Visiting Austin over the weekend for a wedding, we met the wedding party at the Salt Lick for some pre-wedding festivities. Prepared with Smith & Forge Hard Cider for me & an ale selection of Hijack & White Rabbit for my handsome guy we were prepared for a long evening of live music, tasty beverages, fabulous company, and good Southern barbecue.
Salt Lick BBQ is so good that you will rarely not have to wait. The parking lot shuttle was busy ferrying people in from their cars when we arrived at a quarter to four and by the time we wandered up to the check-in station at 5 there were enough people to fill almost every seat (if not every one) and by 20 minutes past there was at least a 45 minute wait. However, other than the sumptuous smell of BBQ wafting through the air torturing your taste buds' imagination it is an incredibly pleasant wait as you are provided with an exciting live musical performance along with the option of purchasing freshly squeezed lemonade & hot buttery popcorn at an incredibly reasonable price.
Once you finally make it inside, you are presented with a menu that is 100% unnecessary as there is absolutely zero question as to what should be ordered. For $20 a person you can order family style and get bottomless meat and sides including ordering a full plate at the end which you can take home with you. Now the ribs are good but the sausage and the brisket are to die for, and once combined with the Salt Lick's unique barbecue sauce, one becomes gluttonous very easily and you find yourself struggling to stop eating before you have eaten too much. Despite wanting to stuff yourself silly with barbecue, it is definitely necessary to save room for desert. The blackberry and peach cobblers are divine but the true treat is the homemade pecan pie. The Salt Lick's pecan pie is so good that it will redefine your definition of what a good pecan pie should taste like.
Salt Lick BBQ is so good that you will rarely not have to wait. The parking lot shuttle was busy ferrying people in from their cars when we arrived at a quarter to four and by the time we wandered up to the check-in station at 5 there were enough people to fill almost every seat (if not every one) and by 20 minutes past there was at least a 45 minute wait. However, other than the sumptuous smell of BBQ wafting through the air torturing your taste buds' imagination it is an incredibly pleasant wait as you are provided with an exciting live musical performance along with the option of purchasing freshly squeezed lemonade & hot buttery popcorn at an incredibly reasonable price. Once you finally make it inside, you are presented with a menu that is 100% unnecessary as there is absolutely zero question as to what should be ordered. For $20 a person you can order family style and get bottomless meat and sides including ordering a full plate at the end which you can take home with you. Now the ribs are good but the sausage and the brisket are to die for, and once combined with the Salt Lick's unique barbecue sauce, one becomes gluttonous very easily and you find yourself struggling to stop eating before you have eaten too much. Despite wanting to stuff yourself silly with barbecue, it is definitely necessary to save room for desert. The blackberry and peach cobblers are divine but the true treat is the homemade pecan pie. The Salt Lick's pecan pie is so good that it will redefine your definition of what a good pecan pie should taste like.
Whether out with friends, on a date, or having a family reunion the Salt Lick is the place to go. Yes, there is a location in the Austin airport and yes there is a location in Round Rock but find the time and make the effort to drive the 20 odd miles outside of Austin to experience this real taste of the South.
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