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Article #33355Re: Out of the way BBQ place
From: kerr
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 15:09
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 15:09
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Sounds great, it's up near Williams Smokehouse. A search on yahoo maps shows the street name as De Priest; it looks like it's about 1/4 mile due west of the 45N & N.Shepherd exit. Kerr. "Pete Romfh" <spamblocked@yourISP.com> wrote in message news:anph6l$1j41$1@news.hal-pc.org... > While shopping for a new BBQ smoker I heard several > local BBQ "experts" mention Burns BBQ. Apparently this > place has won a number of local cook-offs and has a > reputation for turning out some very good food. The address > was always given as a set of vague driving directions not > unlike the Nordic runes speaking of the way to Valhalla. > > We were in the correct part of town yesterday so I punched > BBQ restaurants on the StreetPilot GPS system and it said > it was only 0.6 miles NW of us. With the magic of GPS satellite > navigation we arrived there in a couple of minutes. > > Rejoice Vikings !!! Valhalla Exists !! Been there, ate that !! > > It's a small place that does carry-out only. There are a few picnic > tables outside but they were full of people waiting for their number > to be called. We ordered a couple of sliced beef sandwiches ($3.75) > and settled down to wait. After about 15 mins our number came up. > We toook our brown paper bag and headed home. Once there we > settled down w/ a couple of beers to evaluate the food. > > The meat was tender and moist w/ a definite crust and 1/4 inch smoke > ring. Each sandwich contained about 6-8 ounces of meat on white bread. > The flavor was excellent. Succulent and delicious. > > The sauce was the tangy, spicy, vinegar based version. I thought they > were a bit skimpy on the sauce but Peg thought it was just right. > > The location is in an older neighborhood that is predominantely > African-American. Not a scary ghetto thing, just a more rural looking > older part of town. By comparison, Thelma's is up-scale & up-town. > > To save you a lot of wandering traveling: > Burns Bar B Q > 8307 Depriest 77088 > 281-445-7574 > > Take Victory west from Shepherd about 3/4 mile. > Go north on Depriest about 1/2 mile and watch for > the crowded parking lot. Or just follow your nose > as the smell of wood smoke and good BBQ are > hanging in the air there. > > -- > Pete Romfh, Telecom Geek & Amateur Gourmet. > promfh at texas dot net > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c1f9,28a26a2e067706f X-Google-Attributes: gid10c1f9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-06 08:12:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "kerr" <rkerr2@houston.rr.kom> Newsgroups: houston.eats References: <anph6l$1j41$1@news.hal-pc.org> Subject: Re: Out of the way BBQ place Lines: 58 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <OmYn9.108268$121.2304393@twister.austin.rr.com> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 15:09:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.175.84.142 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1033916974 24.175.84.142 (Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:09:34 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 10:09:34 CDT Organization: Road Runner - Texas