Even Maren Morris Wants to Know What Makes La Barbecue Michelin Star Worthy
It’s canon now that La Barbecue is where all the celebrities stop when they come to Austin: Seth Rogan and the cast of Apple+’s The Studio hit up the beloved barbecue joint during SXSW (food influencer Keith Lee made it his only stop during the conference as well), and Dua Lipa popped in when she was in town headlining ACL. Now, Texas-born country singer Maren Morris wants a piece of that brisket.
In an Instagram post on Saturday, June 28, Morris rolled through Bat City on her Dreamsicle Tour, supporting her album of the same name that was released in May. She and a few members of the crew took a barbecue break. Morris noted that it was a sweltering 93 degrees out (plus humidity), but that she was going on a Michelin-star barbecue hunt anyway. In the carousel of photos, Morris posted one of the sign outside La Barbecue on East Cesar Chavez, a shot of her with three other people at a table on the restaurant’s patio, a shot of the La Barbecue staff working behind the counter, and one of a lunch of four chopped brisket sandwiches with sides of spicy garlic pickles and regular pickles.
Hurtado BBQ, which has a shop in her hometown of Arlington, jumped into the comments section with a “bruh” — we’re going to guess to register disappointment? Jealousy? Who knows.
Still to come: Morris’s review of the place and a weigh-in on what Michelin-worthy barbecue means, exactly. Or is that asking too much?
