Char Bar

“Westport's barbecue beer garden with a burnt-end burger”

Char Bar brings barbecue to Westport by way of a sprawling beer garden, a patio-first operation where the pit and the pint list share top billing. The outdoor space—lawn games, fire pits, and a long craft list—keeps a crowd lingering well past the last bite, turning a barbecue plate into a full afternoon rather than a quick tray. The kitchen leans creative. A burnt-end burger stacks the city's signature cube onto a patty, the smoked chicken wings hit the smoker before they ever see the fryer, and the pulled-pork tacos stray happily from tradition. It's less a pilgrimage pit than a place to spend the day, but the smoke is real and the invention is the point. Come hungry, order a flight, and settle in on the patio for the long haul among the fire pits.