Terry Black’s Barbecue restaurant opens in Dallas, with no lines and free parking
Real Central Texas market-style barbecue has come to Dallas-Fort Worth, and I am not talking about some chain spinoff.
Terry Black’s Barbecue from Austin is open three blocks east of beloved Pecan Lodge, and here are three reasons to make Terry Black’s a stop your next trip to Dallas:
▪ It’s open for lunch and dinner every day, including Mondays and most holidays. (Not on Christmas or Thanksgiving. But any other day, head on over.)
▪ There’s a free parking lot right in front at 3025 Main St., near Hall Street.
▪ There’s no line.
At least, not yet.
Black’s spinoff started in Austin as a split from his family’s original Lockhart restaurant, Black’s Barbecue.
Black’s was never considered the best barbecue in Lockhart. (Kreuz is.)
But the second-best barbecue in Lockhart is still the best in most Texas towns, and both Black’s branches have successfully opened other locations.
Based on an unannounced lunch visit this week, Terry Black’s is in first-rate form, serving near-Lockhart-quality barbecue.
The lean brisket ($10 sandwich, $22.98/pound) was juicy and coated with Black’s heavily peppered bark.
Black’s is also known for its housemade regular or jalapeno-cheese sausage ($8 sandwich, $16 pound).
There’s also pork ribs and turkey ($18.98/pound).
A separate serving line offers upgraded versions of side dishes: pintos, cream corn, green beans, Spanish rice, mac-and-cheese, slaw and potato salad ($2.50).
The ordering and pricing are by the pound, so you build your own platter or order a sandwich combo with chips and a drink ($11-$13).
The headline dessert is the mini-pecan pie ($3).
Take-home briskets are sold frozen for $17 a pound, and cold sausage is $10 a pound.
Terry Black’s is impressive to visit, with the big pits up front and a large, airy dining room.
As with other busy restaurants, the best time to go is at lunch the day after a major night event: New Year’s Day, the morning after any Dallas Cowboys night game, the Monday after the Super Bowl, the morning after Valentine’s or St. Patrick’s Day.
But right now try anytime, because Terry Black’s isn’t busy yet. Note that it’s open until 9 p.m. weeknights, 10 p.m. weekends.
For now, it’s comparable to Lockhart Smokehouse in Dallas and a half-notch behind a Pecan Lodge. But give Terry Black credit for making Central Texas barbecue more available.
Terry Black’s Barbecue serves lunch and dinner daily at 3025 Main Street, Dallas, 469-399-0081, terryblacksbbq.com.
This story was originally published December 11, 2019 at 5:45 AM.
