Cherry St. Bar-B-Que

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Cherry St. Bar-B-Que

Restaurant information
Established	July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)^[1]
Owner(s)	Lawrence La Pianta^[1]
Head chef	Lawrence La Pianta^[2]
Food type	American Barbecue Southern
Rating	Bib Gourmand (Michelin Guide)
Street address	275 Cherry Street
City	Toronto, Ontario
Country	Canada
Seating capacity	60^[1]
Website	www.cherrystbbq.com

Cherry St. Bar-B-Que is a barbecue restaurant located in the Port Lands area of the Riverdale neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History

The restaurant opened in 2016, in a 1920s built former Dominion Bank location^[3] that previously hosted the Cherry Street Restaurant.^[1] The owner and head pitmaster is Lawrence La Pianta, who spent years competing and judging on the Kansas City Barbeque Society circuit, the largest barbecue circuit in the world.^[3]^[1]^[4]

All of the barbecue offerings at the restaurant are smoked using white oak^[3] on the patio, located inside a redesigned shipping container.^[4] The restaurant also often hosts Sunday pig roasts, featuring guest pitmasters from other barbecue joints in North America.^[1]

Recognition

The business was named a Bib Gourmand restaurant by the Michelin Guide at Toronto's 2022 Michelin Guide ceremony,^[5] and retained this recognition in 2023 and 2024.^[4] A Bib Gourmand recognition is awarded to restaurants who offer "exceptionally good food at moderate prices." Michelin highlighted the restaurant's various barbecue offerings, including its Texas-style brisket and St. Louis-style ribs.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Suen, Renee (26 July 2016). "What's on the menu at Cherry Street Bar-B-Que, a massive new smokehouse". Toronto Life. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ Schembri, Jennifer (17 March 2023). "Where Toronto's Michelin-recognized chefs eat cheap: Lawrence La Pianta of Cherry Street Bar-B-Que". Streets of Toronto. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pataki, Amy (13 July 2016). "Cherry St. Bar-B-Que brings patio, pork to Portlands". Toronto Star. TorStar. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cherry St. Bar-B-Que - Toronto". Michelin Guide. Michelin North America. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "2022 Toronto MICHELIN Bib Gourmands". Michelin Guide. Michelin North America. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

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