Pig Beach BBQ Queens

On our list of the best live music venues in New York.

Pitmasters Matt Abdoo and Shane McBride built this Astoria outpost around what they call the city's largest indoor smokers, in a 28,000-square-foot building with three bars and a backyard beer garden holding a 28-foot screen and a live music stage. Food comes cafeteria-style: order at a counter, pick up a tray, and choose from five house sauces at the pass. The decor leans into a beachy theme despite sitting nowhere near water, with picnic tables filling a yard built for hundreds. There's no taking reservations outside of private parties of 20 or more, so tables run first-come, first-served.