The Salt Lick BBQ

Avg 4.2* in total 5480 reviews.

Claimed  -  $$ -  Barbeque

Phone: (512) 858-4959

About the Business

Specialties

World-renowned bar-b-que, delicious potato salad, cole slaw, and beans, and heavenly cobblers and pecan pie.

History

Established in 1967.

Thurman and Hisako Roberts started The Salt Lick in 1967 with an open-fire pit alongside FM 1826 in Driftwood, Texas. Folks ate off the hoods of their cars, so the couple with the delicious bar-b-que added a few picnic tables under the trees. From there, The Salt Lick has grown into a bar-b-que legend with multiple locations serving thousands of guest per week.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Scott R.

Business Owner

In the 60's Thurman Roberts traveled constantly across Texas working for a bridge construction company. He dreamed of spend­ing every day where his family had put down generations of roots in Driftwood.TX  One day he and his wife, Hisako, took out a yellow legal pad and wrote down 54 things the family could do to stay in Driftwood. The idea for the Salt Lick was 14th on the list. So in 1967, Thurman, known for his delicious BBQ at family reunions, decided he would cook meat for paying customers. Thurman and his son Scott (The Salt Lick's current owner) built a huge bar-b-que pit. Thurman would go to the pit on Thursday night and start cooking. He stayed for the weekend, sleeping on a cot, until all  the meat sold. He kept coming home earlier and earlier. After a few months, Thurman and Scott built a little screen porch around the pit. The Salt Lick has grown from there.

18300 Fm 1826, Driftwood, TX 78619