Black Mesa BBQ – Albuquerque, New Mexico
“Barbecue may be our nation’s most democratic food. (Think small d-democratic, as in of the people, by the people, for the people.) That’s part of the problem: Egalitarian foods with elemental appeal oftentimes get short shrift.” ~John T. Edge for Gourmet Magazine When we first heard about a restaurant in Albuquerque’s South Valley offering “Texas style barbecue in the Land of Enchantment,” three questions came to mind. First, of course, was “could this really be Texas style barbecue?” “Texas is like a whole other country” in which there is no one style of barbecue. Instead, barbecue varies from one region to another across the Lone Star State. Pundits who refer to “Texas style barbecue” are usually talking about Central Texas…