Garland · Lake Highlands
Pecan-smoked brisket and ribs a short hop west on LBJ.
9090 Skillman St Ste 174a, Dallas, TX 75243 (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
How to get hereFor barbecue near Garland, head west on LBJ to Strouderosa BBQ, 9090 Skillman Street in Lake Highlands, Dallas. It is about fifteen minutes from downtown Garland. Brisket, ribs and house-made sausage smoked over pecan, scratch sides and a sit-down dining room open Wednesday through Sunday, plus take-and-bake trays and catering for the family table.
Get on LBJ (I-635) heading west, exit at Skillman and turn south. The pit is just past the freeway, one road the whole way, and the card below tells you which door. Plan on about fifteen minutes from downtown Garland, a little longer from Firewheel. Full directions and hours live on the location page.
Garland has good pits of its own, and nobody here will argue otherwise. Strouderosa is the one a single exit west with a dining room, house-made sausage and a Braterosa, which stacks that sausage with chopped brisket or pulled pork and sauerkraut. Ribs come off the pecan with a dark rub and a clean pull from the bone. The full menu has the rest of the board.
Sunday dinner for a Garland crowd does not have to mean a day at the smoker. Take-and-bake trays go home cold and heat up in your own oven, and birthdays, reunions and church groups start on the catering page with a date, a headcount and an address. Strouderosa was a catering pit before it had a dining room, so feeding a crowd is the original job.
The rest of the board is on the menu, with every price on the price list.
Strouderosa BBQ, at 9090 Skillman St Ste 174a in Lake Highlands, Dallas, about fifteen minutes west of downtown Garland on LBJ. Brisket, ribs and house-made sausage smoked over pecan with scratch sides, in a sit-down dining room.
About fifteen minutes by car from downtown Garland. Take LBJ (I-635) west and exit at Skillman. The restaurant faces Skillman just south of the freeway, with parking out front.
Yes. Order online and pick it up hot, or grab take-and-bake trays that go home cold and finish in your own oven. Both work for a Sunday table without a day at the smoker.
Birthdays, reunions, church groups and office parties in Garland start on the catering page with a date, a headcount and an address. We confirm how the food gets there for your location and headcount.
Wednesday through Saturday from 11 am to 8 pm; Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday, when the smoker gets its day off.
Start with the brisket, sliced for the bark, and a half rack of ribs to compare notes. The Braterosa is the house signature. Mac and cheese and jalapeno cream corn are the sides people come back for.
Closer to home? Start with the best BBQ in Lake Highlands, or read the story behind the pit.
