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.