Austin Travel Diary, Part 19: The Salt Lick’s Delicious Barbecue

by Joey deVilla on March 12, 2008

The Salt Lick’s van

On our final night in Austin, the b5media crew had a barbecue at the b5 ranch with food supplied by The Salt Lick, widely regarded as one of the best barbecue places in the area. Here’s what their van brought us:

The food we ordered from The Salt Lick: pork ribs, brisket, sausage, beans, coleslaw, potatoes, barbecue sauce, blackberry cobbler, peach cobbler.

  • Pork ribs
  • Beef brisket
  • kielbasa
  • coleslaw
  • beans
  • potatoes
  • peach cobbler
  • blackberry cobbler
  • pickles
  • loads and loads of barbecue sauce

Darcie squeezing limes
Darcie: What do you mean my margaritas are poisonously strong?

For drinks, we had a keg of beer on ice and Darcie’s poisonously strong margaritas, and Darren added to the dessert offerings with Tim Tams he brought all the way from Australia. Dinner was followed by a giant bonfire and some roughhousing around the pool (three victims claimed).

Bonfire at the b5 ranch

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Danny V March 12, 2008 at 5:30 pm

It looks like a feast fit for several kings and queens. Those pork ribs look mighty tasty.

You’ve definitely convinced me to put Texas on my to visit list.

2 Carolyn W March 12, 2008 at 5:40 pm

I used to live in Austin … all your updates this week have made me really miss it there.

3 Maria March 12, 2008 at 7:55 pm

Not suitable for vegetarians, boo.

4 Wendy March 12, 2008 at 10:21 pm

Maria, how many Texan vegetarians do you know?

5 gpshead March 15, 2008 at 5:33 pm

My favorite thing about the salt lick a few years back was their menu with “Chicken (when in season)” on it. WTF! When is chicken season? Is Chicken now a vegetable? Or is Chicken season when the truck driving down the road full of chickens takes the nearby corner a bit too fast?

6 Jason March 17, 2008 at 9:57 am

Good times were had by all at the b5ranch. Nice photo of the fire! That was fun building and setting that sucker ablaze!

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