12. Smitty’s Market

208 Commerce, Lockhart, 512/398-9344

Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm; Sat, 7am-6:30pm,

Sun, 9am-3pm

Named after Kreuz Market patriarch Edgar “Smitty” Schmidt, Smitty’s opened in October 1999 in the location formerly occupied by Kreuz for almost a century. The familial spat leading to Kreuz Market’s relocation is destined to be a Texas legend. Like Kreuz, Smitty’s serves beef, pork chops, and sausage on brown paper with no sauce and no forks, but the addition of (gasp) beans to the menu provoked more than a few double-takes in this barbecue-obsessed region.

This article appears in March 16 • 2001.

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