The Bear Pit BBQ

We like to keep it authentic, with sawdust on the floor and quality Missouri Style wood smoked meat smothered in our delicious secret recipe BBQ sauce. If you haven't had the pleasure of eating our BBQ Sandwich on garlic cheese toast, drop by the Bear Pit and find out why our homemade BBQ sauce, cole-slaw, and garlic toast have kept mouths watering for so long. The Bear Pit's history began in the late 1940's, when original owner Ben Baier started a small barbecue shack in Newhall, California. In a small building on the side of a church in the dusty town north of Los Angeles, Baier used his cooking knowledge from his years in Kansas City, Missouri to develop his unique barbecue sauce and slow cooking methods.