Fox’s The Daily Meal puts Alamo at #8 in “10 best ribs in America”:
Another suggestion from [The Washington Post’s Tim Carman], Alamo specializes in Texas-style barbecue, as the name implies. Its brisket is the stuff of legend, but the ribs are also world-class. They’re smoky, mopped with a stellar but not overpowering barbecue sauce, and are so good that you might just end up ordering a second rack.
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Okay, I’m going to have to meander my way over to Church Hill and try some ribs. http://t.co/1no4wnHRuD
Congrats Alamo! Well deserved!
Well the secret is out.. congrats.
Frankly, I’m shocked at that news. I adore Alamo, but every time I’ve ordered their ribs they have been dry and underwhelming. Is there a time of day they taste better? So weird.
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I have to agree, Shawn. I have always found the best options at Alamo to be the brisket, which may be the best brisket in the city, and the sausage. The ribs are not nearly as good as those at Buz n’ Ned’s or at Q.
Hint, hint. Alamo is in Union Hill, not Church Hill. Going to be a lot of people wandering around Church Hill looking for something that’s not there.
@10 & 11 – Alamo seems to have gotten a lot more inconsistent recently. Their peak is still as high as anything I’ve had but lately it’s seemed like they are mixing in some below standards stuff.
I’m a huge brisket fan and their brisket when on beats anything in town. Of the last 4 times I’ve ordered only two have been at that level though. The other two were cold, way too fatty and too thick.
They need to focus on quality control there if they want to stay on top. The recipes and the technique are best in class but it’s one of those places where you can’t count on what you’ll get on a given day.
@12 – do you really think anyone outside the area knows where Union Hill is? The news people even can’t figure out that Mosby isn’t church hill.
Trying to place a phone order at this place is akin to ramming a knitting needle through your eye. The person on the phone can’t hear due to all of the background noise and their generally trying to run the register too!
Please folks….focus on the customer in front of you (or on the phone with you!) Havin to repeat things multiple times and yet they still get it wrong! The girls they have working there are the WORST!
@Laura — With that attitude, I’m sure trying to take an order with from someone like you is also akin to ramming a knitting needle through one’s eye. It’s a BBQ joint, not a 5-star restaurant. Calm it down a little bit.
@16…those who can’t understand the value of customer service are doomed to fail. Alamo’s moat is not that wide….A little competition would serve them well.
We have been huge fans and frequent foodies at the Alamo…..we have noticed the quality of the beef brisket falling off lately, fatty and on occasion tough. One night one of the briskets was inedible.This past weekend, our neighbors were telling us they had had the same experience and had even called the Alamo to say hey what’s going on….things haven’t been very consistent lately, tough, fatty brisket and burned mac and cheese. She spoke to a girl who was having trouble handling the call. Soooooo there is a common theme here. I hope they are reading this thread and know that we love the Alamo and want the same consistent quality they had been providing, both in food and customer service.
@18 – Sunday was actually among the best brisket I’ve had from there in a while. A little extra fat that should have been trimmed but the meat was tender and juicy as could be. I only wish there were some guarantee or way to know when it would be perfection on a bun like this vs nothing special.
Agree that the cashiers they have aren’t always the sharpest but I can’t fault them. It’s a tough job given the lines they have. They’re swamped pretty much all day and crammed in that small room.
USA Today says Alamo BBQ #11
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2013/06/29/americas-tastiest-ribs/2474465/
Great to note recent more national kudos to Alamo…well deserved. There’s no “inside,” hand built or otherwise. At Alamo it’s all about good food for your money, not “new” or “Classic.” All about the food.