12/11/2025
FINAL LUNCH SERVICE (SEE UPDATE BELOW)
WHEN: Friday, December 12th
TIME: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
WHERE: The Texan: A Landmark Venue in Athens, Texas, located at 209. E. Tyler St.
MENU: All your favorites: Brisket, Honey Brined Turkey; Pork Shoulder, Sausage, Green Chili Queso and Nachos, and all of our standard sides.
This Week’s SPECIAL: Our ABSOLUTE favorite special of all time: Brisket Pastrami. Try it by itself or in a (1) Pastrami Sandwich with Swiss cheese and our house-made Spicy Mustard or (2) Rueben with Swiss Cheese, Sauerkraut and our house-made Russian Dressing. Oh, and we will also have our Cajun Barbecue Jambalaya as well … another one of our absolute favorites!
SMOKY B UPDATE: Yes, that’s right … this will be our last Friday lunch service (at least for the foreseeable future). We will still continue to provide food and drinks at Texan concerts and other large events, but otherwise, we are closing our catering and Friday lunch service. We are so proud to have been voted the Best Barbecue and Best Catering in Henderson County for 2022, 2023, and 2024, but unfortunately, this is a decision that is a long time overdue.
To our regulars and those that have supported us over the last 5 years, we say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!! We wish we could keep it going, but it is just not possible. Regardless, we will never forget your support, kind words, and friendship!
To our staff (current and past), we love you all; you will ALWAYS be family to us! We are so grateful for your hard work, and we will do everything possible to help you moving forward. Specifically, to Bill Back, we thank you for your hard work, laugh, and support and wish you all the best! To Chef Zachary Smith, we loved talking shop with you and appreciate your thoughts and ideas so much. To Che Martin, you have been an absolute Godsend. To Shea King, your work ethic and attitude have kept us going as long as we have, and we are so thankful. To Jayden Blain, you are so talented and you have been the best of Smoky B for awhile now … we are so grateful, and I will finish by saying that any business (and especially any barbecue place) would be so better off if you were to hire Jayden Blain and/or Shea King.
We are so happy and proud to be a part of this community, and we are looking forward to what is next! We are so proud of what we have produced and built, we are so thankful for those that have supported us, and we wish EVERYONE the absolute best.
Finally, I would like to close with a prayer that I say every night to our girls: “God, please help us to work a little bit harder tomorrow, get a little bit smarter, be a little bit friendlier, and LOVE a little bit more!” That is our prayer for our entire Greater Athens Community… We LOVE you all!!!
