If you see smoke rising while driving along FM 1826, don't be alarmed. It's just a barbecue beacon calling you to the perpetually smoking pits, long picnic tables, and dance hall–style compound of The Salt Lick. On weekends, and particularly when the University of Texas Longhorns have a home game, this family-friendly hot spot on the edge of south Austin is tough to get into, but always worth...
"Bring your appetite" to these "true Texas" BBQers for a "first-class orgy of meat" via "piles" of pit-smoked, "fork-tender brisket", "spicy sausage" and "fall-off-the-bone ribs" served "family-style" in a "rustic" atmosphere with "great" live music on weekends; it's cash only with "looong waits" at Driftwood and Southeast Austin, and although it's BYO beer, you can also pick up a bottle of...
If, in your mind, Texas + food = barbecue, the Salt Lick is the place for you. A hoppin' joint out in the middle of the Hill Country, a 30-minute drive southwest of Austin, it's jammed most weekends with 'cue aficionados lining the indoor wooden picnic tables and eating themselves into a carnivorous stupor. Go with the family-style option, and for less than $20 per person the waiter will bring...
The Salt Lick Restaurant Review:
In a land that prizes its barbecue, few pits are more famed than The Salt Lick. It’s a 20-minute drive southwest into the country from Austin, and one well worth it. The grounds are spacious and lovely, but the scent gives away why you’re here. Greeted at the door with an open pit with hanging sausage and full racks, meat-lovers are in nirvana. Everything is done family-style and they’ll keep...