Barbecue in San Antonio
San Antonio has 4 barbecue spots on The BBQ Atlas, with Texas-style smoke on the menu. You'll find 2M Smokehouse, Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q and Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in San Antonio, United States.
2M Smokehouse
San Antonio, United States
Esaul Ramos Jr. trained at la Barbecue in Austin, then came home to San Antonio's South Side and opened 2M in 2016 with his high-school friend Joe Melig. He's since been nominated for a James Beard Award twice — rare company for a place this young. The name honours their grandparents; the smoke is post oak; the brisket, sausage and ribs come off custom pits with family-style sides that carry a South Texas accent. Counter service, Thursday to Sunday, and it sells out — so come early.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
San Antonio, United States
This is close to where Rudy's barbecue started. Rudolph Aue opened a filling station and grocery in Leon Springs, west of San Antonio, in 1929; barbecue joined the menu in 1989 and grew into a chain. The formula never changed — oak-fired meat by the pound, a working country store, and the sort of place people drive to on purpose. Order at the counter; the Sause is on the table.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
San Antonio, United States
This San Antonio Rudy's on East Nakoma cooks the chain's oak-smoked barbecue — brisket, ribs, sausage by the pound — with the country store and gas that have defined the format since Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs days. Barbecue arrived in 1989; the Sause is on every table. Walk in, order, eat.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
San Antonio, United States
This San Antonio Rudy's on Highway 151 runs oak-fired barbecue and a country store in the same room — brisket and sausage by the pound, mid-morning to late most days. The format goes back to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs filling station, barbecue added in 1989.