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Lamberts Barbecue Restaurant Review

Schneider Brothers Building
401 W. Second St. (Guadalupe St.) Send to Phone
AustinTX 78701
512-494-1500 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Gussied-up barbecue invented by renowned local chef Lou Lambert. Lamberts Barbecue Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Austin Brunch Restaurants |

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Lunch Mon.-Sat., Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.

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Dining room at Lamberts Barbecue, Austin, TXThis hip eatery next door to City Hall attracts throngs of downtown worker bees, politicos and the food cognoscenti looking for real Austin food. And they get it in a variety of sophisticated and down-home barbecue choices, house-made charcuterie, and other modern dishes made with local, sustainable ingredients. We like to start with the nostalgic spicy deviled eggs or the comforting roasted green chile queso. Make a lunch with the house-smoked jalapeño hot link, the homemade pimiento cheese, or a bountiful salad starring slow-smoked chicken. For a dinner entrée, we recommend the tender ribs---not your everyday ribs, but fennel- and coriander-rubbed pork ribs with maple-glazed apple and roasted fennel slaw. Other favorites are the cold-smoked Bandera quail stuffed with spicy rice and paired with a cheese enchilada, fried quail eggs and a mellowing ranchero sauce; and the wood-grilled natural beef porterhouse steak with red chile cheese enchiladas. At night, mosey upstairs to the bar, a destination in and of itself, for live music, local beers, wines and creative cocktails.

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