Sullivan's Old Town BBQ's Not So Secret Ingredients
Taste the
beef!
I consider myself a BBQ snob in search of greatness. Throughout Texas I always ask the locals, usually the sheriff, where are the best ribs, brisket, and sausage in town. It’s a blessing and a curse. So many disappointments!
It was a pleasant surprise when I joined a friend, Jason Moore for lunch in Lewisville in Denton County, Texas at Sullivan’s Old Town BBQ.
I would
compare his operation to two legendary establishments in Lockhart, Texas of
Caldwell County the BBQ Capital of Texas.
Black’s and
Smitty’s have been around for nearly a century. They were both formerly butcher
shops that turned their scrap meats into all-beef sausage and smoked everything
else that wasn’t steak or roast. They are very unadorned and unpretentious
facilities.
The children
still show up every day as they have for 70 or 80 years. That’s right. The kids
are great grandparents. Black’s is the oldest family-owned and operated
restaurant in Texas!
Terry
Sullivan took possession of a years-old butcher shop near the end of 2019 and
opened in February just in time for COVID. Even with all the restrictions, he
and his staff are gaining an audience up here in Lewisville by serving up the
same quality of pure Texas BBQ.
Since my friend Dan Law is the sheriff of Caldwell County, he took me to Smitty’s, Black’s, Luling BBQ, Kreuz Market, and Chisholm Trail. He introduced me as the Lone Star Reporter looking for a story. Over three days I was served up pretty much everything they felt they did the best, which was pretty much everything on the menu. Caldwell County BBQ
