The Smoke Joint opened in 2006 by Ben Grossman and Craig Samuel. This corner restaurant, located at Lafayette Avenue and S. Elliott Place, offers a casual and comfortable urban setting for dining. Find classic barbeque dishes on the menu including sandwiches, seafood, pork, beef, chicken and sides such as spicy french fries, mac and cheese, cole slaw, corn on the cob, potato salad and cornbread. Main dishes on the menu include pulled pork (smoked 12 hours over hickory), crispy catfish, baby back ribs, a black angus hotdog and tender smoked chicken.