The Best Places for Barbecue in Texas

AUSTIN – Texas Monthly has published, what it calls, the top 50 barbecue joints in Texas. And an area restaurant has made the top ten. It is Bodacious Bar-B-Que in Longview, which the magazine has at number 4. The restaurant opened in 1968 and re-opened in 2015. Their brisket is smoked for 24 to 46 hours. Also on the top 50 list is Tyler’s Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue. It opened in 1959. The magazine says, once you settle in, you may not want to leave. Also making the top 50 is Joseph’s Riverport Barbecue in Jefferson. According to Texas Monthly, once the term Texas barbecue belt meant the center of Texas. But now, it stretches far and wide.