4 editor picks in San Antonio.
San Antonio sits at the southern edge of Texas barbecue country, where brisket and beef ribs share the smoker with a strong Tejano influence. Pinkerton's Barbecue downtown and 2M Smokehouse on the south side are the names to know, both built around long mesquite and post oak smokes. The Smoke Shack in Alamo Heights rounds out the city's trade in slow-smoked Texas plates.
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Order Brisket, beef rib and jalapeno cheese sausage.
Pinkerton's Barbecue brought Texas brisket downtown; get there at opening before the beef rib and brisket sell out, and order by the pound to a nearby bench.
Order Brisket, the smoked chicken and Mexican-influenced sides.
2M Smokehouse on the South Side smokes brisket and chicken with Mexican-influenced sides, a Michelin-recommended pit open Thursday to Sunday until sold out.
Order Brisket, the mac-daddy stuffed baked potato and pork ribs.
The Smoke Shack grew from a food truck into a Broadway BBQ joint near Alamo Heights, smoking brisket and pork ribs and piling them onto loaded baked potatoes.
Try BBQ by the quarter pound
2M Smokehouse on the South Side serves Tejano-accented barbecue; order by the quarter pound and add the cheap sides to keep a BBQ lunch under twenty dollars.
