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Baby Back Shak

1800 S. Akard St.
Dallas, TX 75215-1901

214-428-7427 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | Barbecue

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With ribs as tender as the restaurant?s namesake, which conjures lascivious imagery of naughty bits, this Dallas stalwart has successfully enchanted customers for more than 15 years. But not with Texas-style ?cue. Oh no, here you?re served barbecue of the Memphis variety. The black-painted brick exterior of Baby Back Shack evokes a back-road biker bar. The interior, well, let?s just say it ain?t about the décor, baby! It?s about the meat, the Cornish hen, the sausages, the ribs by the pound, all done up with the Shak?s house-made rub. A Dallas Observer Best of Dallas favorite.

  • Cuisine(s): Barbecue

    Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-5:45pm, Fri-Sat 11am-6:45pm

    Price: $$

    Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

  • Attire: casual

    Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

    Serving: Dinner, Lunch

    Alcohol: None

  • Reservations: Not Accepted

    Parking: Free, Lot Available

  • 2008 | Best Ribs

    What started out as a backyard barbecue for family on Sundays has emerged into the best place to gnaw on a slab of ribs in Dallas. Clarence Cohens just couldn't keep it all in the family, so eventually he began selling it just south of downtown... More >

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  • Mallory19

    Mallory19

    | Mon, May 24, 2010

    great ribs!

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  • dallasobserverbestof

    dallasobserverbestof

    | Wed, May 06, 2009

    What started out as a backyard barbecue for family on Sundays has emerged into the best place to gnaw on a slab of ribs in Dallas. Clarence Cohens just couldn't keep it all in the family, so eventually he began selling it just south of downtown in a two-room dive known as Baby Back Shak. His Memphis-style herb-rubbed ribs are so moist, tender and flavorful you don't even need any barbecue sauce to enhance. Since its recent discovery, the downtown lunch crowd swamps this place, which stays open until 5:45. No dinner done here. There are more than ribs, of course: sliced beef, pulled pork, smoked turkey and ham are all served lean but liberally, portion-wise. And for a bizarre barbecue twist there is grilled Cornish hen. But it's the killer ribs that make lunch and life worthwhile and will draw you back to the Shak.

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