Chisholm Trail, Lockhart

It's not easy to open a barbecue restaurant in Lockhart -- how do you compete with the likes of Kreuz Market and Black's? With great prices and great food, that's how. For just a few dollars, you can enjoy a big meal at this joint, open daily for lunch and dinner. The folks are friendly, the barbecue is tasty, and the side dishes are reason enough to make this a regular stop.

Those side dishes are a unique aspect at Chisholm Trail. The restaurant boasts a hot and cold food bar stocked with a dozens of items: potato salad, coleslaw, broccoli salad, macaroni and cheese, corn, green beans, black-eyed peas, jello salad, pinto beans -- the list goes on and on.

But the best reason to stop at Chisholm Trail is the barbecue, tender smoke-filled meat that holds up the Lockhart tradition. Brisket, sausage, ham, chicken, pork and beef ribs, and even fajitas are house specialties here.

Location:1323 S. Colorado St. (US 183 on south side of town), Lockhart

Tel. (512) 398-6027

Open: daily for lunch and dinner

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