Dining Guide
Ed’s Smok-N-Q

A renovated Sonic on the east side of San Antonio, Ed’s Smok-N-Q has the recognizable red awnings and angled parking spots, but the Sonic speakers boxes and car hops are long-gone. Ed’s has a decent brisket, though not the city’s best. The pulled pork tacos are Ed’s standout. Ed’s pork is spectacular. It has got to be pulled to order because the meat was incredibly juicy with just enough salt and not too much smoke. It might be a contender for San Antonio’s best pulled pork, and it’s probably the best item at Ed’s. Get the brisket if you must, but don’t skip the pulled pork.
City: San Antonio
Cuisine: Barbecue
Method: Mesquite in an offset smoker
Pitmaster: Chris Ashford
Price: $
Address: 902 South W.W. White Rd., San Antonio, TX, 78220
Hours: M 11-7, W-Sat 11-7, Sun 12-7
Phone: (210) 359-1511
Year Opened: 2009
Last updated: May 12, 2014
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Ed’s Smok-N-Q
A accolade from two years back brought me to this renovated Sonic on the east side of San Antonio. A local media outlet (I don’t recall which one) wrote that Ed’s Smok-N-Q served the best brisket in the city. That claim in San Antonio doesn’t carry quite the weight as the same utterance in Austin, but it’s …