The Best BBQ In LA - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"The guy behind Slab started out as a secret pop-up in his Studio City driveway (that he called Trudy’s Underground BBQ) and is now operating inside a shiny space on 3rd Street in Beverly Grove. The order-at-the-counter space is casual and straightforward, and the BBQ is certainly some of the best you’ll find in central LA. Most people are here for the brisket, but it’s the spare ribs that keep us coming back. Be sure to throw in a side order of creamy mac and cheese and twice-cooked potato casserole. The guy behind Slab started out as a secret pop-up in his Studio City driveway (that he called Trudy’s Underground BBQ) and is now operating inside a shiny space on 3rd Street in Beverly Grove. The order-at-the-counter space is casual and straightforward, and the BBQ is certainly some of the best you’ll find in central LA. Most people are here for the brisket, but it’s the spare ribs that keep us coming back. Be sure to throw in a side order of creamy mac and cheese and twice-cooked potato casserole. Much like our style in the eighth grade, A’s BBQ refuses to adhere to any one label. Masters in craft BBQ, smash burgers, and fried chicken sandwiches, you’ll find them slinging ribs that taste like tamarind one weekend, then super-thin patties injected with birria consommé the next, with Chicano flavors at the heart of all of it. This is Los Angeles cooking at its peak." - Brant Cox, Kat Hong, Arden Shore