The Beantown Bloggery

One of the first few posts I made when I started the Beantown Bloggery was a review of a BBQ restaurant that I had recently discovered called the Village Smokehouse (here). BBQ in the northeast doesn't compare to bbq in Texas, but I was pleasantly suprised at the Village Smokehouse. I thought they did a pretty good job.

Well fast forward to the present and I've just been told that they've opened a second location in Lowell.

The Village Smokehouse has been a barbecue destination for Boston and surrounding suburbs in the heart of Brookline Village for twenty-one years, drawing in families, young professionals and neighbors with its food and southern hospitality. The Village Smokehouse in Lowell promises to offer all of that and much more.

At almost three times the size of the Brookline location, the Village Smokehouse in Lowell has seating for 200. In keeping with the historic neighborhood, the outside façade of the building was untouched in the renovations. The décor inside the restaurant is all new, featuring beautiful exposed brick walls in both the bar and dining areas. The open kitchen showcases the barbecue pit where diners can watch their meals cooking over an open flame.

Lowell is a little out of the way for me, but my friends and I have been known to make field trips out to restaurants if the food/experience is good enough to warrant it. Our latest jaunt was out to Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus. Maybe we'll put the new Village Smokehouse on the list.