Way OT: Good BBQ in Dallas?

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Off The Bone BBQ. So dang good.

If you have time, check out Cooper's in the Fort Worth stockyards.

Haha, you must be a friend of Wongtran.  I'll see you there?  We are going to North Main BBQ per groom's recommendation.

Can't beat it

Should never be OT when it comes to BBQ. Especially when its pertaining to a city a majority of us will be in in 4 months.

Bone Daddy's. The scenery is tremendous.

North Main BBQ in Euless is about the best to find. It about midway between Dallas and Fort Worth.

I'm sorry but when i saw the title I thought this had to be a joke.  I know I grew up in Michigan and have never lived in Dallas (but have travelled there countless times on business through the years) but isn't asking for a good BBQ resturant in Dallas sort of like asking for a good French resturant in Paris?  

Aren't virtually ALL tjhe BBQ places in Dallas good?  At least the one's I've been to have been.

... compared to what you might get in Austin area, but I've enjoyed the brisket at Bartly's in Grapevine. Cool counter service / Formica chair type atmosphere. There are always fireman there when I've been, which is a good sign.

Here is a fairly comprehensive review of a lot of the best BBQ places in Texas:
http://fcg-bbq.blogspot.com

Sonny Bryan's. Brisket to die for.

Smoke Pit in Ft Worth is real good! I will be there today for PCF (Pork Chop Friday) biggest pork chop you will ever eat and man is that thing good. You have to be there early they only make 200 so its first come first serve. Enjoy!

There are so, so, so many BBQ places and they all are just a little bit different and it depends on what's really important to you.

For my money if I'm only concerned with the meat I'm going to Rail Head in FW right off of 30 - it's always brimming with customers no matter what time and everyone I know that's been there loves the meat.

There are a number of places in Arlington (near the stadium even) for BBQ - Bodacious BBQ is pretty good and, this is going to get some growls, but I really do like Dickey's BBQ even if it's chainy the chopped brisket is quite good (they really know how to smoke a brisket down here...)

I liked Hard Eight in Coppell -- www.hardeightbbq.com

It's a "pay by the weight" operation -- you walk in, point out what you want from the pit, they load it up and it gets weighed.  You pay.

Their camp beans are all you can eat and are wonderful.

If you want to stay near downtown Dallas (not driving off to Coppell or Grapevine or Ft. Worth where there is certainly better bbq), you basically have 4 options, which I'd rate this way (and this is mainly brisket).

4. Peggy Sue's. In Highland Park across the street from SMU. A lot of people like this place, but I think that's only because it's the only halfway decent bbq in northern Dallas. Brisket is dry and portions are small. Good sauces, but if you need sauce, that's a problem.

3. Sonny Bryants. It's excessively expensive because of its location close to downtown. About $5 more per plate than other places. I found the brisket dry, but I've only been there once and it was somewhat late, so I may have gotten the dregs.

2. Sammy's. Great atmosphere and the brisket and sausage have been really good everytime I've been. Never dry, which is likely because they have severely limited hours, basically just lunch. In a weird area between uptown and downtown, and kind of hard to find as it's on a dead end street. If you go, make sure you check the hours and get there toward the early side because they do run out.

1. Lockhart Smokehouse. This is off in Bishop Arts, which is a bit west of downtown. Have only been here a couple times but both times the brisket was very good. Not as good as central Texas to be sure, but a good approximation. No sauce, so if that's your thing, go somewhere else.

Thanks for all the feedback. I really appreciate it

Either way, I spent years in the area. Jose T. Garcia in Ft. Worth, the stockyard area with the Cattleman's where J.R. Ewing had many dinner during Dallas seasons. But the stockyard also has Billy Bob's, White Horse Saloon and all the things to do there that gets your bbq fix along with the sightseeing things there. Watch out for cow pies though. Up in Addisson Fugo de Chou, a Brazilian Churrascaria bbq type.

and they are the standard, like it or not.

Anybody here old enough to remember Usenet?  There used to be a group called: rec.sports.football.college back in the early days of the internets.  I only bring it up because BBQ was a frequent (and often heated) off-season discussion topic.

Back then, there were so few people talking about college football online that there was basically one place where *EVERYONE* electronically congregated.  There were some epic threads debating the merits of Catsup-based vs. Mustard-based vs. Vinegar-based sauces.

Also, damn, am I old.

I suggest Sammy's BBQ in downtown Dallas (there is also one in University Park).  Get a two meat plate with the heart-stopper potatoes and cole-slaw.  The onion rings are also very good sopped in BBQ sauce.

2126 Leonard Street, Dallas, TX 75201

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