Lockhart ★ 4.5
Lockhart is the official Barbecue Capital of Texas, where Black's has smoked brisket since 1932 alongside Kreuz Market and Smitty's meat-market pits.
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Seguin ★ 4.4
Seguin is home to Burnt Bean Co., named the number-one barbecue joint in Texas by Texas Monthly, a downtown pit a short drive east of San Antonio.
Boerne ★ 4.0
Boerne is a Hill Country town with German-Texan restaurants along its Hill Country Mile and the Saturday Herff Farm farmers market, a short drive northwest.
Adkins (Texas Pride Barbecue) ★ 4.0
Texas Pride Barbecue in Adkins, about twenty miles east of San Antonio, is a hole-in-the-wall pit whose smoked brisket is its number-one seller.
Comfort ★ 3.8
Comfort is a tiny Hill Country town with a well-preserved 19th-century German district, where cafes and a winery serve schnitzel, sausage and wine.
Castroville ★ 3.8
Castroville, the Little Alsace of Texas, was settled by Alsatians in 1844, with Haby's Alsatian Bakery turning out strudel, stollen and coffee cake.