Beach Hill Smokehouse

What is Beach Hill Smokehouse? Perched on Main Street just south of Gerrard in the Upper Beaches, this unpretentious smokehouse is run by pitmaster Darien List and brings uncompromising Central Texas barbecue traditions to the east end. Inside, the stripped-back, counter-service setup is geared around butcher paper platters and picnic-style communal tables stocked with rolls of paper towels. It is straightforward, aroma-heavy, and built purely for serious meat appreciation without any fuss.

Beach Hill Smokehouse Menu & What to Order Meats here are rubbed with coarse black pepper and salt, then smoked low and slow over oak and pecan wood. The Certified Angus beef brisket is non-negotiable—tender, fatty, and bordered by a textbook peppery bark. Round out a tray with coarse-ground butcher sausages, halal smoked chicken, creamy Southern mac and cheese, and bright poblano coleslaw before finishing with a tub of scratch-made banana pudding or peach cobbler.

Know Before You Go Operating strictly on a walk-in, first-come, first-served counter system, the smokehouse will sell out of prime cuts like brisket and ribs well before closing time on weekends. Street parking along Main Street is limited, but the restaurant sits a short stroll south of Main Street subway and Danforth GO stations. They run Wednesday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or until the pits are cleared out.