Black's Barbecue (Lockhart Original)
Same family, same town, since 1932. The original.
Black's Barbecue (Lockhart Original) is a barbecue restaurant in Austin, Texas.
The Main Street original in Lockhart is the source: family-owned and operated since 1932, the longest continuously run barbecue joint in Texas under one family. Everything the Austin outpost gestures toward lives here in its unfiltered form — the pit smell, the butcher-paper trays, the weight of a room that has served the same town for the better part of a century.
The ring sausage is the must-order, a coarse-ground, peppery link that snaps against the natural casing from a recipe that predates the second World War. Brisket comes with a hard, dark bark and a rendered fat line, and the beef ribs are the kind of primal, bone-in cut that Lockhart made famous. History and consistency define the place; the Austin location captures the recipes, but it can't quite replicate the ground this one stands on.
- Style: Central Texas Style
- Price: $$
- Neighborhood: Lockhart
- Serving since 1932
What to order
- Ring Sausage
- Brisket
- Beef Ribs
How it scores — 8.8/10 overall
Visiting
- Address: 215 N Main St, Lockhart, TX 78644
- Phone: (512) 398-2712
- Website: https://blacksbbq.com
Hours: Daily 10am–8pm
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