Originally Posted by
pinniped
I don't even know where to go with this list. NYC, San Francisco, what?!?
Any list that doesn't include Franklin BBQ is suspect, IMHO.
The inclusion of Jack Stack, but not LC's, Bryant's, or Joe's, makes me think they were looking for a Top 10 BBQ Restaurants You'd Take a Client Who Might Not Like BBQ for a Business Dinner. All of the photos look all, you know,
clean and stuff...
Corporate barbecue. No disrespect to Jack Stack - it's certainly good BBQ and probably belongs in any national Top 10 list - but I wouldn't use white linen ambiance as a means of evaluating great 'cue restaurants.
Well, except for City Market in Luling. No one who's ever eaten there would come away saying "corporate BBQ with white linen ambiance". That more aptly describes Lambert's BBQ in downtown Austin and they are mysteriously missing from the list, if indeed that is what they were shooting for.