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The Salt Lick

  • November 23, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by CurlyGirl from Raleigh, North Carolina
The Salt Lick

DEEElicious Texas barbecue - a feast of meats & sides! Bring your own beer, and fun for everyone! While you wait, enjoy live music in the outside area. Though it is about a 30 min drive from Austin, the food is delectable and SO worth it!

Bring your own drinks and enjoy the music while you wait, on a Sunday evening we had about a 25 minute wait but didn't even mind. A nice September breeze blew through, and several families were sitting and singing along to the live tunes. Our buzzer went off, and we headed across the parking lot entrance to the main restaurant - we were whisked into a BbQ heaven, seeing all the meat cooking on the way in made our mouths water even more.

The four of us sat at an oversized wooden picnic table, and were given tall waters immediately. The only downside of the meal was the water, which tasted like bleach to all of us. Since we had our bring your own beer, we made do but would have liked to have normal tasting water.

The menu isn't large, but the portions are. One of us who had visited before gave advice; plates and sandwiches are less than $10, and the family style is about $16. We knew the plates were large enough so chose not to go with the family style option.

Three of us got the combo meats plate:pork ribs, beef and sausage. I had been warned I couldn't eat it all, but oh I did! The ribs were messy, coated in sweet sauce, and soft flavorful meat. The sausage had a unique salty flavor and the beef was tender.

Before the food came out though, the waitress brought some amazing bread, pickles and onions and asked if we wanted any additional items we opted for the jalapenos. They brought full jalapenos, and they were delicious but HOT! Not your average jalapeno slice out of a jar! Great addition to the meal, but you must have water (or cold beer) to wash it down!

The sides with the combo plate were good but not fabulous. The potato salad was sweet but nothing to write home about, and the beans were fairly bland. However mixing in the bread, pickles and onions made for flavorful sides.

Between the four of us we chose two desserts, one of them being for the sole BBQ sandwich plate eater (as he hadn't had as much meat!) - They were out of the raved about pecan pie which was his first choice, so he went with the blueberry cobbler which was large and tasty and of course we got the ice cream on top! The other three of us split the peach cobbler with ice cream, fruity & breaded goodness!

A fun, lively atmosphere, we were surrounded by families and friendly waitstaff. The down home, country feel was just right for a BBQ restaurant; see the meat as you enter and get ready to grub!

From journal Good Ole Time in Austin, TX

Salt Lick 360

  • April 19, 2004
  • Rated 1 of 5 by gmulligan from Colorado Springs, Colorado
This place came highly recommended for their unique sauce, but I just didn't get it. I thought the sauce wasn't that unique -- in fact. I really didn't like it. The service wasn't all that great either and it was very noisy. I don't plan to go back.

From journal Zigbee Quarterly meeting - 2/15/04

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