Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill opened its first restaurant
in Orlando, Fla., in 1999 and has since grown to more than
125 locations across the Eastern and Midwestern United States.
Menu
Smokey Bones' menu features a broad range of American favorites:
Flame-grilled sandwiches and steaks: Half-pound
Angus and Buffalo burgers are Smokey Bones specialties,
such as a Bleu Portobello Burger and a Smokehouse burger.
The restaurant also features a Mahi-Mahi sandwich, which
is a garlic marinated Mahi-Mahi fillet served with a
Cajun remoulade sauce on a toasted Kaiser roll. Kansas
City Flat Iron steak, a marinated 10 oz. Flat Iron Steak
hand-rubbed with Smokey Bones' signature steak seasoning,
is served with roasted Portobello mushroom sauce. Portobello
Chicken is an herb grilled chicken breast served over
a large Portobello mushroom cap stuffed with spinach
artichoke dip and feta cheese, garnished with fresh diced
tomatoes and served with grilled flatbread. Honey
Glazed Salmon is served over roasted red and yellow bell
peppers and caramelized onions, and Sierra Chicken is
topped with fresh cucumber salsa, dried cranberries,
sunflower seeds and cilantro.
Slow-smoked specialties: Baby-back
and St. Louis-style ribs and hand-pulled pork are slow-smoked
in each restaurant daily for up to 11 hours over hickory
for fall-off-the-bone tenderness and smokey flavor. Other
offerings from the smoker are beef brisket, turkey breast
and grilled smoked sausage. A thick, sweet barbeque sauce
and a mustard-style version are on each table for guests
to customize their barbeque.
Fresh salads: The Oregon Pear and Spinach
Salad is a blend of fresh leaf spinach, grilled pears, seedless
grapes and mandarin oranges with roasted pecans, crumbled
bleu cheese, red onions and tomatoes tossed in light berry
vinaigrette. Other signature salads include a Lodge salad,
Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad, Tomato, Cucumber and Onion Salad
and Chicken Caesar Salad.
Unique appetizers include old-fashioned skillet cornbread
with crushed pecan butter, barbeque chicken nachos and Brunswick
stew. Juicy corn-on-the-cob, steamed broccoli, loaded baked
potato and sweet barbeque baked beans are popular side dishes.
Guests also enjoy the restaurant's signature dessert – a
bag of fresh, “made-to-order” hot cinnamon-sugar
doughnuts served with strawberry dipping sauce. Entrée
prices range from $6 to $19. The restaurant has a party pack
menu that feeds groups of 10 to more than 2,500 people, too. There’s
also a full bar.
Atmosphere
Smokey Bones features a rustic mountain lodge dining environment.
The building uses tall timbers, stacked stone, fireplaces and
images you would see in the mountains. The atmosphere is enhanced
with television screens showing guests' favorite television
programs.
Business Performance
Smokey Bones is owned by Florida-based Darden Restaurants,
Inc. (NYSE: DRI), which also owns and operates Red Lobster,
Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52 casual dining restaurants.
Smokey Bones recorded $337 million in sales in its most recently
completed fiscal year.