Nothing out of the restaurant’s country kitchen satisfies home-cooked cravings more than its ribs. The baby back pork ribs are perhaps the most pleasing of the bunch, colored such a potent pink from slow smoking that the meat almost seems unnatural. The beef ribs, however, are just as good, trading in the pork’s pink streaks for sheer tenderness—the meat can practically be massaged off the bone. For the gluttons, there’s the combination plate, which allows for a pairing of any two of the restaurant’s smoked eats. But any of those items together is a portion prepared for only the most competitive eaters, the plate all but buried under the stack of bones.

JOHNNY REBS’ 4663 LONG BEACH BLVD | LONG BEACH 90805 | 562.423.7327 | JOHNNYREBS.COM | OPEN SUN-THURS 7AM-9PM | FRI-SAT 7AM-10PM | FOOD FOR TWO, $25-40 | BEER, WINE

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