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    Just Passing Thru BBQ

    4.2 (43 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    2 meat combo. Ribs/brisket.
    Will K.

    Man these were some good ribs. Brisket was solid too but the ribs were off the charts. Nice couple cooking and serving it all up. Very small. Cozy place. And I love how you have to enter through an old bus. Did I say great ribs?

    3 Meat platter

    First, the food was awesome! I had the 3 meat platter with sausage, brisket, and ribs. All had a great smoke ring and the smoke flavor was spot on. I had green beans for the side which was really good also. The owner was very nice and even showed me the smoke set up in the back of restaurant. Definitely a great find I found on Yelp. Will be back! Oh yeah...I almost forgot...the sweet tea was awesome also.

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    10 months ago

    The owner is very kind and the food was great! I got the pulled pork sandwiches and they definitely did not disappoint!

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    10 months ago

    Really great food, always hot and fresh I will definitely eat here again, you want a belly full you'll definitely get a belly full

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    1 year ago

    Food was very good but a little high just saying. The clientele was very helpful and friendly.

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    10 months ago

    all do their food is good, but their pulled pork cheese fries and their cheesecake is soooooooo busss!!!!! 10/10 recommend!!!!

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    2 years ago

    Best mac and cheese in town and the BBQ beans were excellent too! Great service and super friendly.

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    2 years ago

    waited almost 25 minutes for dry sausage and ordered sliced brisket came in pieces dry too won't be back

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    6 years ago

    REALLY good BBQ! Cooked just right. Portions not that generous though. Really good food though.

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    4 years ago

    Just a little hidden gem with a very kind owner and staff. The food was great! Highly recommend!

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    5 years ago

    This place was a nice surprise, excellent service friendly staff and great food def need to try the cobbler

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    4 years ago

    Finally find some good local bbq around here. Great food, good selection, good prices, and cute place.

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    6 years ago

    Great food but nearly 30 min wait for two sandwiches and pound of ribs and only two customers in front of me.

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    4.7(162 reviews)
    9.3 miKingwood
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    I'll definitely itely be back. Some bbq places don't have mac and cheese so I am glad that they did…read moreand it was actually pretty good. The chopped chicken sandwich was also good. I prefer chicken so I had been wanting to try this place. All were good and I am fairly picky with bbq. I which they had a few different bbq sauces but I won't down them for that as the flavor of the one they had was good. Service was good. You walk up and order. Food was given out quickly. We didn't get to try the ribs as we were told they were out but sounded like they just didnt have the next batch ready. Wish we would have been told that cause we would have waited but not a huge deal. Owner was there, at least I think he was the owner, and he was going around to each table to make sure everything was good. That was appreciated. I always appreciate when the owners are there and personable.

    We've been on a hunt for the best BBQ in the Houston area. Fire Craft was in the line up so we…read moredecided to stop by to see what it was all about. We arrived around 12pm on a Saturday. The restaurant was spacious, clean, not too crowded and the wait to order was not long at all. We approached the register to place our order and the young lady at the register wasn't the friendliest. No hello, no smile, just a stare. We wanted ribs but were told they sold out, however we heard another employee saying they had a batch coming off the pit. I also tried to order the pinto beans and she said those were sold out as well. We found a table and waited about 10 mins or so for our food to be delivered do our table. We ordered a chopped chicken sandwich, baked potato, Mac n cheese, baked beans, corn spoon-bread, and brisket. Most of the items were really good and freshly made. Baked beans were just okay, reminded me of pork n beans. The spoonbread had great texture but lacked flavor. Although the cashier wasn't the most pleasant, the manager made up for the lacking customer service. He could be seen walking around the restaurant interacting with customers and asking about their experience. Overall it was a pretty good experience!

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    4.7(211 reviews)
    44.1 mi
    $$

    Incredible food, great staff, nice atmosphere!…read more Was advised by my salesperson at Tommy Bahama's clothing store in the Woodlands to go check this restaurant out and I did. We drove almost an hour from Spring for it. I can't say enough about how amazing the food is here and I'll definitely be going back. The staff is awesome and we met one of the owners and you can tell he takes pride in their food and their restaurant, as well as care about his patrons. I highly recommend this place!

    We chose BAR A barbecue after carefully looking for what we hoped would be the BEST in the Houston…read morearea. We saw some great options ( Truth, Triple J, Killen's, and Brisket & Rice were all in the running, and we didn't try any of those so can't say on them). This was a thought out choice and I was super excited to try them! Being a family run operation was really awesome to me as well. First the good to great: the staff was super nice and helpful. The brisket was ah-mazing. Not too Smokey but cooked very tender and delicious! The barbecue sauce was on point. Sauces tend to range from too thin to too thick, too sweet to too spicy but Bar A's hit the bulls eye! Not too thin, not too sweet...I really enjoyed the brisket! Walking up, the smells were incredible! A nice outdoor spot to eat (it was a very mild day and just beautiful out..but I digress). Also, the Mac and Cheese...oh my!! Some of the best I've ever had! The downside: We drove an hour and a half especially to eat here...it was our primary reason for heading up to Montgomery! Getting there around 3pm, you would figure is a sweet spot for a restaurant open from like 11-6 on a Friday. When we went to order as we're trying to figure out the plate we want, you know, 2 meats or 3 meats ...sides, yum, as you're drooling, we were going for the TRINITY Plate. Brisket, rib and sausage...a nice cross section. Nope, we can't do a TRINITY. we only have brisket and turkey left. I know a lot of people love turkey. I'm not one of them and my heart was set on Beef. So now we're on a 1 meat and two sides track I guess. Ok, can we do brisket on the one meat? "Sure I can do that" was the cheery reply. So we got two plates brisket, and I asked could you make that moist cut brisket (my favorite, while my wife always prefers the lean). "Nope, sorry, we're all out of moist brisket". Ok, so one plate with cheesy potato casserole (doesn't that just sound amazing?) and Mac & cheese and one plate With cheesy potato casserole and pinto beans, that way we can get more great tastes and share, right? Oh, and bread, pickles, onions and jalapeños. (The bread is Martins and is always amazing if you know what I'm talking about...I think it's potato roll bread?). Got our plates and start to pay...two $20 plates and no drinks, just water. Over $50! Hmmm, well, the one meat tray with brisket has a $4 up charge. Hmmm. Sat down and got to chowing down! Here's where disappointment sets in. As I said, brisket and sauce was on point. The onions are maybe slightly pickled, not sure, but also very good. The meat, was 3 slices of brisket...4 would have been a sweet spot but eh, 3. The sides. Cheesy potato casserole had the texture of rice...I kept thinking it was rice as I ate it. It had some spice to it but very little flavor. Very disappointing. Mac & cheese--ah-mazing! Pinto beans were like a salt-a-holics take on ranch style beans. Not good. Almost not edible. But I was hungry. I put some sauce on the potato casserole and made it taste ok...still couldn't get Over the rice texture (I'm not saying it had rice, but just had the texture of a rice pilaf ). Two pieces of great bread rounded it out! So overall, disappointed that there wasn't more to choose (ribs, moist brisket, sausage) and I get it, They make so much and sell out then that's good business for them. To the customer who drove and hour and a half to eat there, not so good business. The sides were 1 for 3 in the good to great category and worst of all, after spending $50+ on lunch for 2, I was still hungry. I wouldn't have expected that for sure. I couldn't decide between 3 or 4 star but my missing stars shake out like this: 1 went because of availability and then ultimately being up charged for what was left. And 1 went for disappointing 2 out of 3 sides and portion size/value. Sorry, we didn't take any photos of the food.

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    Straight Off The Road BBQ

    Straight Off The Road BBQ

    3.4(147 reviews)
    6.9 mi
    $

    We were regulars at Straight off the Road a few years back, but since we moved farther out, we…read morehaven't been here in a while. Today, Momma wanted barbecue, and the places closer to home don't offer indoor dining. Since we were dressed up for Mother's Day, we drove out of the way to come here. I expected a good time. Straight off the Road has always had good vibes, and nothing there has changed. Country music when you come in the door, good service, and authentic feeling decorations. It just feels like home in here-- Texas without all the pretentiousness of fancier places. I was surprised to see the parking lot and the restaurant only half full on Mother's Day, but looking back, I should have known then that something wasn't quite right. Everything went well until I got my plate. I ordered the two meat brisket and sausage, potato salad, and fried okra. The portion was huge-- enough for three people -- but I couldn't enjoy it. The brisket should have been the star, but it tasted like was baked too long in an oven an oven a day or two ago. There was no smoke flavor, and the meat just fell apart. I could have eaten it with a spoon. It was tender, sure, but anybody can do that if you cook it/rest it long enough. The flavor just wasn't there. I'm not sure whether they make their sausage or get it from somewhere outside, but it seemed to be quality stuff before they cooked it. It was coarse ground like I like it with good seasoning. But where was the smoke? The sausage honestly looked and tasted like it was sliced and boiled. I was shocked. The potato salad tasted good, but the texture was all wrong. Everything was chopped up small like it was done in the food processor and there was no love in it. Fried okra is hard to get wrong, but there was nothing particularly right about it either. I was so suspicious about the lack of flavor in my meat that I drove around the back parking lot when we left. There were several racks of neatly stacked firewood, but it was all filled up to the top. Either it had just been delivered, or it's not getting used. I suspect the latter. This is Texas. If you're gonna keep the doors open at a barbecue joint, you have to do better. I love coming to your restaurant, and I hope you get things figured out.

    For a quick and easy lunch or dinner this definitely is a good place to stop in and eat at. The…read moreonly complaint I will have is that the meats need more smoky flavors and more seasonings. It's bad when you have to season the meats with salt and pepper as well as drenching it down with sauce. This place has the potential. I think if they make a few changes and stick with actually cooking on a pit this place would be awesome. Service was great and the vibes were amazing.

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