Acclaimed smokehouse ranked Texas’ No. 1 barbecue joint, new report says
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For straight out brisket, ribs, sausage and pulled pork I’m still going with Franklin’s but for overall experience, L&L offers better sides and other dishes and the bbq is almost at the level. For a combo of both bbq and other dishes, I side with Texas Monthly’s #1 pick of Burnt Bean in Seguin.
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On any given day most any of the more highly regarded barbecue places around here (Austin) can knock out brisket, sausage, and ribs of comparable quality, but only a rare few do this virtually all the time. In addition to L&L I would acknowledge Franklin and La BBQ. I have not been to Seguin in years but plan to do so soon.
Sides are way more variable, both for quality and variety. Sadly, one of my favorite spots for sides, Valentina’s, is no more. The butter beans on the weekends at Opie’s are exceptional. The sides at Green Mesquite, known for pretty good but maybe not world class barbecue, are consistently all good, solid, traditional sides. Some spots like Smitty’s back when it was Kreuz were known for zero sides, but they have relented. In Lockhart, Black’s won the sides war. I am, perhaps, a contrarian on sides. Except for Opie’s butter beans, I want beans and potato salad, and the potato salad needs to be traditional mayonnaise and yellow mustard with plenty of celery, not outlandish potato salad like you get at the Salt Lick or the County Line. As regards beans, I love Green Mesquite’s, a cross between ranch style pintos and Boston baked. I find the beans at the Luling City Market just sad. I can and will handle coleslaw, especially to pile onto a chopped beef sandwich.
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