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Sharon's Bar-B-Que and Catering

3.4 (34 reviews)
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Ribs, brisket, and jalapeño sausage. Let's eat!
Garry H.

Well, 6 years later, and there is still a story. An engineer from Israel is working on a project in my plant. He said take me somewhere really good. Galveston Seafood, an hour wait. Beehive steak, an hour wait. Lytle Land & Cattle, hour wait. Sharon's BBQ was packed, but they got us in. All 3 of us got the large combo, ribs, brisket, and jalapeño sausage. A LOT of meat on this plate! I piled the sides high, especially the jalapeño corn. The homemade bread and cornbread, regular and jalapeño, is always a hit with everyone. It's all good, but my favorite is the ribs. Big and meaty, just like they should be! We all enjoyed our meal, especially since it went on his company credit card! Give Sharon's a try, you might like it!

Microwaved easy mac at a restaurant. Why? Just, why?
Susan A.

Okay folks, we're averaging here. From a party of 3 one of us felt an overall rating of 3 stars was appropriate based only on his meal, the other two of us felt 1 star was possibly generous. I'll break it down for y'all. We'll hit the high notes first. 2 meat plate: brisket & jalapeno sausage. Ordered by the least picky of us. He said he thought everything was good, nothing was great. The jalapeno sausage has a bit of bite without being overwhelming. Sr. Plate: ribs. Ordered by one of the pickiest. (Title of actual pickiest is debatable, but we both know good when we get it!) Ribs were very dry & lacked flavor. So dry it was almost like jerky, but without the taste. Sandwich: Chopped brisket & jalapeno sausage. I asked them to chop the sausage in with the brisket. What I got was slices of sausage on top of chopped brisket. Not quite what I wanted, but it was still pretty good. I added their regular BBQ sauce, pickles, & onions. I'd eat this & only this again for a quick lunch. The sides: in a word, bad. Potato salad is okay, but that's where the positivity ends. Beans had no flavor at all. Cornbread was so dry it was regretfully inedible. I ordered mac & cheese as the side with my sandwich. Big mistake. Big. Huge. They said they'd bring it... ... ... finally it appeared. I kid y'all not it was a bowl of microwaved easy mac. It was terrible. I didn't even eat two bites & I'm a mac&cheese addict. So, overall just not good.

Sharons

In Abilene to visit family and they said Sharon's was a must. Glad we went! Great little place with complete BBQ menu. Between the 4 of us, we shared the combo platters and had brisket, turkey, ribs, jalapeño sausage, chicken - all were great We all had the jalapeño corn which was to die for. The cole slaw was great too. The potatoes salad was not one of my favorites though. Overall, the must do was a dead spot on. Look forward to going again when in Abilene

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4 months ago

The ribs were good and the service was superb. The people there are very friendly! We actually went twice in our week stay.

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Awesome glad you enjoyed!

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The food is really good there's just places I like better. Service is fast. The ambiance is chill and you seat yourself.

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2 years ago

We were unable to eat the bar-b-que brisket because it was too tough. Hardly any smoke ring. We will not be going back.

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4 years ago

It was a good stop. Loved the brisket and the ribs. Their cornbread was fantastic as well. The Jalapeno corn is a standout.

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6 years ago

Good BBQ. Pretty consistent, the handful of times I've had their food. I enjoy the beans and jalapeño and corn casserole.

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My go to place for BBQ on Abilene. Always has good food. Potato salad and jalapeño corn are both yummy. Usually order the 2 meat plate.

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9 years ago

Superb food and a huge variety of menu items. BBQ was delicious and sausage was filling. It's worth the visit if your in the area.

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7 years ago

Potential red flag today. I was told my order was $14 but my card was run for $17. Watch your charges. Food was good.

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We ventured out for some all you can eat catfish so we gave this little gem a try! The catfish was…read morepretty good just prefer fillets instead of little tenders, but still a good deal and coleslaw was great and so were the fries, however the star of the show was loaded brisket nachos! OMG next time I go I am ordering this with double queso and double brisket! It was so delicious there as not one bite of anything left on the plate that we shared as an appetizer was perfect for 2 people but you would want the whole platter to yourself if having for dinner and to be really honest I wished I wouldn't have had to share! By far the Queso is the best I have had since I moved to Abilene, finally the search is over and the Mexican food places in Abilene need to take some lessons from them on how to make Chile con queso! AMAZING! The brisket on top with the tomatoes cilantro sour cream and jalapeños was the Bomb! I would totally have a chopped brisket sandwich here if they had some gluten free buns to put it on! And on top of everything else the service was on point, friendly attentive and just very accommodating' I hope she is there next time we go which will be very soon! Oh and best part we had a beer 2 all you can eat catfish plates and the loaded brisket nachos and a big iced tea, all that under 45 bucks pretty awesome for date night! THANK YOU FOR AN AWESOME EVENING AND FANTASTIC DINNER, see you soon Betty Rose's Little Brisket This was the Cat Claw location!

I have gone through the drive through here a number of times- typically for chopped beef…read more If i get a pound of chopped bedf, it typically comes with a cup tub of sauce. Last time through, I ordered 2 lbs of chopped beef and told her a pint of bbq sauce. When i looked at my ticket, they charged for the pint of sauce and my normal free sauce wasn't included. Today, I ordered 4 lbs of meet at 1:33 and it took 20 minutes with a line of cars behind me. I had already waited in line for maybe 10 minutes. It was 11:33 and they open at 11:00 and they were already out of chicken. So, they ask if i want pickle and onions and I said yes. Finally got home and opened the bag and no pickle and onions. I opened the chopped beef and these globs of fat were laying right on top. Don't have high hopes for the rest of it. Their "pulled pork" is actually shredded, heavily sauced with something and has a real wanky taste. It will hit the trash.

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Absolutely some of the best BBQ I've had in ages - and I'm a bbq snob from Kansas City!…read more We had the sampler (brisket, pork ribs, pulled pork, pulled chicken, and one each of the mild and spicy sausages). I fully expected that one or two of the meats would be good and the rest just passable. I was wrong. Every single bite was spectacular. We also had the brisket and queso chips and pig candy - both were really tasty; the chips especially were very fresh and sprinkled with just a touch of bbq rub. We arrived a few minutes before they opened on a warm Saturday and the wait was about 75 minutes or so. Definitely worth standing in line for. There's ample outdoor (but covered) seating and plenty of good music playing, plus cornhole games if you're feeling competitive. Jays will be our go-to for BBQ the next time we're in Abilene! PS - if it's still available when you go, be sure to try the cherry chipotle sauce - it's amazing!

Outside of the big heavy hitters in major cities, Texas Monthly's Top 50 BBQ list often leads you…read moreto smaller joints you'd never think to visit otherwise. The list brought me three and a half hours north of Austin to try Jay's BBQ Shack in Abilene. My girlfriend and I got in line around 10:40 am, and it was already turning the corner. According to my Yelp research, if you're not early, you're late. The restaurant is in a super cool location. It's a red brick house where all the operations take place, with a huge side patio for seating. There are a lot of cute photo ops and things to look at while you move through the line, like it's a Disneyland queue. My favorite is the alien with a Guns N' Roses shirt, a Michelob, and Doritos shorts. Their menu is expansive. From your traditional meats to your plates, there are also sandwiches, tacos, queso, Frito pie, and more. The line moves at a slow but steady pace. Orders are taken at one window, and pickups happen at the next. We had a pretty sizable meal for the two of us, and it was just around $55, which felt pretty affordable for BBQ. We ordered the Texas Trinity (as I normally do regardless of it being an option or not). I didn't read the menu closely enough to realize it also came with two sides. The one-third pound brisket, sausage link, two ribs, and two sides total $31, which feels like a steal. I will now talk about everything I tried: Brisket: When you try so many all-star places, it feels harsh to call a place's brisket "alright" when compared to a Rudy's, which this is far better than. Compared to other Top 50 joints, though, their brisket was alright. Their fatty cut was good, but their lean was not impressive and a little dry. I hate to say that the lean needed some sauce to save it. Pork Ribs: The best thing on their menu. Their pork ribs are massive and very well-flavored on the bark. I would come back just for the ribs. Each pork rib is $3, and you can add as many additional ribs to your order, which is an awesome feature this joint has. New Mexico Christmas Sausage: It was fun to have "Christmas" sausage, but I wish it actually had the kick it should have had from the green and red peppers and pepper jack cheese. It was good nonetheless, but not impressive. Bread: Their bread is Texas toast, which I have yet to see at another BBQ joint and thought was super cool. Imagine a Raising Cane's toast slice. I do wish we got more for the amount of BBQ we ordered, and I don't know if that's something we were supposed to ask for, but one slice is not enough. Hatch Chile Mac and Cheese: It tastes like a classic cafeteria macaroni and cheese, which feels nostalgic. The panko breadcrumbs don't do much, and the spice is minimal, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. Jalapeño Corn: There was really no kick to this corn either. It tasted like canned corn. There'snothing else to say. Pork Candy: The pork candy, or their "Kansas City-Style Bacon Burnt Ends," was really nice. The saucy flavor was impressive. Having had a similar style of bacon before, I enjoyed the fattiness, but the better pieces were definitely the harder and less fatty cuts. Banana Pudding: A very well-done dessert and a great treat to wrap up the meal. There were plenty of BBQ sauces to choose from. Their traditional and mustard BBQ sauces were both good, but their spicy BBQ sauce was honestly terrible. It had this back-of-the-throat kick that didn't taste good. It felt like a hot sauce that didn't care about balancing heat and flavor, focusing instead on seeing what the heat could do. It wasn't significantly spicy, it truly just tasted bad. I think it's cool for Abilene to have a quality BBQ joint like Jay's, and I know it becomes a challenge to compare so many Top 50 spots. I think Jay's is good but not great. I've had better non-Top 50 joints but also worse Top 50 joints. If you're ever in the area, it's worth checking out, but not worth the trip to Abilene alone. On second thought, the alien guy who sits at the bench might be worth the trip alone other than that my girlfriend considered leaving me for him due to his raw beauty. What a jerk. RIYL: Hot Aliens

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