SAN AUGUSTINE: Cowboy Chuck Wagon BBQ
NE Corner of 96 and 21
San Augustine, TX 75972
No Phone
Open ?
NE Corner of 96 and 21
San Augustine, TX 75972
No Phone
Open ?
Update: This joint is CLOSED.
2012: Food trucks are all the rage these days, and I usually have high hopes for roadside barbecue stands. Standing in a damp parking area on the corner of two state highways in San Augustine, I was wishing for the best. There hadn't been much in this part of East Texas to get excited about, but Cowboy Chuck Wagon looked like it might ease my pain. Not so much.
Luckily there was a decent link of steamed boudin (there wasn't a hint of smoke) and a nice mashed potato salad, because the rest was pretty awful. Chewy strips of undercooked beef may not have even been brisket. Several slices of bright red hot links again had no smoke and the muddy flavor of the gamey filling made us all stop eating after just a slice. This food truck needs some work.
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Although I my search for decent Que wasn't as thorough as yours, it sounds like you're having about the same amount of luck as I've had finding good Que in East Texas.
ReplyDeleteUsed to be a place in SA called Hilltop BBQ. Started out in 79 as a shack just east of town. I used to (literally) run 4 miles round trip just to get their hot link sandwich. They moved to a building on 'the circle'. It never was as good, but I'd stop every time I'd go back just to remember the good old days. I think it's closed now. No good bbq in town since.
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