Went this week on a whim while in town. I knew the winter weather would keep people away. I got in line around 10:35 for their 11:00 opening and was about twenty people back. The person taking orders said we were in one of the shortest Franklin lines ever.
Bought way too much food for myself and had leftovers. Didn’t eat for the rest of the day. The brisket was phenomenal and the pork ribs were really surprisingly great. My plate was $72 (!!) but I’ll say it was the best overall BBQ plate I’ve ever had.
Went to Terry Black’s in Lockhart the next day. It was a good bit cheaper, but not quite on par with the brisket at Franklin.
by stemrog
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Lucky!! It’s on my bucket list!!
Snow?
Lucky you!
Good to know. Did they cancel flights at the airports down there?
Did it live up to the hype and cost ?
Is the snow in the picture with us right now?
I’ll never understand the Wonderbread. It’s just so lame. If I’m paying $72, it better come with hand sliced artisinal sourdough, made with locally milled flour and baked in a wood fired oven or gtfoh with the shitty dollar store bread. It’s just such an insult to the plate and presumed care and craft that went into everything else. It then makes me start to question the care and craft of everything else and the overall decision-making capabilities on the other side of the counter. I might be in a small minority here based on how common it seems to be, at least in the South, but it’s just absolutely bizarre to me how common it is to defile an otherwise tempting BBQ platter this way. I mean, why don’t they just serve Kraft Mac N Cheese out of a box, Heinz baked beans, and Idahoan instant mashed potatoes as their other sides?
I don’t even really get the idea of bread and BBQ. I like me some good, fresh baked bread as much as the next guy, but not with my BBQ. I like cornbread and do a sweet heat and cheese pan of that sometimes, along with some other sides or a salad that might contain a vegetable or fruit or 2 even. Like, who can eat that much meat and not regret it anyway? Certainly not me anymore. And when you do see some sides on these often very expensive and “famous” platters, they often tend to look like lame afterthoughts almost as unappealling as the bread. Like yesterday’s limp and overcooked julliened green beans, or a haphazard smattering of bread and butter pickles out of a jar, or whatever the yellowish stuff is in the cardboard basket (mashed potatoes?) Doesn’t anybody else enjoy some contrast to the heaviness of all the meat? Like maybe a nice watermelon salad or a cucumber salad to lighten up all protein and carbs and cleanse the palette. Maybe I’m the weirdo here, but that’s how we roll at my home BBQ joint, and nobody ever complains. Of course, nobody is paying me, and by now, they know better than to complain if they want to get supper made for them again any time soon, but I digress, lol. But shitty white bread? It’s a big no for me, dawg
I would love to hit TX and hit the big spots, my buddy lives 10min from goldee’s (and has NEVER BEEN, I’ve yelled at him) and he turns 40 this year and his wife asked me to come down for a surprise party, I want to SO BAD as we’ve known each other since grade school and i’ve never been to TX. I need to hit Snows, Goldees and Franklins
I guess I’m just too old to understand paying 72 bucks for a plate of BBQ.
Walked in yesterday at around 11:50 AM and there were only about 15 people inside in line before me. Had always been on my “Austin bucket list” and happened to drive by yesterday and saw zero line outside. Didn’t believe it so I actually called to confirm they were open.
That looks fantastic