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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Houston
Food
Feel
Price
8.0
4.0
$20
Barbecue
Counter service

Hours
Wed–Fri 10:30am–7:30pm
Sat 10:30am–7:00pm

Bar None
Credit cards None

North Houston
7117 N. Shepherd Dr.
Houston, TX
(713) 692-2800
Burns Bar-B-Q
Now and then, a taste of Hill Country authenticity right outside the Loop

Burns Bar-B-Q recently moved from one dilapidated building sitting in the middle of a rough neighborhood in North Houston to another. As a result, it may suffer some inconsistency, but so do the best Hill Country smokehouses. This is the real deal, folks, so your enjoyment requires patience: try to…

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