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don't mess with texas (bbq)

it's been a while since i've hung out with my dad, so this evening randall and i decided we'd take him out to bbq. originally we thought we'd go to the bbq place near our house or the barbary coast one downtown, but i kinda wanted to try someplace new. i knew there was one that was always voted "best in sacramento" but i couldn't remember what it was called. eventually (after a bit of research) we discovered that it was called J.R.'s texas bbq and that it was sort of on the southside of town.

so we got in our car, picked up my dad, programmed the address into the GPS and off we went.

we followed the directions exactly and ended up in some weird industrial part of town. you know the part of town with shady towing companies, tile outlets and barely-lit streetlamps. we started to wonder if it was the right address, or if perhaps the GPS lady was confused. that's when i noticed a few windows lit in one of the buildings, and also a neon "open" sign. we drove closer and saw a few cars out front and an unlit sign that read "J.R.'s Texas Bar B Que"

so we parked the car, got out and went inside.

the place was nothing like i was expecting. it was pretty much a large converted warehouse building with a few rows of tables, a pool table, and giant ceilings...but the smell was amazing. it was like walking into your very own barbecue pit. randall and i ended up splitting the combo plate, which was 2 beef ribs, 2 pork ribs and 2 pieces of beef brisket. we also had sides of coleslaw, french fries, potato salad and cornbread.

the meat was amaze.
it was bbq texas style, which is mostly based on the rub and it was soft and falloffthebonelike. also there were 4 tubs of bbq sauce to choose from: original, sweet, spicy and spicy/sweet. i ended up falling in love with the spicy sweet.

while we ate my dad and i made sure to save some room for the sweet potato pie. tasty tasty!

Posted by pocketpig at November 12, 2005 08:43 PM

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