Moreno Barbecue
A family pit firing away on South Menchaca
Moreno Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Austin, TX. Listed categories include barbecue, restaurant.
Moreno is a South Menchaca smokehouse with a family pit working out back, cooking brisket and sausage the Central Texas way for the stretch of Austin south of the river. It runs on a family-run rhythm — steady hours seven days a week, familiar faces, and a menu that trusts fundamentals over flourishes.
The house-made links are the reason regulars keep the drive down Menchaca on their list, coarse-ground and snappy with a well-judged spice. The brisket carries a proper smoke ring beneath a peppery bark, the pork ribs bring a clean pull off the offset pit, and the smoked chicken stays moist on an unforgiving cut. It is an unfussy neighborhood pit that has earned its place through consistency rather than hype, the kind of counter that a South Austin family works into the weekly rotation without a second thought.
- Style: Central Texas Style
- Price: $
What to order
- House-Made Sausage
- Brisket
- Pork Ribs
- Smoked Chicken
Visiting
- Address: 5608 Menchaca Rd, Austin, TX 78745
- Phone: (512) 808-8271
- Website: http://www.morenobbq.com
Hours: Tue–Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sat 11am–9pm, Sun 9am–8pm
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