For those who might be wondering, that last bit is not referring to the quality of the barbeque, but to the live blues music featured at BB’s. They’ve got the three B’s – barbeque, beer, and blues.
Well, in Dallas they have a place called “Bone Daddy’s” the BBQ is ok but man oh man is the scenery well worth the visit.
(For those who don’t know, it’s basically Hooters except with BBQ.)
If you go to BB’s, go for the blues, not the BBQ. I hear their gumbo is good, though.
Agreed. Great music, mediocre barbeque.
Mmm… Allen and Son.
It’s a deriviative of Eastern NC Barbecue. It’s closer to Central NC Barbecue, like what you’ll find in Lexington.
FTR: I don’t care what other people call it, if it isn’t pork or in a vinegar sauce, then it’s not barbecue.
Oh, and my post was in response to romansperson’s.
Noted. I grew up on Twin Oaks, and I am an ass tard for not mentioning it.
New York City is no barbecue mecca, but Virgil’s (Times Square) and Pearson’s (in Jackson Heights and the West 80s) are pretty good, Brother Jimmy’s is acceptable (if absurdly loud), Texas friends have given the thumbs-up to the Rodeo Bar (they may have been drunk), and a new place in my neck of the woods, Dinosaur BBQ (W. 131 under the viaduct) is OK too, although apparently a chain of some kind. I’ve never been to Blue Smoke, the upscale barbecue joint in the East 20s, because “upscale barbecue joint” has about as much appeal for me as, oh, “atheist gospel music.”
And no, none of these places can hold a candle to the old Kreuz Market in Lockhart. Sniff.
Not at all, I’d be seriously surprised if there were more than a handful of people from that area on this board, so who’d be the wiser? 
Houston, TX - Otto’s. BBQ heaven on earth.
You can always tell at Allen & Son (Og, how I miss that place) when the local PBS runs its North Carolina Barbecue special during pledge week. All these [insert snide comment regarding Carolina fans] from Chapel Hill then decend on a little hole-in-the-wall in semi-rural Durham County.
I remember this one fellow holding up the line for fifteen minutes because he was waiting for a hostess to seat him.
Actually, I thought I was the only one.
A Monkey with a Gun lives on SSI, but he’s a transplant.
We could be the only three…sadly, it’s not the most enlightened community.
I suppose you’re coming nowhere near Seattle, but I can wholeheartedly recommend ‘Dixie’s Barbecue’, just under the 520 bridge on the east side of Lake Washington. Not only is the barbecue simply to die for, the owner comes round every little while with a pot of ‘The Man’ sauce, which is something like spreadable fire. If you’re brave, he’ll give you a spoonful. If you’re timid, he’ll dip a toothpick to taste. If you’re wise, you’ll laugh and wave him off.
Carl’s Perfect Pig BBQ on Hwy 79 White Bluff TN. Awesome.
Make that Hwy 70, thanks ;>
Ahem … you watch yourself now ;). The Allen and Son on Route 86 is, in fact, in Orange County, not Durham County. I drive by it every day on my way to work - at Carolina.
I actually found a video of the place here. We need smellivision :).
Is it? I thought I crossed back into Durham County on the way there. I could be mis-remembering, since it has been too long since I’ve been there. OTOH, I have gotten my Father to bring me a jar or two of their sauce, so I may apply it to the grossly inferior barbecue in Georgia.
Yep - it’s north of Chapel Hill proper and south of Hillsborough, all of which are in Orange. You need to go about five miles east of 86 to get into Durham County (which has its own charms as far as bbq goes).
In all the board threads about traveling to Charleston, South Carolina (including one I started last year), everyone recommends Sticky Fingers as the best barbecue in Charleston, a must-visit spot in a town famous for its seafood and unique “low country” Southern cuisine.