Barbecue Restaurants in Downtown Austin

Blue Ribbon Barbecue

Barbecue • Downtown • Under $10

Owner Bobby Cavo has barbecue deep in his DNA. His mom, Mopsie, still provides the meat through her catering kitchen, all of it kissed by heritage post oak smoke.

120 E. Fourth, 512/369-3119

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Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que

Barbecue • Downtown

217 Congress, 512/474-4227

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House Park Bar-B-Que

Barbecue • Downtown • Under $10

No-frills, award-winning, mesquite-smoked brisket, pork loin, sausage, chicken, and sandwiches have been served from the same smoke-redolent shack since 1943. Lunch only.

900 W. 12th, 512/472-9621

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Iron Works BBQ

Barbecue • Downtown • $10-$25

The Works retains its neighborly charm with modest prices and self-serve beer on ice in tin coolers. You can have the barbecue shipped to your house later if you'd like.

100 Red River, 512/478-4855

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Lamberts

Barbecue • Downtown • $10-$25 •  First Plates 

Once the historic landmark anchoring Liberty Lunch’s footprint, Lamberts was established in 2006 by Larry McGuire, Tom Moorman Jr., and Will Bridges in the revamped J.P. Schneider Store, built in 1873. Now it's a legit barbecue joint downstairs, and a swanky bar upstairs, complete with a stage for enjoying nightly live music, local beers, and slow smoked barbecue.

401 W. Second, 512/494-1500

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Stubb's

Barbecue • Downtown • $10-$25

Milestone 20th anniversary hitting in 2016, Stubb’s filled the void left by the 1999 closing of Liberty Lunch, itself the local replacement for the Armadillo World Headquarters. Taking its name and recipes from legendary Lubbock cook Christopher “Stubb” Stubblefield, who established the first Stubb’s in his hometown in 1968, the dual-level venue and celebrated barbecue joint boasts indoor and outdoor stages, with the latter holding upward of 2,000 souls. Booked by C3 Presents co-founder Charles Attal and unsung ACL Fest talent doyenne Amy Corbin, both stages host names big (Bob Dylan) and bigger (Metallica).

801 Red River, 512/480-8341

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