Barbecue is forever in Austin. While the city already has its tried and true places, there are new smoked meat joints popping up every which way. To help sort through noise, Eater gathered the best new barbecue spots in the city, from trailers to restaurants, offering everything from traditional Texas takes to Thai iterations to halal versions.
This includes sold offerings from the returning Whitfield’s, Micklethwait Craft Meats’s Smithville restaurant, Thai rotisserie chicken at Dee Dee, excellent pastrami from Mum Foods Deli, and more.
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For the purposes of this map, only places that have opened, expanded, or revamped within the past year have been included. Is Eater missing a new barbecue joint? Let us know through the tipline or within the comments.
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