Teague's BBQ — Restaurant in Texas

I am still sitting in the parking lot of this restaurant while I write this. This was my 2nd time at this restaurant. The first time I was picking up an order for someone else and took a to-go menu. I have ben trying to get back by there since. Today I was wanting some bbq and was in the Woodlands, so I decided to stop by. I ordered 1/2lb of brisket and 1/2lb of sausage and a side of beans. It came with a complimentary can of Bud Light. With tax it came to $30, which is about average for a similar meal at other places. I was surprised that it didn't automatically come with bread. This is the 1st time in any bbq places in the state that I ordered a pound of meat and it didn't come with bread or bread wasn't offered. When I asked for some bread the lady who was waiting on me looked a little thrown off by my request. But she did give me two pieces of Texas Toast size bread. The food leaves a lot to be desired. The brisket was dry as shoe leather and lacked flavor. It was so dry that I didn't eat 4 pieces of it. The sausage was just average tasting. The beans were really good. At this point I am disappointed in the visit, but was willing to probably give them a 2nd chance because having worked in restaurants for 23 years I know sometimes things just happen. However, my next encounter turned me off to this place. I'm generally not a big bbq sauce person and often will eat all my bbq with just a small amount of sauce, but that brisket was so dry I had to drown it in the sauce. About halfway thru the brisket I ran out of sauce. I went to the counter and asked for another souffle cup of sauce. I was told it would be .81 cents. (I'm still trying to remember the last time somebody charged me for extra bbq sauce while eating in the dining room.) My 1st thought was to say something, but I tried to keep a neutral facial expression and thought to myself I needed that sauce if I was going to finish that dry meat. So I paid it. I'm just smh at the fact that I bought a pound of meat and all they gave me was one small cup of sauce.

Now, I don't need to tell anyone that in the general scheme of things .81 cents isn't a big deal. But nickle and diming a condiment is bad business imo. We used to have a saying when I worked in restaurant marketing. " Stepping over Dollars to pick up Pennies." There are more restaurants per square mile in Houston than any other city in the U.S. Customers have choices and in Texas there are more bbq restaurants than any other state. I also think it says a lot that in the hour and half that I was in the restaurant only one other customer came in. All I can say is...

Based on my experience/opinion... Read all the raving reviews on Google and decided to give this place a try. Location is on a strip mall (next yo a gas station, Jacqui Cleaners and a medical plaza) on Spring Steubner, past Rhodes, etc heading east toward I-45. Place was empty but clean and well-kept. Ordered loaded baked potato with brisket, and two, two-meat plates (brisket and ribs; brisket and sausage). Three sides came with each of the latter - ordered baked beans, candied yam and jalapeño corn bread, and an order of French fries as an extra ($2.95 for a mod-sized tub). Service was quick, but matter-of-fact, no warm greeting or other small talk. Food was delivered quickly. Prices were reasonable. $45 incl taxes and tips. Portion size was ample...brisket and sausage were decent/tasty but not spectacular. Ribs were chewy, fries were soggy and the cornbread was inedible - very dry and tasteless, had to throw away. Quite disappointed with these. Candied yams and baked beans were about average. Not impressed overall, food tasted pre-made and left out for while e.g, cornbread, ribs. SouthernQ on Kuykendahl is still the best in the area, IMO.

As I mentioned above, went to this place based on the glowing reviews...but not hurrying back...

Teague's had some very good food. Stopped in with the wife today and ordered brisket and sausage with green beans and potato salad on the side. Everything was delicious. The green beans were soft the way barbeque joints tends to serve them and we're wonderfully seasoned. I have my suspicions about how they were cooked but suffice it to say they had bold flavor and we're very tasty. The brisket was done well. I always order moist from the point with bark. It came exactly as requested and everything about it was wonderful. Just slightly less than fall apart but still exquisite. The sausage was also boldly flavored but not spicy. Which was nice. My only complaint at all was that all the meat came covered in sauce and I typically like to be asked before they cover all that flavor with a sauce. That having been said their barbeque sauce was very tasty with a complex flavor profile. A welcome change from many places where the sauce tastes...