Dining Guide
City Meat Market
City: Giddings
Cuisine: Barbecue
Method: Post oak; indirect-heat pit
Pitmaster: Gerald Birkelbach (since 1982)
Pro-tip: For a living history lesson, just sit quietly and watch the old-timers.
Address: 101 W. Austin, Giddings, TX, 78942
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30-5:30, Sat 7:30-4
Phone: 979-542-2740
Website: citymeatmarket.biz
Year Opened: 1941
Last updated: May 3, 2013
Reviews
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City Meat Market
A welcome landmark on U.S. 290 between Austin and Houston is the boxy brick building of City Meat Market, in Giddings. The red painted sign reads “Bar-B-Q and Sausage”—sausage being one of their specialties. Walk through the main room, with its …
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City Meat Market
You may remember from the first review that City Meat Market, in Giddings, makes their own sausage for the market as well as providing it to Snow’s. After trying it at Snow’,s we wanted a good comparison of not only …
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City Meat Market
Thousands of drivers a day pass through Giddings along Texas Highway 290 on their way between Austin and Houston. They would all do themselves a favor if they stopped right in the center of town to sample the fine meats …
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City Meat Market
This friendly shop with blackened walls has been going strong for more than sixty years, and the locals swear by it. Though the brisket was average the day we went, everything else was excellent—pork, sausage, and chicken, all smoked with …