Prices sound about in line with other BBQ places, maybe a tad higher. Good meat ain't cheap. I usually drop 17-20 on a lunch, maybe less if I'm getting a chopped beef sandwich or something plain like that. Hope to try it soon.

I went today for a to go order I live right around the corner Got the pork ribs no sauce and free beans 13.96 total. The ribs were extremely salty as others have said. Only one of the four was tender the others seemed tough. It is a very nice building the overhead must be out of this world. I will go back and wish them luck but the volume they will have to do to just break even much less make a profit is huge.

General word to any bbq house that has seen slow sales in 2018 and 2019...


RAMP UP YOUR GAME.. There are only so many expendable dollars to be spent on BBQ each week. Make sure your game is on.

Coopers is a strong brand with a great reputation.

Went today, thought it was great. Free beans makes it cheaper than other places for me, though the cut first, weigh later makes it a bit of a guess how much you are about to get/pay.

I was impressed with how smooth things were going for just opening. They had people all over making sure things were flowing right. There was probably about 75 or so people in line, but it only took 15 minutes.

Tried brisket (moist), brisket (lean), sausage (jalapeno and cheese), and beef rib. All of it was good, moist brisket was my favorite. Didn't use the sauce, as I was enjoying on its own.

Also for getting there from north or 2818, you can take Emerald, then a right on corsair to get there from the back way.

Went with the family last night. The only thing I thought was bizarre was the "Coopers" sign on the inside that look like a kid wrote it. I prefer the old school sign.

In general there was a LONG line but spent little time in it. Grabbed a beer while I was waiting from the bar, so that was nice. Brisket was excellent and the atmosphere was great.

Oh boy. That was rough.

I had a chop, 1/2 lb each of brisket, sausage and turkey as Mrs Mathguy likes smoked turkey. The prices were in line with market BBQ. I expected a $50 meal going in and that's what we hit. No issues there. That's market BBQ and we ordered a lot to get a variety.

The food however was just not good. The chop was good but a tad salty. Not Snow's level pork steak that flakes and is roasted but it was good. But everything else was a salt bomb. The turkey was borderline inedible for me and a total loss for her. The brisket was salty and essentially roast beef. It almost tasted like it was injected. It was also cut wrong and basically shredded itself when eating. And that was at 1:30 in the afternoon. Even the sausage was salty but by then my tastebuds were so blown out I might have been tasting something that wasn't there. The dip/mop sauce didn't cut the salt, it just created a sharp vinegar layer.

I've eaten at Killens, Snows and Louie Mueller and had really good BBQ. I've also had really bad stuff. This was not good as the salt level was so high. We weren't the only ones saying it. Everyone at the bench around us thought the same. There were also folks really happy with it.

Hopefully that was the pit master learning his new pit. I've never had Coopers so I don't know what their profile is but if that's it then it's not for me.

Ate there for lunch today. The lean brisket was fantastic and the chicken was EASILY the best in town.

Their mac was delicious.

Atmosphere was top notch, the building itself is second to none.

The place is a winner and I'm already looking forward to some more brisket.

and it's less than a minute from my house

If there is one thing that is just as polarizing as politics, it's BBQ

A great meal I have enjoyed multiple times at the Llano location is the half chicken, plus a drink. The chicken always has lots of black pepper, good smokiness, and the vinegary sauce (dipped, plus some in a cup) seals the deal. Add the pinto beans, bread, onions, pickles...good eats, and you leave full for $10-ish!

We went last night for dinner. Wanted to try several things so we over ordered for 2 and brought a lot of meat home.

Pork ribs were good (a little salty, but not too much), beef ribs were fabulous, jalapeno cheese sausage was good, brisket was ok, grilled corn was good, jalapeno bacon Mac and cheese was fabulous. Their "free" beans were good too.

We spent $72, but we ordered enough meat for 4-5 people probably. Prices were pretty comparable to C&J's.

I'll definitely go back.

Thank you to all for the contributions! The building looks awesome and it sounds like the atmosphere and bar area are very legitimate. I'll have to try the BBQ!

Nice building.

Hate to be the only taxpayer in Brazos County without a review.......

We made a point to be there 5:15 Monday

Less than 5 minutes waiting to get to the meat cutter

1/2 chicken and 1/4 lb of brisket plus tater salad and all the "free stuff " was more than we could finish (2 of us)

Add a couple of ICE COLD drafts from an enthusiastic bar staff and our total tab was $30.83 inc tip

Everything was good. We'll go back a few times/month. Not Blacks great, but probably as good or better than anything else in town. Bar concept is our fav. Outside area nice touch too, but admittedly we're bar people

Owners were there early evening watching the line and pitching in/making adjustments on the fly. We could overhear some if their conversations and they obviously cared.

Bottle neck is the "sides" area. Folks are new and uninformed about procedures. Signage would help A TON there:
If you are a party of 2+, only one person needs to stick around after you get in line. (13-15 minutes from door, 8-9 minutes from where the framed pictures are on the walk as you wait for the cutter)

Leave one to order the meats and then get in line for sides. Rest should go to get sauce, pickles/onions, pinto beans, etc and grab a hightop table in bar. Get any one or more of 10-12 draft beers offered. ......., or anything else from the full service bar. Plenty of big screen TVs there as well.
By the time you get all that done, hopefully your meat and sides getter is paying out at the register. Tonight, it was about 8 minutes from getting the meats to getting sides and checking out. My bet is they'll get that down to under 4 minutes. They were certainly watching and helping. The issue was too many newcomers (like ourselves) had not figured out the process

...., and there was no signage nor personnel to speed things up

Overall: 8/10 with lot of potential to be 9+/10

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Brisket was reasonably tender but way over-salted and otherwise bland and too fatty. At Fargo's they always ask the customer their preference (lean or fatty), but not so here, and even so, it was way too fatty, about a third fat-to-meat.

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They asked us "lean or moist" and we heard everyone else being asked the same question who ordered brisket.