Lucille's handles sides differently from every counter-service barbecue chain. Plates arrive with sides included rather than priced individually off a board, and the extras you would add to a tray elsewhere live in the Appetizers section here — fried okra at $7.49, fried green tomatoes at $8.49, onion straws at $9.49. Add the complimentary biscuits and the picture changes again, because the best side at Lucille's costs nothing.
Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que prices at a glance
The prices referenced on this page, collected up front. They vary by location and change without notice.
| Item | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Spinach & Cheese Dip | $10.49 | The vegetarian shareable |
| Pulled Pork Queso Dip | $9.99 | Queso with smoked pork through it |
| Brisket Nachos | $10.99 | Effectively a meal, not a side |
| BBQ Sausage Trio | $9.99 | Three sausages — a meat course in disguise |
| Lucille's Appetizer Platter | $21.99 | For a table of four or more |
The biscuits, and why they rank first
Every table-service meal opens with made-from-scratch biscuits and apple butter, free. They are baked in house, they arrive hot, and for a large share of regulars they are the single best thing Lucille's makes. No side you can pay for on this menu beats them, which is a strange thing to say about a restaurant where a plate of ribs is $23.99.
The catch is arithmetic. At roughly 180 calories each, four biscuits is more food than a $11.99 Grilled Portobello Sandwich — the full breakdown sits on the Lucille's nutrition page. Take one, enjoy it, and remember you ordered ribs.
The fried vegetables, ranked
This is the part of the menu that functions as a side order in practice, and it is where Lucille's Southern kitchen shows. Ranked by what actually earns its place next to smoked meat:
- Southern Fried Okra ($7.49) — the best of them. Small pieces, high crust-to-vegetable ratio, and it stays crisp longer than anything else in this group.
- Fried Green Tomatoes ($8.49) — the most Southern thing on the menu and the one to order if you have never had them. Acidity cuts through fatty rib meat better than any starch does.
- Southern Fried Dill Pickles ($6.99) — cheap, sharp, and the correct partner for the sweet original sauce.
- Lucille's Onion Straws ($9.49) — good, but the most expensive and the fastest to go limp. Order these only if you are eating them immediately.
- BBQ Potato Chips ($5.99) — the cheapest item in the building. Fine, unremarkable, and the right call if you just want something to pick at while the smoked meat is coming.
The heavy shareables
Be honest with yourself about these. Brisket Nachos at $10.99 and the BBQ Sausage Trio at $9.99 are not sides — they are additional main courses that arrive on a smaller plate, and ordering either before a rack of ribs is how a $25 dinner becomes a $50 one you cannot finish.
Salads as a side
Lucille's does not run a $4 side salad the way counter chains do. The salad section starts at $13.99 — Chicken Caesar, BBQ Chicken and Brisket Burnt Ends all at that price, up to a Fresh Salmon Salad at $16.49 — and every one of them is a full main. If someone at the table wants greens rather than a side, they are ordering an entrée, and the Brisket Burnt Ends Salad ($13.99) is the one to get: the same caramelized point-end meat that sells as a $13.49 appetizer, on top of the leaves.
What to order with what
- With ribs ($23.99–$24.99): fried green tomatoes. The acid is doing a job that a starch cannot.
- With brisket or tri tip: fried okra, and the vinegar sauce from the table caddy — the pairings are laid out on the Lucille's sauce page.
- With a sandwich ($10.99–$16.99): BBQ potato chips at $5.99. Anything larger overwhelms the order.
- For a table of four: the Appetizer Platter at $21.99 instead of three separate orders.
One planning note: which sides come with which plate varies by location and by section, so confirm with your server rather than assuming, and check the current Lucille's menu prices before you build a bill in your head. Across the roughly 25 restaurants in the chain the appetizer list is consistent; the plate accompaniments are less so.