Friday, March 2, 2007
The Smoke Trail: More on BBQ
The Austin Chronicle’s Food section runs down 11 BBQ joints that are fairly accessible to SXSW attendees, either via foot or short taxi ride:
1. Iron Works Barbecue
2. Stubb’s BBQ
3. Lamberts
4. Ben’s Long Branch BBQ
5. Sam’s BBQ
6. House Park Bar-B-Que
7. Bowie Street BBQ at Whole Foods Market
8. Pok-e-Jo’s Smokehouse Inc.
9. Artz Rib House
10. Green Mesquite BBQ & More
11. Ruby’s BBQ
I’m most intrigued by #3, Lamberts, a brand new BBQ place on the west side of Downtown that claims to be a “fancy BBQ” joint. Reservations are recommended and the menu’s upper entree prices are $20. But the menu contains upscale choices like baby-back wild boar ribs, pecan-smoked Alaskan king salmon, cold-smoked quail, mustard and brown sugar ribeyes, and fried blackberry pie with lemon sorbet. I’m guessing you don’t wipe your hands with paper towels here?
