Chewy said:
Thanks to everyone's words of encouragement on here, I decided to give Terry Black's a try.
I got there at 10:40 as I had an early start at the factory this morning. A few people there but mostly empty.
You go through the sides first and then to the meat cutters. They had eight or so meat stations which after thinking about it seems really efficient so one person isn't holding everyone up.
I have to say the staffing was insane. Five or six people on the sides and then a couple of people at each meat station. One cutting and one running the register.
Then they had another 5-6 people helping in the dining area bringing plates and utensils along with drink refills and to go containers.
I've never seen a BBQ joint staffed quite like this. Maybe just first week/month stuff but employees everywhere ready to help.
As for the food, it's great. I'm not over craft BBQ, but it doesn't wow me like it used to. It's really good but not different than what I've had at other top places.
It's definitely a great place to take people that want to experience Texas BBQ for the first time. It's also great for a group of people.
As for the facility, they did an amazing job on the buildout. It's the physically biggest craft BBQ place in town. Not by a huge margin but definitely the biggest. It can hold a lot of people.
It's up there with Truth and Pinkerton's as the big known names in town as far as quality of food and experience.
Have to imagine those two take a slight hit due to proximity.
As I was leaving at 11:15, the line was starting to form but looked like it was moving. Parking lot was about 70% full it seemed like and it's a big parking lot.
They did a wonderful job with it.
Just like others on here encouraged me to go, I encourage you to go. At least for the experience.
We went for dinner last night, it was good, but not great. Had brisket, turkey, and the jalapeño cheese sausage. I'll take Pinkertons, Pit Room, Truth, annd Roegels over Terry Blacks any day.
Like Chewy said, it's a nice building and all the cutting stations got you through the line quickly.
