Real Smoq'ed BBQ – formerly known as Ohio City BBQ – has dealt with trying times the past several years: COVID-19 disruptions, hiring hiccups and a long, contentious court battle over the store's former name. But the high-quality BBQ remains a standout.
and Ohio City BBQ over an alleged trademark infringement that has taken the greater toll.
“I spent so much time changing out the name on social media and listings on Yelp and TripAdvisor, and Google – as well as with all the delivery services. But what I didn’t think about was things like Alexa and Siri and apps like that. If you ask them now where Ohio City BBQ is, they will say we are permanently closed.“I didn’t know when I agreed to it that a name change would cause so much confusion. Sales have been very, very down, and costs are way up because I had to re-brand everything.
“Still, by far, my biggest seller are my ribs, ribs, ribs,” he said, with a laugh. “Once we run out of ribs, we are in trouble.”Half slab of ribs with slaw, mac-n-cheese and baked beans from Real Smoq’ed BBQ, located at 3829 Lorain Ave., Cleveland - Photo by Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland.com Brisket Mac - homemade mac and cheese topped with SmoQ’ed brisket and BBQ sauce from Real Smoq’ed BBQ, located at 3829 Lorain Ave., Cleveland - Photo by Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland.com
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