Sonny Bryan's - Dallas, TX

Sonny Bryan's
2202 Inwood Rd.
Dallas, TX 75235
214-357-7120

sonnybryans.com

Sonny Bryan started serving up BBQ on Inwood Rd in 1958.  The layers of flavor in that smoker cannot be duplicated or reproduced anywhere.  This is some of the best barbecue around. To complete the experience, you have to sit and eat lunch in one of the school desks that are in the original dining area.  They have a newer room next door which is nice but not the same.

You walk in and stand in the counter area and someone will take your order with a pad of paper, get your name and hand you your iced tea cup.  So fill up, enjoy the smokey aroma and watch them work.  During lunch time the pace is fast, loud and the food is flying so get ready for a ride.

This shows the two plate coming off the line.  A 3 meat combo with ribs, sausage and brisket, onion rings and beans (the bread is to die for and made there fresh). The other plate is a pulled pork sandwich with ribs and onion rings (the onion rings are not to be missed).

 The shown 3 meat combo is hard to beat.  The sausage is smokey and fresh, the brisket is absolutely spot on for Texas beef and the ribs have a smokey goodness that will last all day.

The onion rings and beans are very very good.

This plate shows the ribs, pulled pork and onion rings.  This pulled pork is pure, clean and tender.  At Sonny Bryan's the sauce is kept in long necks on a warming tray and available to pour goodness all over the meat.  Adding his sauce to the pulled pork sandwich just took this to a whole 'nother level.  Very very good lunch.

If you go to one of the other 6 locations, don't be surprised that it is not the same.  It's hard to reproduce what that smoker does and the country bbq atmosphere is not to be dismissed.  I'm convinced it helps the barbecue taste better.

There are 7 restaurant that do not include airport locations.  They can be good but they are not the same.

If you get a chance, do yourself a favor and stop by the original Sonny Bryan's. You'll be glad you did.