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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

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BBQ Joint and American Restaurant$$$$
Newark Central Business District, Newark
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Take Out Menu 20Gluten Free Menu 7Main Menu 19
Small & Shared Plates
Swag Sampler Plate
6.95
Drunken spicy shrimp boil, chicken wings, fried green tomatoes, deviled egg.
Jumbo Bbq Chicken Wings
3.95
Spice rubbed, pit-smoked, then finished on the grill. served with maytag bleu cheese dressing, celery sticks and your choice of sauce: mild honey bbq or sesame hoisin, hot wango tango, hotter garlic chipotle, hottest devil's duel.
Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
3.95
A lively broth of smoked chicken, okra and chorizo sausage from lopes smokehouse. with rice and cornbread.
Creole Spiced Deviled Eggs
3.95
Bar-B-Que Shrimp
8.95
Peel & eat wild gulf shrimp sauteed in garlic, bbq sauce, beer and lemon. served over grilled cornbread.
Bbq Salmon Fritters
6.95
House smoked salmon, crispy fried with red peppers, corn & chives, creamy creole mustard sauce.
Bbq Sliders
3.95
Pulled pork with sweet & sour coleslaw and pickle; brisket with pickled onion & jalapeno relish; cheeseburger, pickle and crispy tortilla chips.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Original
6.95
Crispy fried, sprinkled with pecorino romano cheese and served with a cayenne buttermilk ranch dressing.
Fancy
7.95
Topped with housemade pimento cheese and sweet & sour green tomato chow-chow.
Chopped Salads
dressing choices: bar-b-blues house, maytag blue cayenne buttermilk ranch, carolina mustard vinaigrette.
Original
6.95
Mixed greens, vegetables and spicy walnuts. choice of dressing.
Smokehouse Chop
10.95
Brisket or pork, mixed greens, vegetables, chow-chow, deviled egg, crispy tortilla strips, and cayenne buttermilk ranch dressing.
Pulled Chicken Chop
10.95
Pulled breast meat, chopped bacon, mixed greens, vegetables, spiced walnuts, deviled egg, and carolina mustard vinaigrette.
Side Salad
3.95
Add on a smaller version of the original to any entree.
Bar-B-Que Pit Plates
all plates include honey hush cornbread + 2 homemade sides.
All Natural Bar-B-Que Pork Ribs
11.50
Our st. louis ribs are dry rubbed and slow pit-smoked, then lightly glazed with our original bbq sauce.
Big Ass Pork Plate
16.95
Pork shoulder smoked low & slow. hand pulled and piled high.
Half Bird
14.50
Apple brined, pit smoked, and served with a choice of our original bbq sauce or bbq jerk sauce.
Sweetheart Deal for 2
30.50
Full Rack + 4 Homemade Sides.
Deluxe Brisket Plate
17.95
Slow-smoked, hand-sliced with burnt ends and house-cured jalapenos.
Homemade Sides
ask about our side & soup of the day.
Hot
Bbq Beans with Pork
Mac & Cheese
Whipped Sweet Potato
Sprinkled with spicy walnuts.
Turkey Neck Greens
Gumbo
Black Beans & Rice (Vegetarian)
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Bbq Fried Rice
With bbq meats.
Cold
Creamy Coleslaw
Broccoli Carrot Salad
Mini Iceberg Wedge
With Bar-B-Blues Dressing.
Sweet & Sour Coleslaw
Harlem Potato Salad
Custom 'Que
served with honey hush cornbread and 2 side dishes.
Smoked Fried Half-Bird
14.95
Semi-boneless 1/2 chicken, pit-smoked then crispy fried, served with a mississippi glazed dipping sauce.
Chicken Steak
16.95
10 oz. mojito marinated, boneless, skinless breast topped with smoked onions and chimichurri sauce.
Skirt Steak
20.95
12 oz center cut, bbq spiced and grilled. served with a red chimichurri steak sauce.
Korean Style Beef Ribs
21.95
Cross-cut ribs pit-smoked and marinated in soy, sesame, and ginger. served with hoisin bbq & toasted sesame seeds.
Pecan Crusted Jerk Salmon
18.95
Jerk spiced and glazed, served on a bed of black beans & rice and topped with a smoked pineapple salsa.
Bbq Catfish
16.95
Sweet tea brined, smoked, grilled and served with turkey neck greens and bbq glaze.
The Combinations
includes honey hush cornbread and 2 side dishes.
Pick Your Own Combo
any 2 - $17.95 any 3 - $21.95
Pulled Pork
St. Louis Ribs
Wings (4)
1/4 Chicken
Bbq Brisket
Korean Ribs
2.00
1/4 Lb. Drunkin Spicy Shrimp (Peel & Eat)
1/2 Chicken
Add $3.
House Special
1/4 Chicken (Leg/thigh) + 1/4 Rack of Ribs
16.95
1/4 Chicken (Breast/wing) + 1/4 Rack of Ribs
17.95
Tres Niños
Tres Niños
16.95
A petite sampling of brisket, ribs and pork.
Specialty Sandwiches
1 side comes with choice of 1 homemade side - 2 sides make a platter. all sandwichs are served on a toasted teixeira's bakery portuguese roll unless otherwise noted.
Pork Bbq
genuine article! smoked low & slow. hand pulled & piled high.
Original
10.50
Served on a toasted martin's potato roll with pickle.
Cuban
11.50
Pulled pork, ham and swiss, with pickles & mustard.
Pork Melt
11.50
Pulled pork, caramelized onion and swiss.
Memphis
10.95
Topped with coleslaw on a martin's potato roll.
Chow Chow
11.50
Hoisin sesame bbq, shredded cabbage & sweet & sour green tomato relish.
Bbq Brisket
premium beef slow-smoked and hand-sliced. lightly slathered with bbq sauce & horseradish mayo.
Original
10.50
Hand sliced with pickled onion & jalapeno relish. served on a toasted martin's potato roll.
Brisket Blue
11.50
Caramelized onion, blue cheese, and pickled jalapeno.
The Bbs
12.50
Bbq brisket with our own hickory smoked bacon and melted swiss.
Chopped Brisket Melt
11.50
Caramelized onion, cheddar and pickled jalapeno.
Chicken
Original
10.50
Grilled mojito breast, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion & jalapeno relish.
Chow-Chow
10.50
Grilled mojito breast, hoisin sesame bbq, shredded cabbage, and sweet & sour green tomato relish.
Crispy
10.50
Southern fried with pickled onion, tomato and bbq mayo.
Churrasco
10.50
Grilled mojito breast with caramelized onions, cheddar, tomato, pickle & bbq mayo.
Jerked & Pulled
10.50
Smoked chicken, sauteed peppers, pickled onion, jerk bbq sauce and bbq mayo.
Burgers
8 oz. black angus beef. add house-cured bacon - $1.50
Original
10.50
Cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, red onion & bbq mayo.
Bbq Turkey Burger
11.50
Bbq spiced with bbq mayo, tomato, red onion & pickle.
Dino Burger
10.50
Caramelized onions, cheddar, house-cured pickles & bbq mayo.
Southerner
12.50
Pimento and cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce & chow-chow.
Bbq Vegetarian
Veg Smoked Porto
10.50
Grilled zucchini, roasted peppers, swiss, red onion & bbq mayo.
F. G. T. V.
10.50
Fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese, and shredded cabbage topped with chow chow.
Ultimate B. L. T.
10.50
Our own thick sliced hickory-smoked bacon, lettuce and fried green tomatoes.
Porksket
16.50
Bbq brisket layered with cheese and jalapenos. topped with pulled pork and coleslaw.
Family Stylin' Package Deals
Original
54.95
1 whole bbq chicken, 1 full rack of ribs, 3 pints of homemade sides, 6 pieces honey hush cornbread, 1 bottle dinosaur bbq sauce.
Deluxe
69.95
1 whole bbq chicken (6 pieces) , 1 full rack of ribs, 1 pound bbq pork or brisket, 3 pints of homemade sides, 6 pieces honey hush cornbread, 1 bottle dinosaur bbq sauce.
Dessert
ask about our seasonal dessert.
Chocolate Icebox Pie
6.00
Peanut Butter Pie
6.00
Cheesecake
6.00
Lemon Icebox Pie
6.00
Blackjack Pie
6.00
Appetizers
Jumbo Bbq Chicken Wings
3.95
Spice-rubbed, pit-smoked, then finished on the grill. served with celery sticks and your choice of sauce: mild honey bbq, hot wango tango, hotter garlic chipotle, hottest devil's duel.
Smoke-House Salad
10.95
Top the chop, choose from pulled chicken breast, sliced brisket or pulled pork with creole honey mustard vinaigrette.
Chopped Salad
6.95
Mixed greens, seasonal vegetables, spiced walnuts with creole honey mustard vinaigrette.
Creole Spiced Deviled Eggs
3.95
Bbq Pit Plates
all plates come with 2 homemade sides
Bar-B-Que Pork Ribs
11.50
Our st. louis ribs are dry rubbed and slow pit-smoked, then lightly glazed with our original bbq sauce.
Big Ass Pork Plate
16.95
Pork shoulder smoked low & slow. hand-pulled and piled high.
All Natural Half Bird
14.95
Apple-brined, pit-smoked and served with our original bbq sauce.
Sweetheart Deal for Two
30.50
Full rack with your choice of four sides.
Deluxe Brisket Plate
17.95
Slow-smoked, hand sliced, topped with house-cured jalapenos.
House Special
1/4 Chicken (Leg/thigh) & 1/4 Rack of Ribs
16.95
1/4 Chicken (Breast/wing) & 1/4 Rack of Ribs
17.50
Tres Ninos
Tres Ninos
16.95
A petite sampling of brisket, ribs & pork.
Pick Your Own Combo
your choice of meat & 2 homemade sides. any 2 - $17.95 any 3 - $21.95
Pulled Pork
St. Louis Ribs
1/4 Chicken
Bbq Brisket
Wings (4)
1/2 Chicken
Add $3.
Specialty "No Roll" Sandwiches
who says you need a roll? without it they are all gf all lightly slatered with our original bbq sauce & include our house cured dill pickles. platters include 2 sides.
Pulled Pork
10.50
Smoked slow & low, then hand pulled & piled high.
Chopped Brisket Melt
11.50
Chicken with caramelized onion, cheddar and pickled jalapeno.
Churrasco Chicken
10.50
Grilled mojito breast with caramelized onions, cheddar, tomato, pickle & bbq mayo.
Memphis
10.95
Bbq pork topped with homemade coleslaw.
Dino Burger
10.50
Caramelized onions, cheddar, house-cured pickles & bbq mayo.
Veg Smoked Porto
10.50
With grilled zucchini, roasted peppers, melted swiss, red onion & bbq mayo.
Texas Beef Brisket
10.50
Pit smoked up to 14 hours, hand slice & topped with sweet bbq'd onions.
Original Chicken
10.50
Grilled mojito breast, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion & jalapeno relish.
The Pork-Sket
16.50
Bbq brisket layered with cheese and jalapenos. topped with pulled pork and coleslaw.
The Bbs
12.50
Sliced beef brisket topped with hickory smoked bacon and melted swiss.
Bbq Turkey Burger
11.50
Bbq spiced with bbq mayo, tomato, red onion & pickle.
Home Made Sides
Creamy Cole Slaw
Bbq Beans
Black Eyed Pea Salad
Simmered Turkey Neck Collard Greens
Harlem Potato Salad
Sweet & Sour Cole Slaw
Iceberg Wedge
Black Beans & Rice
Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Small & Shared Plates
Swag Sampler Plate
6.95
Drunken spicy shrimp boil, chicken wings, fried green tomatoes, deviled eggs.
Jumbo Bbq Chicken Wings
3.95
Spice rubbed, pit-smoked, then finished on the grill. Served with maytag bleu cheese dressing, celery sticks and your choice of sauce: mild honey bbq or sesame hoisin, hot wango tango, hotter garlic chipotle, hottest devil's duel.
Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
3.95
A lively broth of smoked chicken, okra and chorizo sausage from lopes smokehouse. With rice and cornbread.
Dino Poutine
6.95
Hand-cut fries topped with beef gravy, house-made pimento cheese and pulled pork.
Bar-B-Que Shrimp
8.95
Peel & eat wild gulf shrimp sauteed in garlic, bbq sauce, beer and lemon. Served over grilled cornbread.
Bbq Salmon Fritters
6.95
House smoked salmon tossed with red pepper, corn & chive. Crispy fried and served with a creamy creole mustard sauce.
Bbq Sliders
3.95
Pulled pork with sweet & sour coleslaw and pickle; brisket with pickled onion & jalapeno relish; cheeseburger, pickle and crispy tortilla chips.
Creole Spiced Deviled Eggs
3.95
Fried Green Tomatoes
Original
6.95
Crispy fried, sprinkled with pecorino romano cheese and served with a cayenne buttermilk ranch dressing.
Fancy
7.95
Topped with housemade pimento cheese and sweet & sour green tomato chow-chow.
Chopped Salads
Dressing choices: bar-b-blues house, maytag bleu cayenne buttermilk ranch, carolina mustard vinaigrette.
Original
6.95
Mixed greens, vegetables and spicy walnuts. Choice of dressing.
Smokehouse Chop
10.95
Brisket or pork, mixed greens, vegetables, chowchow, deviled egg, crispy tortilla strips, and cayenne buttermilk ranch dressing.
Pulled Chicken Chop
10.95
Pulled breast meat, chopped bacon, mixed greens, vegetables, spiced walnuts, deviled egg, and carolina mustard vinaigrette.
Side Salad
3.95
Add on a smaller version of the original to any entree.
Bar-B-Que Pit Plates
All plates include honey hush cornbread + 2 homemade sides.
Bar-B-Que Pork Ribs
11.50
Our st. Louis ribs are dry rubbed and slow pit-smoked, then lightly glazed with our original bbq sauce.
Big Ass Pork Plate
16.95
Pork shoulder smoked low & slow. Hand pulled and piled high.
All Natural - Half Bird
14.50
Apple brined, pit smoked, and served with a choice of our original bbq sauce or bbq jerk sauce.
Sweetheart Deal for 2
30.50
Full rack + 4 homemade sides.
Deluxe Brisket Plate
17.95
Slow-smoked, hand-sliced, and house-cured jalapenos.
Homemade Sides
Ask about our side & soup of the day.
Hot
Bbq Beans with Pork
Mac & Cheese
Black Beans & Rice (Vegetarian)
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Bbq Fried Rice
With bbq meats.
Gumbo
Fresh Cut Fries
Whipped Sweet Potato
Sprinkled with spicy walnuts.
Turkey Neck Greens
Cold
Creamy Coleslaw
Broccoli Carrot Salad
Mini Iceburg Wedge
With Bar-B-Blues Dressing.
Sweet & Sour Coleslaw
Harlem Potato Salad
Custom 'Que
Served with honey hush cornbread and 2 side dishes.
Smoked Fried Half-Bird
14.95
Semi-boneless 1/2 chicken, pit-smoked then crispy fried, served with a mississippi glazed dipping sauce.
Chicken Steak
16.95
10 oz. Mojito marinated, boneless, skinless breast topped with smoked onions and chimichurri sauce.
Skirt Steak
20.95
12 oz center cut, bbq spiced and grilled. Served with a red chimichurri steak sauce.
Korean Style Beef Ribs
21.95
Cross-cut ribs pit-smoked and marinated in soy, sesame, and ginger. Served with hoisin bbq & toasted sesame seeds.
Pecan Crusted Jerk Salmon
18.95
Jerk spiced and glazed, served on a bed of black beans & rice and topped with a smoked pineapple salsa.
Bbq Catfish
16.95
Sweet tea brined, smoked, grilled and served with turkey neck greens and bbq glaze.
The Combinations
Includes honey hush cornbread and 2 side dishes.
Pick Your Own Combo
Any 2 - $17.95, Any 3 - $21.95
Pulled Pork
St. Louis Ribs
Wings (4)
1/4 Chicken
Bbq Brisket
Korean Ribs
2 ribs $2.
1/4 Lb. Drunkin Spicy Shrimp ( Peel & Eat)
1/2 Chicken
Add $3.
House Special
1/4 Chicken (Leg/thigh) + 1/4 Rack of Ribs
16.95
1/4 Chicken (Breast/wing) + 1/4 Rack of Ribs
17.50
Tres Niños
Tres Niños
16.95
A petite sampling of brisket, ribs and pork.
Family Stylin' Bbq
Family Stylin' Bbq
69.95
1 Whole Chicken (6 Pieces) , 1 Whole Rack of Ribs, 1 Pound Pork or Brisket, 3 Side Dishes, Honey Hush Cornbread.
Specialty Sandwiches
Includes our house-cured garlic dill pickles. Platters include 2 sides. All sandwichs are served on a toasted teixeira's bakery portuguese roll unless otherwise noted.
Pork Bbq
Genuine article! Smoked low & slow. Hand pulled & piled high.
Original
10.50
Served on a toasted martin's potato roll with pickle.
Cuban
11.50
Pulled pork, ham and swiss, with pickles & mustard.
Pork Melt
11.50
Pulled pork, caramelized onion and swiss.
Memphis
10.95
Topped with coleslaw on a martin's potato roll.
Chow-Chow
11.50
Hoisin sesame bbq, shredded cabbage & sweet & sour green tomato relish.
Bbq Brisket
Premium beef slow-smoked and hand-sliced. Lightly slathered with bbq sauce & horseradish mayo.
Original
10.50
Hand sliced and topped with pickled onion & jalapeno relish. Served on a toasted martin's potato roll.
Brisket Blue
11.50
Caramelized onion, blue cheese, and pickled jalapeno.
The Bbs
12.50
Bbq brisket topped with our own hickory smoked bacon and melted swiss.
Chopped Brisket Melt
11.50
Caramelized onion, cheddar and pickled jalapeno.
Chicken
Original
10.50
Grilled mojito breast topped with melted american cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion & jalapeno relish.
Chow-Chow
10.50
Grilled mojito breast, hoisin sesame bbq, shredded cabbage, and sweet & sour green tomato relish.
Crispy
10.50
Southern fried with pickled onion, tomato and bbq mayo.
Churrasco
10.50
Grilled mojito breast topped with caramelized onions, cheddar, tomato, pickle & bbq mayo.
Jerked & Pulled
10.50
Smoked chicken with sauteed peppers, pickled onion, jerk bbq sauce and bbq mayo.
Burgers
8 oz. Black angus beef. Add house-cured bacon $1.50
Original
10.50
Cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, red onion & bbq mayo.
Bbq Turkey Burger
11.50
Bbq spiced with bbq mayo, tomato, red onion & pickle.
Dino Burger
10.50
Caramelized onions, cheddar, house-cured pickles & bbq mayo.
Southerner
12.50
Pimento and cheddar cheese, bacon, lettuce & chow-chow.
Bbq Vegetarian
Veg Smoked Porto
10.50
Grilled zucchini, roasted peppers, swiss, red onion & bbq mayo.
F.G.T.V.
10.50
Fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese, and shredded cabbage topped with chowchow.
Ultimate B.L.T
10.50
Our own thick sliced hickory-smoked bacon, lettuce and fried green tomatoes.
Pork-Sket
16.50
BBQ Brisket layered with cheese and jalapenos. Topped with pulled pork and coleslaw.
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
224 Market St (at Mulberry St)
Newark, NJ 07102
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At Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, fresh, homemade, and high-quality aren't just catchwords, they're our foundation. Our commitment to food quality and genuine hospitality is unyielding and intense. We pride ourselves on our loyal guests, employees, and being a great place to have fun and while sampling some...
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