Smokemade Meats + Eats

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Brisket is the headline at Smokemade, a Central Texas counter-service spot on Curry Ford West where the menu runs on butcher paper and the meats run small batch. Pitmaster Tyler Brunache works a 16-hour brisket guests call juicy, smoky, and packed with flavor, alongside salt-and-pepper pork ribs, jalapeno cheddar sausage, smoked turkey, and house-baked bread. Pinto beans and collard greens round out the tray, and popular cuts sell out, so arriving hungry pays off.

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A Curry Ford go-to for generations, baking in the same shop since 1971.

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Pouring inside a former church on Curry Ford, this Hourglass District taproom keeps a rotating cast of house beers flowing.

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Orlando-born chain that still pours like a neighborhood shop, with a peaceful, low-key room in the Hourglass District.

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