Austin » Restaurants » BBQ

• Hoover's Cooking 
•   East Austin  
• BBQ, SOUTHERN/SOUL
•  $$ 

The butcher-paper serving trays are for drool pools sprung from Mother Dorothy's soulful southern-comfort recipes.

• Kreuz Market 
•   Out of Town  
• BBQ
•  $$ 

The newer, cleaner, and, dare say, refined keeper of the Kreuz eat-with-your-hands barbecue flame.

• Lamberts 
•   Downtown  
• BBQ, SEAFOOD
•  $$ 

Work off the "fancy" barbecue and deviled eggs tapping along to the live music upstairs.

• Smitty's Market 
•   Out of Town  
• BBQ
•  $ 

Only tourists don't eat the fatty brisket from scions of Kreuz with their hands.

• Stubb's Bar-B-Q 
•   Downtown  
• BBQ
•  $$ 

It's been hailed "Best Rock Club" in America, but music's not even what it's primarily known for.

• The Salt Lick 
•   Out of Town  
• BBQ
•  $$ 

All-you-can-eat meat laced with sweet honey sauce discriminates only against the road-weary.