If there’s a newish barbecue establishment in this city, I’m likely to catch wind and give it a try. Rack and Soul is another one of those that got graced with a few graphs in The New Yorker when it opened, this summer, I think. The rack of baby back ribs I carried-out tonight was yummy, although strangely not very smoky. The sauce was mild but flavorful so I didn’t care too much. I wish there was another way to say the meat on barbecue was “fall off the bone tender” but there isn’t and it was. For sides I got the yams (rich and sweet) and the baked beans, which had big ol’ chunks of pork in there. All that and the requisite mini-loaf of cornbread. Nice well-lit and warm decor: sort of diner style, with a lot of small tables and wooden chairs, as well as some tables for larger parties featuring bright red vinyl booths. A wee pricy, but that’s to be expected from what’s nearly my old Upper West Side neighborhood.
Rack and Soul
- 2818 Broadway (at West 110th Street)
- (212) 222-4800
- Meal 35 of 52: 1/4 rack baby back ribs with cornbread and two sides ($13.95).