Where to get barbecue in Tampa: Dale Mabry, Armenia and Florida Ave.

Last checked 2026-10-11. Refreshed every three months.

Tampa’s barbecue is spread across the city. South Tampa has 4 Rivers Smokehouse on MacDill Avenue and two places on Dale Mabry Highway, North Armenia Avenue has Brisket Shoppe, and North Florida Avenue and Nebraska Avenue in Seminole Heights have Wicked Oak and Station House, with more in East Tampa and near Busch Boulevard.

How we made this list. We started from OpenStreetMap records inside Tampa’s city limits, the same records that feed our local directory, and checked each place against its own website on Oct. 11, 2026. We added restaurants the map missed from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s restaurant license records and checked each address against the U.S. Census Bureau’s city-limits map; stadium and arena stands, food trucks and places with Tampa mailing addresses outside the city are left out. A place with no website we could load is listed only if it holds a current state food license. Korean and Colombian grills are on our other lists. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. A place can write to us to correct its entry.

The places

4 Rivers Smokehouse, 623 S. MacDill Ave. A Florida barbecue chain’s South Tampa restaurant. It describes slow-smoked barbecue, wet-aged brisket, homestyle sides and desserts from its own bakery.

Big John’s Alabama Bar-B-Que, 5707 N. 40th St. An Alabama-style barbecue restaurant in East Tampa. We found no website; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in September 2026.

BJ’s Alabama BBQ, 3423 S. Dale Mabry Highway. A South Tampa barbecue restaurant on Dale Mabry Highway. We found no website; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in March 2026.

Brisket Shoppe, 3501 N. Armenia Ave. A brisket restaurant that smokes Akaushi wagyu beef brisket daily over locally sourced oak, by its own description. It is open for lunch only, Wednesday to Saturday.

Jimbo’s Pit Bar-B-Q, 4103 W. Kennedy Blvd. A barbecue restaurant on West Kennedy Boulevard near Westshore. We found no website; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in August 2026.

Konan’s BBQ, 1510 N. Hubert Ave. A barbecue restaurant in West Tampa. We found no website; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in March 2026.

Liberty Smokehouse, 310 E. Waters Ave. A smokehouse on East Waters Avenue. We found no website of its own; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in August 2026.

Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque, 202 N. Dale Mabry Highway. A New York barbecue chain’s South Tampa restaurant, open every day, with online ordering and catering.

Outside BBQ, 1613 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A barbecue restaurant in East Tampa. We found no website; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in September 2026.

Station House BBQ, 5214 N. Nebraska Ave. A Seminole Heights barbecue caterer that opens for takeout three days a week: Cuban sandwiches, including a brisket Cuban, on Thursday, and barbecue on Friday and Saturday. Cubans can be reserved online.

Wicked Oak Barbeque, 6607 N. Florida Ave. A barbecue restaurant on North Florida Avenue in Seminole Heights. Its site blocked our check; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in July 2026.

Zambia Smokehouse, 3000 E. Busch Blvd. A smokehouse on East Busch Boulevard. Its site would not load for us; it holds a current state food license and was inspected in July 2026.

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• Patios and outdoor dining in Tampa
• Where to eat in Tampa: all our lists
• Restaurant inspections in Tampa
• Tampa business directory

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get barbecue in Tampa?

Twelve barbecue restaurants sit inside the city limits, including 4 Rivers Smokehouse on South MacDill Avenue, Mighty Quinn’s on North Dale Mabry Highway, Brisket Shoppe on North Armenia Avenue and Wicked Oak Barbeque on North Florida Avenue.

Which Tampa barbecue places are open on Sunday?

4 Rivers Smokehouse on South MacDill Avenue is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, and Mighty Quinn’s on North Dale Mabry Highway is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.

Where can I get brisket in Tampa?

Brisket Shoppe at 3501 N. Armenia Ave. smokes Akaushi wagyu brisket over oak and is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday. 4 Rivers Smokehouse in South Tampa lists wet-aged brisket.