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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Rome Sentinel and Utica University Tangerine. Updated August 2026.
Brooklyn Brisket · Utica
Rome Sentinel's Genesee Street guide and the Utica University Tangerine both cover Brooklyn Brisket, a downtown smokehouse turning out halal, slow-smoked brisket. The brisket is the reason to go, cut from a menu built around low-and-slow barbecue on Genesee Street, and the halal kitchen makes it a rare fit for diners who cannot eat at most barbecue joints.
508 Salvage BBQ · Ilion
Rome Sentinel's Global Cuisine feature describes 508 Salvage as traditional hardwood-smoked barbecue, run out of Ilion with catering and a food truck alongside the kitchen. The hardwood-smoked meats are the draw, from an operation that started in catering and now smokes for walk-in diners about twenty minutes east of Utica.