When my wife Marcela, my bud John and I walked into Blue Door Smokehouse (226 Walton Avenue
Lexington), we had no idea what awaited us. It left me a bit ferklempt.
Blue Door Smokehouse is a central Texas chop-house/chop-shop style BBQ joint that serves everything on trays with butcher paper. They’ve got a good five or six homemade sides, but you won’t find pulled pork fries or anything like that here.
Here’s what I remember:
- I was about to try the sauces, but the food arrived.
- Holy crap is that brisket great.
- I don’t remember breathing while eating it.
- We moved on to the smoked sausage, which I enjoyed but not as much as the brisket.
- I was too stuffed to eat any sides.
- Marcela and John loved everything, including the sides.
- I don’t remember walking out of Blue Door Smokehouse, but that’s because I think I floated.
- John and I hit them up at 11 AM two days later while Marcela slept.
- Holy crap, that brisket is still great.
- I moved on to the pulled pork sandwich, which I enjoyed but not as much as the brisket.
- I was too stuffed to eat any sides.
- We brought some brisket back to Marcela so she wouldn’t kill us.
Calling it a “most excellent” experience a la Bill & Ted is probably the understatement of the year. Oh yeah, and holy crap is that brisket great!
P.S. This has to be the best bbq in Lexington, Kentucky.
Blue Door Smokehouse Food Pics
Having lived most of my life in Lexington before moving to Miami in January, my last meal at Blue Door were never-seen-before “burnt ends” of brisket. Sublime…
We absolutely loved Lexington.
I think you mean verklempt.
Nope, I’m using the urban dictionary version. Click on the word in the story and you’ll see what I mean.