Redbones, a popular destination in Davis Square, Somerville, since 1987, serves authentic real pit Southern BBQ. All items from the tasty menu are available in the restaurant, for take out and delivery. Catering for all sized groups is a specialty.
Redbones serves 28 standard-setting and fan favorite brews on tap and a wide selection of bottled beers. The full bar also offers specialty drinks including Margaritas and Mexican Martinis and an array of spirits.
Redbones is open seven days for lunch, dinner, late night dining and brunch on Sundays. Free bicycle valet parking is available evenings to cyclists coming to Davis Square. Special events are scheduled throughout the year.
Customers and staffers alike share the spirit of Redbones, where community rather than commercialism has been the order of the day since 1987. For information visit redbones.com and Facebook.
Tips
Parking
Burn off your dinner by leaving the car at home and taking the bike out for a spin. The nation's first free bicycle valet service is available on weeknights and all day on weekends.
Save Money
While the restaurant's dinner menu is a treat, there's no beating the daily all-you-can-eat buffet, which offers endless amounts of meats and sides for $10 until 4pm.
When to Go
Half-priced appetizers are served at the bar, weekdays from 4pm to 6pm.
Where to Sit
It's jumping almost every night--both in the smoke-free upstairs, popular with families, and the darker, bar-dominated downstairs.
Customer Reviews
RedBones - the side dishes are the best Reviewed by Smacww on
2010-05-23T09:07:49Z
Seeing as there's 72 reviews already up here, it's not as though we NEED another one... but I just wanted to say that I was there last night and the service was impeccable. Friendly, courteous, and timely. Had the chicken sandwich - hit the spot perfectly at 11:45. But the best thing about RedBones are the sides. Last night my meal came with mashed potatoes and black beans... amazing. Another side dish to try is the collard greens.
Pros: Great service, solid beer menu
Cons: can't think of any, except that sometimes its pretty crowded
Am I a "Regular" Yet? Reviewed by Allie Beau on
2010-04-26T08:03:56Z
I think my boyfriend is still pretty miffed that I waited almost a solid year of him living in Medford before the words, "You know where we should go? ...Redbones" came tumbling out of my mouth. A solid twelve months of Regina's at Station Landing, the J Tree in Davis, and all our usual downtown spots for lunch or dinner...and I had never so much as thought to bring my favorite scruffy hippy to what he would later deem "Heaven".
I'm a touch of a beer snob, and so is he. I also tend to spend the bulk of my negligible income on important things like rent, vodka, flip flops and premium cable. So it is no wonder why I absolutely LOVE me some Redbones.
The beer list is extensive and always changing. The fact that the staff can keep up with the various brews and be able to help you find one--and then find it themselves on the tap tower despite all the taps being unlabeled, carved wood--is mind blowing.
And then, of course, there's the food.
The cheap, delicious, most comforting of comfort foods. The pulled pork sandwich makes me happy I stopped the whole "I don't eat pigs cause they're as smart as dogs" tangent I went on for a year or so. Brain capacity aside, dear Piggy, you are effing delicious when slow cooked.
I also highly, highly recommend the mac and cheese (my boyfriend said he wanted to "put it down his pants". That's a good thing. I swear), the RIBS, the hush puppies, the fried pickles, the buffalo scallops, the BBQ hash...
I could continue, but you get the point. You could drunkenly throw a dart at this menu to choose and would probably love what you got.
And finally, must give a particular nod to the staff. I worked service industry for so long that I feel I must acknowledge when people go above and beyond to be accommodating, interested and funny. This has consistently been the case every time at Redbones.
See ya next Saturday.
Pros: Awesome staff, cheap and delicious food
Cons: Crowded on Saturday afternoons--my fav time to go
Nice Restaurant Reviewed by romilbm on
2010-04-19T04:55:52Z
On my qst visit to boston i tried a few other restaurants....and then i tried this one... was gr8
