Still, though, I would say that the meals here are reasonably priced. They also charged extra for pickles, onions and bread when I did not eat two out of these three (but did not know that I had to instruct them not to put them on the plate in order to avoid the extra charge). For instance, there was a three percent service charge that they add to all bills–it does not matter whether you use a credit card or not (they explained that this is how much it costs them to process the orders with the machine they have). My question about them, though, was in adding charges to the price that was posted on the menu. This seems to fit in well with Texas Monthly’s criteria for rating BBQ restaurants, although they apparently give extra points when the sides are of notable quality.Īfter a recent visit to Central Texas, I thought Desert Oak had reasonable prices for this quality of barbecue. I can give you the short version of this review and say I thought the meat was quite good, but I thought some of the sides could use a little work. I believe the meat is the same at both Desert Oak locations, and this is the case at several barbecue restaurants with which I am familiar. I do make the disclaimer that the restaurant I visited is the new location while the Texas Monthly judges were evaluating the main location on Zaragoza Road (and which is now at 11411 Gateway Blvd. Desert Oak’s barbecue is true to be Central Texas style (not that I am really an expert in the different styles), although TM rates the restaurants not on authenticity but on how much they liked the food. When Texas Monthly came out with their list of the best barbecue restaurants in the state for 2021, they certainly demonstrated their state-wide knowledge by including Desert Oak on the list (specifically, in “The Rest of the Best’ category which would place them between numbers 11 and 50 in the state). Such is the case with Texas Monthly, who has been giving readers good restaurant choices from the time when they were one of the few sources of information that were available (and I thought usually the best source). Usually the advice seems more authoritative if they just stick to one state or city, and it is almost guaranteed that the best authority will be someone who has been doing it since before the Internet was available. In the Internet world there seem to be an increasing number of food authorities who publish an almost endless list of the best restaurants for different types of food. The newest location of Desert Oak Barbecue on Rich Beem Blvd.
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