March 3Mar 3 Need the collective Austin surly wisdom here. A good friend’s son is getting married in Austin in September. She has to host the rehearsal dinner for 30-50. As the bride has chosen TexMex for the wedding reception dinner, she is thinking barbecue. She is in SoCal so is asking for a little help on recs. It’s her only child and she doesn’t want to fuck it up. so: barbecue 30-50 guests Can be at restaurant or catered to a venue. Location somewhat irrelevant.
March 3Mar 3 Stiles switch, pinkertons both also do catering. Do not sleep on pok-e-joes catering. Don't confuse their brick and mortar with their catering business. It's not gonna melt your face off but it's good and they know what they are doing.
March 3Mar 3 We had our similarly sized rehearsal dinner at County Line. Don't do that. (Marriage is fine, dinner was very "eh".)
March 3Mar 3 2 hours ago, immamac said: Do not sleep on pok-e-joes catering. Don't confuse their brick and mortar with their catering business. It's not gonna melt your face off but it's good and they know what they are doing. This.
March 3Mar 3 Similar to Bert's. Their catering when they still had the campus location was great. In store not so much (other than the T Man)
March 4Mar 4 On 3/2/2025 at 10:32 PM, Texzilla58 said: Need the collective Austin surly wisdom here. A good friend’s son is getting married in Austin in September. She has to host the rehearsal dinner for 30-50. As the bride has chosen TexMex for the wedding reception dinner, she is thinking barbecue. She is in SoCal so is asking for a little help on recs. It’s her only child and she doesn’t want to fuck it up. so: barbecue 30-50 guests Can be at restaurant or catered to a venue. Location somewhat irrelevant. The bride wants Tex Mex so the mom is looking at bbq? Those aren't the same thing.
March 4Mar 4 6 hours ago, Mack Tripper said: The bride wants Tex Mex so the mom is looking at bbq? Those aren't the same thing. TexMex for the reception, BBQ for the rehearsal dinner.
March 14Mar 14 My daughter is visiting her cousin at UT this weekend and asked for bbq recs. Suggestions for broke college kids?They are at Terry Blacks now and I told her not to get the beef rib just because of price.
March 16Mar 16 Thanks for the recs on catering bbq. I’ve forwarded them and hopefully that’s all my good deed on this.
March 17Mar 17 On 3/14/2025 at 6:22 PM, Buzzrock said: My daughter is visiting her cousin at UT this weekend and asked for bbq recs. Suggestions for broke college kids? They are at Terry Blacks now and I told her not to get the beef rib just because of price. Stiles Switch 2 or 3 meat plate is super reasonable at around $30 plus or minus.
July 26Jul 26 Any thoughts about Rollin Smoke off East Cesar Chavez? Niece (no pics) and her hubby (USNA grad; was on the football team) are in town this weekend for her birthday celebration. They're staying downtown and we told them we'd like to take them out for lunch and that's the place they've selected after hearing "great things" from friends. She's from Spring, he's from Oklahoma and to the best of my knowledge most of the BBQ they've had has been from her dad's backyard offset (it's...edible).
July 26Jul 26 I’ve liked it every time I’ve been. It’s located in Chalmers, which can get pretty packed and loud based on time of day.
August 1Aug 1 5 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said: Any opinions on Parish BBQ off Manor near KG BBQ? I've heard it's very good. had it a couple months ago, it was good. the duck and brisket were the standouts.
October 25Oct 25 Hit up Churchrow on Anderson at lunch today. It’s in the old Black Gold location and is basically a new version of Valentina’s with Miguel manning the pits but not the money. Got there at 12:30. It was packed but I was second in line. You order 2 feet inside the door so there’s no room inside for a line so it’ll always look packed from the street. always wanted to try the La Reina smoked pork neck sandwich so I order it and a side of beans. 45 minutes later, I got my beans and free fajita taco as an apology for the wait. 1 minute later the La Reina came out but instead of a sandwich it was a taco. Maybe there’s a version of both are on the menu and I didn’t specify which. Regardless, it and the fajita taco were both fucking stellar. The meat was perfect and the tortillas are the best in town. Hopefully, they figure out how to speed up the kitchen. That was the only stumbling block.
October 29Oct 29 On 3/14/2025 at 6:22 PM, Buzzrock said: They are at Terry Blacks now and I told her not to get the beef rib just because of price. Probably not the thread for this question, but whatever. Does anyone know how much a beef rib bone weighs? I've always wondered how much I'm paying for the bone. It's gotta be at least 4 ounces right? Maybe more?
October 30Oct 30 They are pretty thin and not super dense. I don't think they weigh a quarter of pound. If you're already paying the current market prices for brisket, a beef rib bone is going to negligible compared to everything else.
November 21Nov 21 Apparently Moreno is being restricted from smoking onsite at their Southpark Meadows location
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