Willie's Bar-B-Que — Restaurant in Austin

A few years, two barbecue joints in town were busted for buying stolen meat. Sam's Bar-B-Cue was one of them and the other was Willie's Bar-B-Que. I recently had the boudin sausage from Willie's and wanted some more of it. Willie's shares space with a barbershop and a gas station so you could easily miss it as you drive by.

You can only order the meat by the half pound so I went with a three-meat plate that is not listed on the menu. The plate came with moist brisket, pork ribs, and Elgin sausage with sides of potato salad and beans. I also added a link of boudin sausage. When I got my food, I looked down and saw a lot of the meats covered in barbecue sauce and seasoned salt. I thought that was a weird touch. The brisket was thinly sliced into small rectangular cuts. I did find an unscathed piece from the sauce and salt. The brisket tasted like smoky roast beef. There was not a whole lot of flavor so the seasoning salt and sauce did come in handy. The ribs were gray on the outside and pink on the inside. It was void of any flavor. Without the pink, I would have guessed the ribs were cooked in an oven the day before. The meat was tender and coming off the bone. The sausage had a nice spicy bite, but the casing was really chewy. It was beefy and a good amount of fat. The smoked boudin was definitely the highlight. The casing was snappy and could barely hold in the filling. The richness of the sausage played nice with the Cajun spices. I would have liked to see a little bit more meat in it because it was very heavy on the rice. There was nothing to note about the sides. Plain, bland, and probably store bought.

I do not know if I could trust a restaurant that would buy stolen meat. The word quality comes to mind. If you are taking a chance on your main product, what else are you willing to do? Willie's smoked boudin was solid, but I would rather go to Smokey Denmark for...

So I asked for a sausage wrap and I said that I didn’t want my sausage greasy the lady told me well it hadn’t been up on the light long enough and I said that’s old sausage but if you cook the sausage a little longer I promise all the grease will get out is what I told her so she said oh OK ill will see what we can do she brought my sausage out after im not sure but it’s hard in spots so she cooked it in the microwave leaving it in there for probably 10 minutes I don’t know but when I bit into the sauce it’s almost broke my teeth and wheni told her she was like oh...

Yesterday was my first time going to this restaurant. If I could I would rate this place as a -5. The sausage and brisket was very dry. The potato salad wasn't fresh. They tell me you have to pay for bread. The experience was horrible I was very disappointed. I wouldn't recommend this place too anyone. I was in the area and someone told me they were good. I refuse to return. This place has nothing on Blacks Bar-B-Que. If you want great food and dessert...