Austin Barbecue and Tacos: Make the Meal an Outing

Choose a brisket tray, Egyptian-Texan barbecue or a taco truck with its own style. Each stop gives you a different reason to get hungry.

Put brisket on the tray or find a taco worth crossing town for. Austin gives you plenty of ways to turn lunch into the part of the day you remember.

Start with a barbecue tray

Terry Black’s BBQ is on Barton Springs Road. Franklin Barbecue is on East 11th. Both give you a Central Texas barbecue meal, but each has its own ordering and visit details. Choose the one that fits your day.

Try another kind of smoke

KG BBQ brings Egyptian influences to Texas barbecue. Kemuri Tatsu-ya combines Japanese izakaya cooking with a smokehouse. Din Ho Chinese BBQ takes the meal toward Cantonese roast dishes.

Leave a little room for tacos

Cuantos Tacos serves Mexico City-style tacos. Discada centers its menu on the northern Mexican cooking method behind its name. Nixta Taqueria makes heirloom corn part of the reason to stop.

Compare the barbecue stops or open the East Austin map before choosing your next meal.