Smokehouse Barbecue

“The Gladstone anchor of a Northland smokehouse chain”

Smokehouse Barbecue is a longtime metro name with locations across the Northland and eastern suburbs, and the Gladstone room on North Oak Trafficway is its comfortable, full-service face. This is family-restaurant barbecue—sit down, order wide, and bring the whole table—rather than a counter-and-tray operation built for speed. The kitchen runs on hickory: smoked beef, pork ribs, and burnt ends backed by from-scratch sides, with the cheesy corn bake a table favorite that draws repeat orders. It's built for consistency across a multi-location chain, and the Gladstone pit delivers that familiar version dependably, plate after plate, under a sweet tomato-based sauce. It's the steady sit-down stop for when a Northland table needs to please everyone at once, from the kid who wants ribs to the grandparent who came for the beef and the beans.