Eating At Hometown Bar-B-Que: Worth the Wait
By Ian MacAllen
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 | 314 views

New York City has slowly become a barbecue town, and one of the destinations that continues to deliver is Hometown Bar-B-Que. Despite its location in Red Hook far from subway stations, the restaurant regularly has long lines extending out the door. We showed up on a warm September Saturday in the late afternoon before the dinner rush and still had a 40-minute wait time. But in the end, it was probably worth it.