Texas Barbecue in San Antonio

[RVgirl2015]

Does anyone have a suggestion on a great restaurant in San Antonio for a good ole Texas Barbecue?

[S-n-L]

I would highly recommend Black's in Lockhart, not too far. Absolutely fabulous bbq.

FYI, I have been a Kansas City BBq society certified BBQ judge for over 10 years and know bbq.

[Islandman]

We'll be in the New Braunfels area next week, anyone have recommendations on Texas Barbeque up there? And sounds like Black's down in SA is worth the drive if nothing real great up in New Braunfels. Also, how about the Austin area? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give us.

[Retired_andLove]

Kit Carson wrote:

brirene wrote:
I don't remember . the name but maybe someone else knows it. A place kind of up in the hills, I think it was to the east of SA. A little ways out. DW's cousin took us there while visiting. It was good stuff!

Could the name of the place you mentioned be TEXAS PRIDE? My son and daughter-in-law took us there and it was really good. I am not sure exactly where it is but is out in the country.

Texas Pride is east of SA . Not sure which highway. Maybe 1601. This was one of three places that was featured on Diners, Drive=ins and Dives that I have been to. No impressed a bit. Place was filthy greasy and in my opinion the food was not that good.

[Tom_Trostel]

The Smoke Shack

link from BBQ writer for Texas Monthly

[rtate]

Dennis M M wrote:
Head an hour up the road to Lockhart, some of the best barbecue anywhere:

Blacks BBQ

Smitty's Market

Kreuz Market

If I could only do one it would be Blacks.

They are all good but Blacks is my favorite.

[EsoxLucius]

San Antonio? The Big Bib!

[Kit_Carson]

brirene wrote:
I don't remember the name but maybe someone else knows it. A place kind of up in the hills, I think it was to the east of SA. A little ways out. DW's cousin took us there while visiting. It was good stuff!

Could the name of the place you mentioned be TEXAS PRIDE? My son and daughter-in-law took us there and it was really good. I am not sure exactly where it is but is out in the country.

[chiefneon]

Howdy!

I agree with Rudy's great smoked Barbeque.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

[ddndoug]

Funny story about restaurant suggestions....

We were in Dallas-Fort Worth area and when we travel we like to try LOCAL restaurants, so we asked at check-in where would be a good local place to have a good steak. The response we received, "Well, down hear we have a really good restaurant called "Lone Star Steakhouse". I thanked her for her recommendation and proceeded to drive around until we found a local establishment with good recommendations online.

Doug

[bob_nestor]

roxy13019 wrote:
X2 for Cooper's. Brisket is awesome!

All three Cooper's locations are fantastic - Llano, Georgetown and Ft. Worth stockyards.

There's a Cooper's BBQ in Junction, but it's a different outfit and not nearly as good.

BTW, the Cooper's in Georgetown might be a bit easier to get to and closer to San Antonio since it's just up I-35. But the one in Llano has the best small town atmosphere.

[roxy13019]

X2 for Cooper's. Brisket is awesome!

[RoyF]

For picking a BBQ, we have a rule of thumb that seems to work almost everywhere. There should be roughly an equal mix of pickup trucks and "nice" cars. If there are no pickups then the place is likely to be upscale, and no upscale restaurant has really good barbecue. If there are no Lincolns or Cadillacs then the place is likely to be too seedy. The "Goldilocks rule" applys.

[S-n-L]

azdryheat,

Yes, we went into a food comma the other day. Today we are heading to Louie Mueller in Taylor, TX and tomorrow going to Snow's in Lexington, TX.

We had our son's wedding last weekend and my sister and brother in law stayed this week to do a BBQ tour of the area.

I also love Rudy's but as good as Rudy's is it is not as good as these others.

Sunday we leave the area and am not eating BBQ for along time!

Stuart

[timandsusan]

My backyard but I am not home in SA! Otherwise--Rudy's works since it started in SA.