Brown's Bar-B-Que
South Lamar's charitable-priced brisket trailer
Brown's Bar-B-Que is a barbecue restaurant in Austin, Texas.
Daniel Brown's trailer parks outside the Sahara Lounge on South Lamar and makes an argument that great Austin barbecue doesn't require a fancy setup or a dawn wait. It has been serving textbook Central Texas brisket since 2012 at prices that feel almost charitable by the city's current standards — a lean operation with nothing to prove and nothing to hide behind.
The menu strips down to essentials: meat, bread, pickles, onions. The brisket is the reason to come, consistently well-smoked with a firm bark and a fat line that renders clean, and the pulled pork and sausage give the order some range. Skipping the East Austin lines is part of the appeal; you get elite-adjacent smoke on a residential stretch of South Lamar, usually without the anxiety of a two-hour queue.
- Style: Central Texas Style
- Price: $
- Neighborhood: South Lamar
- Serving since 2012
What to order
- Brisket
- Pulled Pork
- Sausage
How it scores — 8.7/10 overall
Visiting
- Address: 1901 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
- Phone: (512) 917-0684
- Website: https://brownsbbqaustin.com
Hours: Tue–Sun 11am until sold out
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