Coopers in Llano may well be the Mecca of Texas BBQ
NO QUESTION ITS TOP THREE
it’s worth the drive off interstate 10 (60 miles) if headed west from Austin or San Antonio
My sons would hop in the truck now for a road trip to Austin and Llano for Coopers and Austin just cause it’s fun and pretty even if daft
A mere 883 miles
My dad had a huge deer lease on Lake Buchanon in the early 70s.....he took clients on junkets....I worked it. ..Whitetail deer and hogs and rio grande Turkey....9000 acres with camp houses and main line processing etc all for only 7500/year....
Today it’s be a 100,000.....it took two hours to make the deer stand drop off circuit four times a day for morning and afternoon hunts if you had the long route...up and down over hills and canyons and arroyo...and an old tin mine right in the middle which dad forbid us to climb down in but we of course did anyhow...Indian hand paintings on caves...Edwards Plateau terrain....very western feeling
Sorry for wandering...we visited the old camp last summer.....someone bought it....looks just the same
BARF! Coopers uses that nasty vinegar sauce not real Texas tomato based bbq sauce. If your driving to Llano, go to Inman’s BBQ.
Where does the Salt Lick rate?
Lots of good memories you have for that Texas area with hunting and Cooper’s BBQ. Crazy prices for leases these days. If I get within 500 miles of Coopers I will go there! It has 300+ photos on yelp and great reviews. Coopper’s is definitely Old School. Looks to me like a better place to hit than New Braunfels and its BBQs which swarms with tourists and international tourists these days. Thanks for the recommendation. I have never heard of Coopers before but now I know.