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  Smoked Out: Gatlin's BBQ

  July 23 at 4 a.m.

  Greg Gatlin, the former Rice Owl defensive back and graduate, opened the first iteration of his self-titled barbecue joint sometime in 2010. Back then Gatlin's BBQ was housed in a tiny west 19th Street cottage that fit about 30 people. The family business (opened and operated with the help of...

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  Smoked Out: Feges BBQ

  July 16 at 5 a.m.

  I have been annoyed, perhaps irrationally so, by Feges BBQ since it first opened in early 2018. It is, by all accounts, a beloved, dual-chef-run, locally-owned barbecue joint with the supposed quality and creativity to lead a new generation of Houston smokehouses — and they put it in Greenway F*****g Plaza!...

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  Smoked Out: Demeris Bar-B-Q

  July 9 at 4 a.m.

  The Demeris name has meant something in Houston restaurant circles for well over half a century. Since Frank Demeris opened the G & N Cafe on North San Jacinto in 1952 the family has owned and operated a handful of Houston restaurants and cafes, most of which have since shuttered...

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  Smoked Out: Jackson Street BBQ

  July 2 at 5 a.m.

  In 2015 chef Bryan Caswell (Reef, El Real Tex-Mex) and Houston pitmaster Greg Gatlin opened Jackson Street BBQ in the shadow of Minute Maid Park. The joint venture aimed to capitalize on the growing popularity of Texas barbecue while catering to hoards of hungry Astros fans on their way in and...

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  Smoked Out: Brookstreet Bar-B-Que

  June 18 at 5 a.m.

  Sugar Land is spoiled for choice when it comes to dining. The massive and affluent suburb turned micro-metropolis has more respectable culinary diversity than most areas outside the loop — thanks in large part to its sizable Indian, East Asian and Latino populations. And yet, good barbecue in Sugar Land...

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  Smoked Out: Goode Company Barbecue

  June 4 at 5 a.m.

  The decision to include Goode Company Barbecue in this column was somewhat labored over. While the 42-year old smokehouse — and Goode family name — are something of a Houston institution, the decline in their barbecue quality has been well, and harshly, noted by both critics and online reviewers alike...