The New York Times just came out with an article about the ongoing changes to the Texas barbecue scene, proclaiming Texas barbecue is "the best it's ever been." It is a bit oversimplified, like a lot of journalism, but no doubt things are a lot different from late 2007, when we fist moved here.
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| Offering from Kreuz Market, November 2008 |
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| The pit at Cooper's in Llano, March 2009 |
I wrote about Texas BBQ before we even moved here. At the time, the barbecue was all old-school, and most of the places in Austin proper were kind of lame. You had to haul yourself to Taylor or Lockhart or Smithville to get the good stuff. Then Aaron Franklin started smoking briskets along the I35 access road, and Texas 'cue hasn't been the same since. Now it is hard to imagine Austin without Franklin, La Barbecue, Valentina's, Stiles Switch, Interstellar, and (my personal fave) Micklethwait! Change can be a good thing. Given the changes that have taken place in the last 15 years, I'm looking forward to seeing where things are in 2037.
