Day Trips: Under-the-Radar Barbecue Joints Worth the Drive

By a rough estimate, I have visited at least 65 barbecue joints in Texas in the last five years. These are some of my favorites.Eagle Lake is a little town southwest of Houston best known for being near the entrance to Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. The old-fashioned barbecue joint in a converted gas station landed on theTop 50 BBQ Joints list in 1988, 2000, and 2008. It’s still really good. Pro tip: The banana pudding is top notch.

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