
Archie's BBQ
$East 12th smoke that runs on regulars' time

“The Parmer Lane outpost of the Round Rock chain”
The Parmer Lane store carries the Smokey Mo's family-chain formula into North Austin, running a tidy counter for the Parmer and McNeil crowd with early hours and a lunch-built price point. It's the neighborhood-outpost version of a chain born in Cedar Park in 2000 — familiar, consistent, and aimed squarely at the weekday plate. The smoked brisket leads, sliced and served with a steady smoke, and the sliced turkey is a lighter option that stays moist. The smoked sausage snaps, and the BBQ beans anchor a value-minded sides case. Breakfast runs until mid-morning, extending the day for early commuters. Nothing here reaches for a Top 50 nod, and it doesn't need to — the Parmer outpost's job is to keep North Austin fed with consistent, affordable barbecue, and it does that plate after plate.
**North Austin's value counter, from breakfast to dinner.** The Parmer Lane Smokey Mo's runs the family chain's tidy formula — steady-smoke brisket, moist sliced turkey, snappy sausage — for the weekday plate at a lunch-built price.
Regulars point to Smoked Brisket, Sliced Turkey, Smoked Sausage, and BBQ Beans.
Mon–Sat 7am–9pm, Sun 8am–8pm
Smokey Mo's BBQ is mid-range ($$).
Smokey Mo's BBQ serves Central Texas Style barbecue — Central Texas BBQ is defined by its simplicity: salt-and-pepper rub, post oak wood, low and slow in an offset smoker. The meat is the star — no sauce needed. This is the style that put Texas BBQ on the world map.

East 12th smoke that runs on regulars' time

A Manor Road trailer smoking lamb next to the brisket

The Hutto trailer that crashed the Texas Monthly Top 50