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Katy Trail Station is Kent Rathbun’s latest project. During the pandemic he started smoking meats and selling them at curbside pop-ups. Now, with this food truck adjacent to the Katy Trail, the concept has a permanent location. The barbecue we’ve tried so far is going to build a solid fan base. You can order meats […]
With its separate floors for regular dining and barbecue, Sura is a veritable palace of Korean cooking. But, as satisfying as the All You Can Eat Meat Buffet might be, the simpler pleasures of dishes like spicy pork bulgogi and exquisite daily lunch boxes are more than enough to draw us back for more.
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Lockhart Smokehouse, the Central Texas-style barbecue joint launched by a step-granddaughter of longtime Kreuz Market owner Edgar Schmidt, was easily 2011’s most eagerly anticipated restaurant opening. Lockhart’s fatty brisket, remarkably tender and flavorful, proves the excitement was warranted. While the smokehouse hasn’t yet mastered ribs or chicken, there’s perhaps no better place to Dallas to […]
This is Loro’s second location in Dallas, near Addison. Here the menu is primarily pan-Asian with touches of Texas brisket. If it sounds like an awkward marriage, it’s not. It’s beautiful. Try green curry hushpuppies with a coconut chili ranch or a smoke prime bavette served with a shishito salsa verde. The sandwich selections here […]
Texans certainly hold their barbecue opinions close to their hearts, and it’s risky business to attempt to fuse barbecue with Asian fare and not upset fans of either cuisine. Under the guidance of Uchi’s Tyson Cole and Franklin Barbecue’s Aaron Franklin, the food at Loro soars. Menu options hopscotch between Asian influences like Karaage chicken […]
Barbecue is a humble art, and there’s something special about brisket procured from a barbecue shack on the side of the road. Trouble is, most of the ramshackle joints across Texas don’t serve very good smoked meats – that is until Travis and Donna Mayes first fired up their brick smoker in 2009. They’ve been […]
Barbecue is best done the hard way. Sauces and rubs should be made from scratch. Meats smoked for hours under the watchful eye of a pitmaster. Since 1981, that’s how the eponymous owner has preferred to do ‘cue. Ravenous crowds squeeze into tables and vinyl booths, and on a busy day, they spill out onto […]
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Oak’d BBQ is more than smoke and meat. This chef-driven spot has menu full of succulent sides and an beautiful desserts. One might even stop by Oak’d just for a slice of pie. But why do that when you could also order both Wagyu and prime grade brisket. The smoked turkey is nary a bit […]
Owner Dwight Harvey and son started Off The Bone as a catering venture, but the pecan wood-smoked ribs garnered enough followers that Harvey Sr. was able to free himself from the shackles of a day job. The spotlight here is on the shredded brisket as thick as a fist, barely containable by its whole grain […]
Probably the best-known barbecue restaurant in Dallas, Pecan Lodge started as a Dallas Farmers Market stall before finding a permanent home in Deep Ellum. Now the stall is a memory, and it feels like Pecan Lodge has been here forever; like there has always been a line snaking out the door and around the corner, […]
Peggy Sue BBQ may reside in tony Snider Plaza, but it’s definitely more down-home than Uptown. The waitresses will probably call you “honey,” and you might even spot one of the city’s ladies-who-lunch with barbecue sauce on her face (gasp!). Open since 1989, the decor hasn’t changed a bit, with vinyl tablecloths and plenty of […]
World-class barbecue in an unlikely place, perfect as a finale to your day trip to Fossil Rim Wildlife Center or Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose. The pork ribs are the thing, smoked over pecan wood till they’re deliciously tender. Also worth a taste are the German sausage, a lean Old World variety available […]
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Growing up in Texas means growing up eating barbecue; it’s one of the staples of life. Your taste buds come to expect it. To satisfy them, we suggest a visit to Sammy’s BBQ. The meat on their ribs almost falls off the bone; their tender beef brisket is the best we’ve had. For a side […]
Eater recently nominated The Slow Bone for a national award honoring bad restaurant names. (It competed in a category for groan-inducing sexual humor.) Dallas chefs were more complimentary, nominating this low-key barbecue spot as one of the city’s 10 best restaurants in an Observer survey of 75 food industry professionals. That might be exaggerated, but […]
The dining room at this elegant barbecue restaurant fills up at brunchtime – which is a bad beginning to a description of Smoke for two reasons. First, the kitchen does far better work at dinner than at brunch. And second, “elegant barbecue” is not nearly the oxymoron or hipster prank that it sounds. If you’re […]
Smoke Plano is a lot like the first Smoke that opened in West Dallas years ago. They have similar color schemes and logos, and when you walk through the door the smell of smoke and seared meat gives you a nice, warm hug. The two restaurants share a lot of the same menu items, too, […]