6:30 pm Sunday: County Line BBQ, Austin, TX--We’ll take the check, please.

An hour after Burnett County BBQ we pull into County Line BBQ, just outside of Austin. As soon as we walk into the place we all look at each other and agree we just can’t do it. This is a restaurant, not a BBQ joint. Texas BBQ doesn’t involve waiter service, printed menus and plates/forks. Nor does it involve a taped shtick of a Jeff Foxworthy knockoff doing his “you know you’re a Texan if…..” routine.

We are professionals, and refuse to have our integrity sullied in this place. After a drink on the patio, we were back in the car and headed for Whole Foods to get the ingredients for a big, big salad for dinner. We’re craving crisp, light, lettuce, and nothing that was ever alive.

The rating: County Line BBQ is an acceptable restaurant to take the oldsters to when they’re let out from the home on visiting day, but not a place to go for real BBQ.