Finding authentic Southern barbecue in Massachusetts is like finding a palm tree in Alaska: theoretically possible but highly unlikely.
Yet Redbones BBQ in Somerville has been serving the real deal since 1987, proving that you don’t need to be below the Mason-Dixon line to smoke meat like you mean it.
The year 1987 was a different time.
People still used pay phones, the internet was something only scientists had heard of, and the idea of finding authentic Southern barbecue in the Boston area seemed laughable…