Monday, July 2, 2012

VERA'S PIT BARBACOA PUTS BROWNTOWN ON CUISINE MAP

From: Food and Wine Magazine
Best BBQ Cities
South Texas: Brownsville
July, 2012 Issue
South Texas barbecue takes its lead from Mexico, incorporating flavors and techniques from south of the border. The defining dish in this area is beef barbacoa, traditionally whole cow head wrapped in maguey leaves or foil and cooked overnight in an underground pit filled with hot coals. The fall-apart tender meat is then served in tortillas or simply on a plate, covered in cilantro, onions and salsa. Real pit cooking is rare these days due to Health Department regulations, but tiny, family-runVera’s is one of the few establishments whose pits were grandfathered in. There, customers find tender mesquite-smoked barbacoa by the pound, along with homemade salsa and tortillas, but plan ahead—Vera’s is only open on weekends.
Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que is located at 2404 Southmost Road Brownsville, and their phone number is (956) 546-4159.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where are they located?

Anonymous said...

@ 1:25 PM
READ the last sentence!!!!!!!

Aye caramba!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

(located at 2404 Southmost Road Brownsville)

Wonder what it would take to bring a version of that restaurant to Las Prietas?
Ren.

Anonymous said...

Best in Brownsville

Anonymous said...

JUAN LIKES VERGA-COA.........

Anonymous said...

Just curious.
Does anyone know how Las Prietas got its name?
I have always wondered and asked but no one seems to know.

Thank you kindly. :-))

Anonymous said...

No verga-mina para juan

Anonymous said...

Las Prietas, I've heard, were some ladies that owned a store in the Garden Park area.

Anonymous said...

Las Prietas was where my Great Grandfather and Father were born. So that the name was there even before the start of the 20th century. And it is a very good question. Who were Las Prietas???

Ren.

Anonymous said...

Las Prietas were two ladies that sold moon shine in the area. People would say "lets go buy some moon shine at Las prietas.,(the dark ladies)

rita