Dining Guide
David’s Barbecue

With the first bite from the towering chopped brisket sandwich at David’s Barbecue in Pantego, you might think that this is what Sonny Bryan’s used to taste like when it made it on everyone’s “best of” barbecue lists. Owner and pitmaster Jimmy Harris is part of the Bryan barbecue family. Elias Bryan, who opened a barbecue joint in Oak Cliff in 1910, was Sonny’s grandfather and Harris’s great grandfather. At David’s, Jimmy has all the family secrets to work with, including the barbecue sauce recipe. That sauce is what covered the generous and juicy mound of meat between two sides of a buttered bun. Filling for sure, but this was good smoky meat and crust bound together by plenty of fat and the smoky sauce fortified with brisket drippings.
City: Arlington
Cuisine: Barbecue
Method: Hickory in a wood-fired rotisserie
Pitmaster: Jimmy Harris
Address: 2224 H West Park Row, Arlington, TX, 76013
Hours: Tues-Sat 11-9
Phone: (817) 261-9998
Website: www.davidsbarbecue.com
Year Opened: 1988
Last updated: September 7, 2014