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There has been a lot of talk about BBQ lately in Dallas; it seems everyone who didn’t open upscale burger joints in the past couple of years are now opening barbecue joints. And along with each new spot come droves of rabid fans who love or hate it. Click here...

Two restaurants responsible for catapulting Deep Ellum into the national spotlight, thanks to a visit from Food Network’s Guy Fieri— are Pecan Lodge, famous for its epic barbecue, and Il Cane Rosso, serving up what’s arguably some of the best pizza in the country. Click here to read more....

“If you’d like, we’ll go get it for you and serve it here,” said the concierge at Dallas’ Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek when I asked about going to Pecan Lodge, the barbecue joint that I’d heard was the best in town. Above and beyond services are, obviously, one of...

With only a few weeks left before United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Unite Forever Gala, the organization’s young professionals group kicked off the countdown with a party at Pecan Lodge. Click here to read more....

“For barbecue, it’s got to be Pecan Lodge in Dallas. The beef rib, brisket, and fried chicken are all fantastic.” — Daniel Vaughn, Texas Monthly Click here to read more....

Let’s focus on college football’s final and most important game of the season (and eat perfectly smoked beef and pork from Pecan Lodge in Dallas), as the Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes meet in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship. And yes, the Pecan Lodge beef and pork...

When the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers face off on Sunday, there will be more on the line than just a playoff game: barbecue will also be at stake. Click here to read more....

A new generation of pit masters and grill masters has applied time-honored smoking and grilling techniques to the kind of meat most of us want to eat today: humanely and locally raised animals free of growth hormones and antibiotics. We crave bespoke cocktails and wine lists, not cheap beer, and...

If you don’t feel like cooking on Thanksgiving, Deep Ellum barbecue joint Pecan Lodge will do the work for you — for a price. It’s selling smoked turkeys ($109) and whole briskets ($125), among other items. Pecan Lodge is known state-wide for its brisket. Jeffrey Savell, regents professor at Texas...

One of the top places in town to get your fill is Pecan Lodge, which got its start as a modest stand at the Dallas Farmers Market but has since grown so popular it recently moved to a much larger space in Deep Ellum. Co-owner Justin Fourton recommends bringing friends...