Lem's Bar-B-Q

Barbecue restaurant · Chatham

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"Lem’s, a South Side institution, won the 2025 America’s Classic. The small barbecue shack along 75th Street is known for its ribs, rib tips, and links. The restaurant is a family-owned spot that uses an aquarium smoker, one of the most fabled apparatuses in barbecue history." - Naomi Waxman

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311 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60619 Get directions

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