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Top BBQ spots in Austin for Saturday’s Georgia-Texas top 5 college football matchup
Are you traveling to the Lone Star State this weekend for the big game, No. 1 Texas vs. No. 4 Georgia? Are you looking to get your bulldog paws on some good ole Texan barbecue?
Well look no further. The Athens Banner-Herald has found several places that locals frequent and have rated with love just for you. Go get your grub on (and bring some back for me, please).
The Salt Lick BBQ
Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. & Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
Address: 18300 Ranch to Market Rd 1826, Driftwood, Texas
Phone number: 512-858-4959
Located in Driftwood, a roughly 40-minute scenic drive from Darrell K Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium and downtown Austin, The Salt Lick BBQ was founded in 1967 and has been smoking meat ever since.
The 4.6-star rated restaurant offers a plethora of smoked meats and delicious sides for everybody. Whether you want family-style, all you can eat, a plate or a sandwich, or even a half pound of meat, The Salt Lick has it. Diners can pick from a dozen sides and three cobblers (blackberry, peach or half & half) or chocolate pecan pie for dessert.
They even have their own trademarked BBQ sauce, which they sell in restaurant, in store and online. The sauce is a “Southeastern style that has been Texa-fied,” according to the website.
If you want meat for a tailgate, you can actually mail-order it and the Salt Lick website provides instructions on how to reheat different ways (outdoors, oven, etc.). Their meats are vacuum-sealed and sent via FedEx to the lower 48. Though, same-day delivery is not available, so start placing now!
Terry Black’s BBQ
Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. & Friday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Address: 1003 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Texas
Phone number: 512-394-5899
Located just outside downtown Austin, just a 15-minute drive from the UT football stadium and on the outskirts of Butler Metro Park, Terry Black’s BBQ is a family-owned pitstop brought to the city from Lockhart, run by Terry’s three children: Christina, Michael and Mark Black.
This 4.5-star rated restaurant is a gluten- and dairy-free friendly atmosphere, with brisket, ribs, sausages, turkey and beef. You can get them in family packs with several pounds or on sandwiches, and even chilled, and they have a plethora of yummy sides, from mac and cheese to beans, Mexican rice, cream corn, coleslaw or potato salad. Feel free to pick up a little banana pudding or peach cobbler to curb any sweet tooth sufferers.
Lucky for you, they also have pre-orders for pickup, and they’re a lot closer. Pickup orders must be placed 50 minutes in advance and a $75 minimum purchase, while delivery needs to be placed two days (48 hours) in advance and a $140 minimum purchase. They offer different size options depending on the group you plan to feed at your tailgate.
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la Barbecue
Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Address: 2401 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas
Phone number: 512-605-9696
Located in east Austin, just a 15-minute drive from the University of Texas and a couple blocks from Lady Bird Lake, la Barbecue is run by LeAnn Mueller and her wife Ali Clem.
This 4.5-star rated restaurant swears by its locally sourced beef, which comes from a grass-fed, completely hormone-free ranch. It was ranked in the top 50 in Texas Monthly in a 2024 edition and Yelp reviewers have called this the best BBQ in Texas.
They offer meats by the pound, regular sandwiches and specialty sandwiches, and several house-made sausages and pickling options as sides, in pints or quarts (pickles, kimchi, onions, jalapeños). They also have a page-long menu featuring cocktails, beers, champagnes and wines as refreshments.
You can order online, and they even offer tailgate packages specialty for parties of 10 or 20, which include brisket, pulled pork, sausage, potato salad, slaw, beans and shells in cheese with bottled sweet and tangy sauce, as well as plates, napkins and cutlery.
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Other well-rated BBQ places in Austin
- LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue. Located at 5621 Emerald Forest Dr, Austin, Texas. Hours are Sunday-Monday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Tuesday closed; Wednesday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; and Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
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- Brown’s Bar-B-Que. Located at 1901 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas. Hours are Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
- InterStellar BBQ. Located at 12233 Ranch Rd 620 N, Unit 105, Austin, Texas. Hours are Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Micklethwait Craft Meats. Located at 1309 Rosewood Ave, Austin, Texas. Hours are Thursday-Sunday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
- Lamberts. Located at 401 W 2nd St, Austin, Texas. Hours are Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; and Sunday 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Iron Works BBQ. Located at 100 Red River St, Austin, Texas. Hours are Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-9p.m.
- Barbs-B-Q. Located at 102 E Market St, Lockhart, Texas. Hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and closed Monday-Friday.
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Some travelers said they showed up four hours ahead of departure to try to avoid problems at the checkpoint. Inside the terminal, security lines stretched across the building, testing patience as passengers waited to be screened.
“This has been insane. Hopefully they get it figured out,” traveler John Wittle said. Another traveler, Juliana Sombrano, said, “We arrived four hours earlier today because they said the lines were going to be really long today.”
Airport officials said they were expecting about 32,000 travelers Sunday. The airport typically considers anything over 30,000 to be a busy travel day.
The congestion contributed to travel disruptions for some passengers. “American cancelled our flight. Didn’t tell us anything about what to do. Our bags are in a completely different city right now,” traveler Michael Vosicky said.
The extended TSA lines have also affected other Texas airports, including Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. TSA agents have not been paid in more than 40 days as the partial shutdown has continued, leaving some travelers sympathetic to workers.
“Obviously feel sorry for the staff who are going through everything,” traveler Michael Radomir said.
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On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing TSA agents to be paid with Department of Homeland Security funds, while blaming Democrats for the airport controversy. “Some of them are needing money because the Democrats cut off their money. I blame the Democrats more than anything else,” Trump said.
The order came as House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate bill that would have fully funded the TSA and several other agencies.
At Austin-Bergstrom, travelers said they hope paying TSA workers will help speed up screening lines. “Hopefully it does nothing but continue to improve everything, everything that we’re seeing here,” traveler Mark Lupkey said.
TSA said agents could begin getting paid as early as Monday. The agency did not confirm how many agents have not been working in Austin since the partial shutdown began.
AUSTIN, Texas — The housing market has cooled, with J.P. Morgan predicting house prices in the U.S. will stall. Despite the stagnate home price analysis, one Texas-based tech company is developing an unconventional way to build. An Austin church is tapping into ICON’s 3D printing technology to rebuild its church campus.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church has been on its 8-acre property since the late 1950s.
“We’ve long been in this kind of predicament here as a congregation that we have these really deep-level structural problems with our buildings, and we’ve really never been able to imagine being able to pay for it,” said Father Zac Koons, the leader of the church.
He said costly quotas to repair aging infrastructure is one big reason they partnered with ICON to develop a whole new church campus.
“It’s not only a less expensive or a more affordable way to build, it’s also a more environmentally friendly way to build,” Koons said.
ICON’s “Titan” construction system will be used for this project, bringing the world’s first 3D-printed church to Austin.
“I think this will be a famous building,” said Jason Ballard, the CEO and co-founder of ICON. “I think it will stand for hundreds of years, and I think they’re just so pleased with what they’re able to get on their budget out of this building.”
The company says its concrete mixture can save future homeowners and businesses roughly 40% compared to conventional wood and metal frameworks.
“For the past two years, we have been working on a second generation of printer technology that is multi-story, easier to set up, easier to operate, even lower cost, even faster,” Ballard said.
Had it not been for the partnership with ICON, Koons said his church would not have been able to afford such a large-scale project.
“We wouldn’t have been able to do something as ambitious as we’re talking about doing without ICON, for sure,” Koons said.
He said they’ll break ground in about a year, with hopes to finish the first building by the summer of 2028.
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