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Smokey Joe's Texas Cafe

3.6 (85 reviews)
ModerateBars, Barbeque
Closed • 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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SMOKEY JOE'S TEXAS CAFE ATMOSPHERE

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Live music
Moderate noise
Divey
Casual

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The vibe is awesome. The staff is fantastic. Both non-alcoholic cocktails and boozy cocktails are tasty. Also the Green Chili Cheeseburger is to die for!!! Also, for dessert you have to try the blackberry cobbler w/ vanilla scoop

Sara N.

I was passing through Amarillo again so went to Route 66 to show my daughter. We were hungry so stopped here to eat. Had to say I was disappointed the name had nothing to do with BBQ to be honest. Service was amazing but the food was just ok. Typical bar food you find almost anywhere and really nothing to write home about. They did at least have an A rating from the health inspector.

WOW wouldn't it be awesome if every restaurant and bar had directives like this!
Ginny G.

Great burgers and service is friendly and fast. We hadn't been here in a couple years and gotta tell you the vibe is uptown 70's-80's. Love it!

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Joe H.

-Smokey Joe Burger -Fried Mushrooms -Patty Melt We came in for lunch on a Monday so it wasn't busy. Nevertheless it was excellent. The Smokey Joe's Burger is so delicious. It is a bit messy but not totally sloppy. My wife had a Patty Melt and it was awesome with their big toast. The fried mushrooms as a starter were great. They reminded me of going out to the drive-in as a kid. And the fries are excellent. Little shoestrings with the skins still on. Oh so good

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Kayla S.

This is a dope spot on 6th street with burgers and bbq(kinda). There's outdoor seating that provides a direct view of 6th street and on the weekends they have live bands that perform. The burgers are greasy and thick, like they should be! The onion rings are bomb too! If you like peach cobbler, the one here with ice cream is a winner! Service always caries depending on the time of day (a bit slower during the lunch hour) and the server, but never anything to complain about. Moreso just something to consider if you're in a rush.

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Told to sit wherever, but ignored. On our way out we told the hostess but we didn't get the impression she cared much. That's all we can say

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The food was delicious. Highly recommend! We got carry out on our way to AZ and will definitely stop there again!

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Excellent food, chicken fried steak is the best I have ever had. One con though, the parking sucks because of the bad location.

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Service was great. Chicken fried steak tasted old. The place seemed more like a bar/hang out area than a place to go for good food.

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Very good country fried steak. Service was quick and pleasant. We sat outdoors and enjoyed watching the people and traffic passing by.

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Awesome Barbecue, Burgers and great variety! I won the $25.00 Gift card from 100.9 The EAGLE! I'm going to Treat My Dad to A SUPER LUNCH!!

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The staff here is the absolute best! The menu here will make you mad because EVERYTHING on it is fantastic!!!

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Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q - BRISKET, MOIST (1/2 LB.) PULLED PORK (1/2 LB.) POTATO SALAD GREEN CHILE STEW

Rudy's "Country Store" and Bar-B-Q

4.1(241 reviews)
1.6 mi
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I love Rudy's in Albuquerque. I love Rudy's in Amarillo. There are gas pumps at this location, and…read morewe took advantage of that and fueled up here. They are a smaller operation than what I see in Albuquerque. However, they hit the mark in every other way. The cashier was friendly, took our order, collected our order, weighed out the meat, and finalized the transaction. The tables were clean, and we had plenty of space to choose from. Something I really love about Rudy's, besides the awesome meat, is the freshly brewed tea. It is always good. My husband got some turkey and a side of potatoes. I got a turkey sandwich and a chocolate pudding cup. A manager even made the rounds to see if we were satisfied. Everything met the Rudy's standard. We will return, and likely very soon!

After a drive from Santa Fe to Amarillo, we had arrived in town in the early evening. My parents…read morewere in the mood for some bbq. After some searching, in the end, we decided on a good old classic, Rudy's. It was a random weekday. There weren't many people so it was nice with plenty of seating as opposed to when Rudy's can get quite packed. We opted for the usual suspects - brisket, jalapeno sausage, pork ribs, and turkey - at about a 1/2 to 1 lb of each. Interestingly, I mentioned getting cutter's choice and the cashier had no idea what I was talking about. I feel like it's a nice option to get some variety between lean and moist. It usually works at Rudy's I go to back home in Webster area and other bbq places. In the end, we just went ahead with lean (to watch our figure of course) All of the bbq was good to above average. My favorite was still the brisket. Even though it wasn't "moist", I'd say it still was. Went well some sauce and bread. Before we left, we topped off our car with some gas which I remember was pretty reasonably priced at the time. Lowest in the area from what I recall. I usually do prefer going to non-chain places but if it had to be a chain for bbq, I'm glad we went to Rudy's!

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Pork N Things BBQ

Pork N Things BBQ

4.6(63 reviews)
8.9 mi
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Today I witnessed God. Not the Jesus on the tired, listing billboard with its rusted iron roots…read morepulled up by the prevalent wind scouring this dusty patch of North Texas but from this innocuous, humble piece of chopped brisket before me that has just changed my reality in a way that will never change back. I am on one of those once-in-a-lifetime walkabouts with my daughter as we hop from asphalt lily pad to lily pad in her beat-up RAV 4, journeying ever Eastward from the gently lapping waves of Santa Barbara to Miami's Solla Salew shores where she will matriculate for her marine mammal masters (The Tripple M they call it in various job posting and loan application sites). Its been triple digit Temperatures for the last 20 hours of driving. A tour of hades realm. I will remember the specific moment today when my wonderful, non-red-meat-eating daughter, in an enduring act of kindness suggested that we go to a bar-b-que during our brief run through the Texas pan-handle as recompense for going to visit her friend in OKC rather than run the southern grill gauntlet through Dallas. I pressed the yelp button and we went down the Amarillo rabbit hole...across some train tracks, around the aforementioned canted "Jesus is here" billboard (but before the better tended "Jesus is Coming" promissory), past two cows too hot to stand, down a lane next to an grain silo, stood a sign. It stated simply but profoundly, "Beer Open" Surviving the sweep of ages, what more is there really in life? Beer? Check. Open? Always on so many levels. As my eyes wandered over to the more traditional homage to this establishment's Nome de guere- "Pork n' Things". I was able to surmise the primary offerings from the initial noun but I was intrigued by the 'n' things' and what they might entail (or perhaps entrail). Girding our loins, we crossed the heavenly air conditioned threshold. Suffice to say, God had not yet made his/her/their/them/they appearance and it wasn't until after we ordered our sweet tea/lemonade that I made the decision that changed my life. I asked for some of the brisket (my choice was chopped) and some of the ribs I saw walking out the door with a Harley driver into the teeth of that Texas summer furnace heat. We sat idly, my daughter pondering her phone and striking up a conversation with a shy, angelic little girl who had bravely helped her mom set the table for us and shared her Lilo and stich drawing. It was at this moment that my world tilted. I figured that I would go for the brisket first as an appetizer to the main course of ribs. They had chopped it finely and I sporked half of it into my mouth. Epiphany. So many images colliding at once, each visually shouting over the other to be heard... To be RECOGNIZED. I remember a childhood national geographic where the Eskimo dad offered the still pumping seal heart to his son as he bit down and the blood flowed. I thought of Jody Foster trans-warping to another dimension mumbling "I didn't know! I didn't know! at the grandeur of the cosmos. I thought of the show 'Chopped' where they lectured recalcitrant chefs on not just making a meal but rather transforming it...elevating it to some other plane of being. That first bite punched though my mortal coil like a coherent beam of light from a collapsing neutron star raising my orbit to a plane of being I did not know existed. Stripping away layers of civilization, I felt primal and powerful. Like Dungeon Crawler Carl, I had been converted...elevated to something greater than my constituent bits. Part dire wolf, part berserker, part 90th level undead necromancing mage. The fat and smoked meat sat in my mouth, my brain shutting down my throat muscles not wanting this oral carnality to end. Imagine stripping away every vestige of civilization, de-evolving a million years when survival and procreation were equal partners in a race to the future. My body was humming and I felt alive in a way that I had not since that weekend in Tiajuana with those carny workers. I had a brief moment of panic that my newfound vigor would cause me to spontaneously combust or that this magical alchemy would somehow bind with the brisket and miraculously impregnate a wandering waitress out of sheer will...like the reproductive equivalent of magnetic induction such was the primordial essence of that single bite. But I digress. Suffice to say, I am a California lifer. I can tell you what cheese is on a charcuterie board and whether the uni is fresh but I don't have sufficient reference for what is considered presentable bar-b-que. My data set is certainly sparse but in my humble, untrained opinion, if you need a reference point...a place to start your own bar-b-que walkabout, Amarillo's Pork n' Things is a guiding star to what brisket and pork ribs can be in the hands of a master truly anointed, perhaps divinely, in their craft.

Man..... so good every time. The friendliest the welcoming it's just a great place for rib. I ate…read moreonce before and then again and so on , it has never disappointed me. Place is GOOD THE BEST IN AMARILLO... in my opinion. I recommend this place

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Pork N Things BBQ - Nice, clean, and roomy spaces in the back.

Nice, clean, and roomy spaces in the back.

Pork N Things BBQ - 2 individual Pork Ribs $7.00 & 1/4 lb Sliced Briskets $8.25

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Crazy Larry's Pit Bar-B-Que - 1/2 rack of ribs eight slices for $17. It was excellent.

Crazy Larry's Pit Bar-B-Que

4.0(151 reviews)
3.3 mi
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This place is amazing! You can tell the owners actually care about their food and their customers!…read moreTheir potato salad is the best and that which we measure everyone else's we've ever found. Great value and and local!

At Crazy Larry's, the warmest impression came from the people behind the counter. The owners were…read moreexceptionally friendly, offering the kind of easy conversation and personal welcome that gives a longtime local business its character. Unfortunately, my three-meat plate did not leave an equally memorable impression. The meats were served from a crockpot, and I found myself missing the natural smoke flavor that makes barbecue worth seeking out. Taste and presentation were the meal's greatest weaknesses; neither delivered the distinction I hoped for. The sides were adequate, but offered little to lift the plate above an ordinary lunch. Service was the clear high point. For a counter-service restaurant, the welcome was exceptional, and meeting the owners added something worthwhile to the visit. The dining room, housed in a former Taco Villa, was acceptably clean, though worn flooring and wall coverings gave the space a visibly aging, retrofitted appearance. During lunch, customer traffic moved comfortably, and the atmosphere was relaxed. Value was harder to find. Even with such pleasant hospitality, the food itself left me at 2/10 for value. I would return in a pinch for a quick protein meal, and I would happily recommend stopping in to meet the owners. For barbecue, however, this visit gave me little reason to recommend the plate. The hospitality deserves appreciation; the cooking needs the same strength of personality. Category Score Food 4/10 Service 9/10 Cleanliness 3/10 Atmosphere 3/10 Value 2/10 Overall 2/10 This review reflects my personal experience and opinion alone. It is not influenced by staff, management, hearsay, or outside opinions.

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Crazy Larry's Pit Bar-B-Que - Frito pie- Red plate   Ribs, Brisket, Sausage, Potato Salad, Beans- Green plate

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The Big Texan Steak Ranch - "The Big Texan 16 ounce Panhandle cut Prime Rib" green chili corn & cheesy tators Superb. Winners circle all the way baby :)...

The Big Texan Steak Ranch

3.4(3.4k reviews)
6.5 mi
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The food was great the loaded fries were so delicious I loved the steak the drinks were really good…read morethe Shirley temples were pretty great too

My partner and I stopped at this historic Route 66 restaurant on a bustling Saturday evening. For a…read moretable of 2, it was about a 45 minute wait, but there was so much to see in the restaurant area that time flew by. First off - the ambiance is incredible. With a huge outdoor area complete with photo ops, large gift shop, arcade games, and brewery, there is truly something to see in every corner of this restaurant. As we were seated, we were treated to some of the best bread rolls I have ever had in my life - and it came with unlimited servings! We ordered the ribeye steaks. My partner got the bone-in ribeye but for some reason it did not actually come with a bone, which was odd but not a huge deal for us. I loved the flavorful, medium rare 12 oz ribeye, which was juicy and flavorful without too much fat. The fried okra and mac and cheese sides were tasty too. I also loved the free plastic cups they gave out, which were a great souvenir of our time at the memorable Big Texan Steak Ranch! Everyone in the area should give this place a try at least once.

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The Big Texan Steak Ranch - You can get RIBS, BRISKET & SAUSAGE TO GO by the pound. Sides also OuiOui.

You can get RIBS, BRISKET & SAUSAGE TO GO by the pound. Sides also OuiOui.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch - The best french fries too yum yum yum yum :)...

The best french fries too yum yum yum yum :)...

The Big Texan Steak Ranch - The Best Strawberry Shortcake EVER! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to Moi! Yum Yum Yum Yum OuiOui :)...

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