AggieOC said:
RGV AG said:
Have heard good things about Teddy's, anyone have any recs of what is best to get.
FYI that place in LA Joya, on the left side of the HW as you head west, in town before the stripes, is pretty darn good and reasonable. It has tie ins to the old Butch's Meat Market that was outstanding BBQ in the 80s and early 90s, heard it was a son or a former employee.
The BBQ spot in La Joya is Felix Meat Market it has been around for years the pitmaster is Felix he is born and raised in La Joya.
Yes, that is it and it is pretty darn good. Probably top 3 BBQ chicken I have ever had, maybe the best. Brisket is really good to. It is solid and better than most any place I am familiar with in the RGV.
Don't hold me to the tie in to Butch's, but that is what I heard from an old friend from Penitas.
The RGV is a dichotomy of BBQ, I have had some exceptional BBQ in the valley and also quite a bit of sorry ass BBQ. What makes the valley great for Mexican food works against it in terms of BBQ. By that I mean that in the RGV customers look for price first, quantity for that price second, and quality is third. Mexican places have it down to a science how to serve a really nice plate of food for a decent price. BBQ places are always more expensive, thus lesser volume.
In the 80's there was a place in Raymondville that was written up in the top 5 in one of the first Texas Monthly BBQ lists. The place used a true in ground pit and was very good, exceptional really. Butch's was really, really good too. Some of the best BBQ I ever ate was by the guy that had a long time pit and smoker that he hauled to the trade zone area of McAllen and would sell plates on the side of the road. He was written about in one of the community papers that used to exist and he was the only BBQ peddler, that I am aware of in RGV that would sell out and sell out early. He also did fajitas and such. He had a booming business. Sometime between 86'-92' those places all disappeared. Butch's burned down, that I remember, just can't remember when, that might have been late 80's. If I remember correctly it was on the south side of 83 across from where the Walmart is now in Penitas/Palmview.
