Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que

Lucille's does Southern-style barbecue at Southern-style volume: ribs, brisket, and pulled pork on platters that assume you skipped lunch, preceded by the chain's famous warm biscuits with apple butter — the single most dangerous starter at Victoria Gardens.

Is it competition-purist barbecue? No, and it isn't trying to be. It's a comfortable, loud, family-scaled smokehouse where the portions are honest and nobody is performing. On a restaurant row that trends dressy, that's a genuinely useful lane — the place for the birthday dinner where half the table is under twelve.

You'll find it inside Victoria Gardens; the mall directory has the exact spot. Plan on leftovers.