Dad's got the night off: Top-rated BBQ restaurants and steakhouses nationwide for Father’s Day, according to DoorDash data

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Dad's got the night off: Top-rated BBQ restaurants and steakhouses nationwide for Father’s Day, according to DoorDash data

While Dad may know his way around a grill better than anyone, there's something worth celebrating about someone else doing the cooking. Whether you’re looking for a rack of ribs from his favorite pit spot or a rib-eye steak at a table he's been meaning to try, DoorDash is spotlighting the local BBQ joints and steakhouses that make celebrating easy — whether that's delivery to the backyard, booking a coveted reservation, or discovering a new restaurant and earning rewards along the way.

The restaurants featured on this list were identified using DoorDash data from April 2025 through April 2026 and represent highly rated local favorites across the country. Each restaurant is a small to medium-sized business with 10 or fewer locations on DoorDash, at least 1,000 customer reviews, and some of the highest average ratings in its market. From longtime neighborhood staples to beloved local destinations, these are the restaurants that get name-dropped in group texts when someone asks where to take Dad.

“Father's Day is traditionally a stay-home-and-grill holiday, but more and more families are looking for ways to give Dad a real break from the backyard,” said Ruth Isenstadt, head of U.S. restaurants at DoorDash and mom of two. “Whether that’s BBQ delivered to the backyard, or a steak at a table worth booking, we wanted to make it easy to find a great local restaurant, however the day shapes up.”

Fire Up Delivery: Top BBQ and Steakhouse Spots to Order In

For families skipping the grill cleanup this year, these top-rated local restaurants are serving up Father’s Day favorites straight to your door. From April 2025 through April 2026, DoorDash customers ordered 106-plus million steaks, 14-plus million ribs, and 7-plus million orders of brisket.

• Bad Brads BBQ — Clinton Township, MI
• Bar-B-Cutie — Nashville, TN
• Brothers BBQ — Denver, CO
• Buckhorn BBQ + Grill* — Vacaville, CA
• Connors Steak & Seafood — Sarasota, FL
• Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse — Boston, MA
• Dish Society — Houston, TX
• Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse — Chicago, IL
• Grecian Steakhouse — Dyersburg, TN
• Hard Eight BBQ* — Coppell, TX
• Jack Stack Barbecue — Kansas City, MO
• Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab — Chicago, IL
• Kinder's Meats Deli & BBQ* — Brentwood, CA
• Mark's Feed Store — Louisville, KY
• Mia's Table — Houston, TX
• Midwood Smokehouse* — Charlotte, NC
• Montana Mike's Steakhouse — Greenfield, IN
• Park Avenue BBQ Grille — West Palm Beach, FL
• The Hideaway* — Odenton, MD
• The Smoke Pit* — Concord, NC

However Dad chooses to celebrate, whether that means a brisket order for the backyard or a steakhouse table worth the occasion, there are plenty of ways to mark the day.

The list of 2026 Father’s Day BBQ and Steakhouse Spots was generated by analyzing DoorDash data from April 2025 through April 2026. The delivery list includes restaurants available on DoorDash Marketplace and Online Ordering. All small-medium sized restaurants and brands that serve BBQ/steak, with the highest average overall customer rating, at least 1,000 reviews, and 10 stores or less, qualified for this list.

* Included for the second consecutive year.

This story was produced by DoorDash and reviewed and distributed by Stacker.