Riverside County is a long way from Texas, but two restaurants in Riverside County serving Texas-style barbecue made it into Yelp’s top 20.
In the website’s “Top 100 BBQ Spots 2024,” Calhoun Family Texas Barbeque in Murrieta landed at No. 17. This quick service mom-and-pop eatery specializes in brisket and sweet potato pie, according to its website. It’s at 24710 Washington Ave. calhounfamilytexasbarbeque.com
Badlands BBQ in Norco followed at No. 18. The menu includes several sandwiches, salads, baked potatoes and such sides as jalapeño bacon mac & cheese. The address is 120 Hidden Valley Parkway D. badlandsbarbecue.com
There are four other Southern California restaurants in the list.
No. 19: Buckboard’s Barbecue & Brew, 975 Greenfield Drive, Suite A, El Cajon. buckboardsbbq.com
No. 21: Heritage Barbecue, 31721 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano. heritagecraftbbq.com
No. 41: Spirit of Texas BBQ, 1588 West Highland Ave., San Bernardino. spiritoftexasbbq.com
No. 62: The Swingin’ Door Texas BBQ, 11018 Vanowen St., North Hollywood. bbqnorthhollywood.wixsite.com/swingindoor
Yelp is a company that publishes crowd-sourced reviews of restaurants and other businesses. To compile this list, it identified businesses in its Barbecue category that also have a lot of reviews using the word “barbecue.” It then ranked those businesses by several factors, including the ratings diners gave them.
