USA TODAY’s 2025 Restaurants of the Year celebrates the South’s most exciting and storied dining destinations. Chosen by our ...

Going out for a steak dinner in the city? Sometimes, choosing a chain restaurant can be a surprisingly good option. There are ...

The question then becomes: Are you a barbecue joint or a steakhouse? Or something in between? For the recently-opened Black Gold restaurant in Austin ... seared on cast iron grill.

and LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue each received a Michelin star. All of them are in Austin except for Corkscrew BBQ, which is in the tiny town of Spring, just north of Houston. As a Texas local ...

Antonio Guevara and Tifany Swulius first met in 2012 at the quintessential Dallas dive bar, Lakewood Landing. Guevara works ...

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Now, another acclaimed smokehouse—one that has even been honored by the world's foremost restaurant critics—has moved into a literal place of worship. Specifically, owner Tom Micklethwait ...

A popular Selma barbecue spot has been named one of the best restaurants in the country. Here's what you need to know before you go.

This copycat barbecue chicken pizza is a homemade version of the classic mall bite. Store-bought pizza dough gets stretched and cooked in a cast iron, topped with your favorite barbecue sauce and ...

trooped to Austin to a barbecue after his inaugural. The inaugural itself was simple—with the Governor requesting more power, fussing about the Legislature as he has for two years, and saluting ...

From buzzy Instagram-worthy spots to tried-and-true small-town standbys, these are USA TODAY's top restaurants across the United States in 2025.