random plaza that you wouldn’t really think to go in and I only found it because of Unilocal.
I loveeee the BBQ chicken and the ribs are pretty good too. I had the spare ribs. I also really liked the BBQ sauce. Next time I will try the baby back ribs. For the sides, I’ve had the potato salad, Mac n cheese, corn and baked beans. The potato salad was good but not great. The others were really good though. I always end up getting those 3 sides. They do have a variety of other sides you can get. They do have a combo special where you get 2 types of meat and 2 sides. It’s not a huge portion of meat you get but when you get both portions of meat and the 2 sides it’s very filling. The price is a bit pricey so I usually go when I want to treat myself or I’m feeling for some good «home cooked» food. I would definitely continue going back to this place and would recommend it to anyone.

I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this place yet! Since it is within walking distance of our house, we order takeout at least once every couple of weeks. The southern comfort meal is big enough to share! We usually order one southern comfort meal with baby back ribs and pulled pork as the two meats, mac and cheese and french fries as the side. We get an order of festival bread if we’re feeling wild.
If you absolutely HAVE to pick one thing to try, go for the pulled pork! It is the best I have ever had. The ribs are also fall-​off-​the-​bone delicious, and I don’t normally like ribs! To boot, the sides are also amazing! You can tell the mac and cheese is made with real cheese, and the fries are always crispy and delicious. And that festival bread!!! Just try it. Call ahead and they have your order ready in 20 minutes.