Heritage Barbecue

"San Juan Capistrano’s award-winning pitmaster Daniel Castillo takes barbecue to the next level with wood-smoked brisket, sausages, turkeys, ribs, chickens, and more. First-timers load up on the brisket and ribs, while regulars order pork belly banh mi sandwiches, brisket tacos prepared with La Palma tortillas, and creamy banana pudding layered with pound cake and vanilla wafer cookies. Get the charred broccoli with cheesy mornay sauce if it’s on the menu."

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"Amazing bibi gourmand establishment. Great brisket "

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"BBQ Michelin Inspector notes: “Add on a side of chili with more brisket along with a cheddar-jalapeño biscuit and never look back again. Don't forget to save room for desserts like banana pudding or pineapple upside down cake.”"

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"Food & Wine, Texas Monthy Top 10"

@bfelt

"Delicious bbq, brisket, queso "

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"Mocho. Uno dei migliori barbecue di sempre. Livello imbarazzante."

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"Heritage Barbecue San Juan Capistrano Barbecue $$ Take out The future of barbecue in California — and America — probably will read and taste very much like the cross-cultural connectivity that pitmaster Daniel Castillo is shaping in San Juan Capistrano. As with many savants of the new generation, Castillo looked to Central Texas to master technique; he perfumes meats over California white oak in four 1,000-gallon pits. Yet as he grows more assured in his own smoky arts, he casts a wider spell. The brisket, beef ribs and chorizo links may share the menu with pastrami, striated blocks of pork belly glazed in the manner of char siu and perhaps a special of smoked shrimp in green curry. On the side? Beans beefed up with brisket and guajillo chiles, jalapeño cornbread and potato salad that in the day’s mix of flavor may conjure the American South or Hawaii. The array changes ceaselessly, but there is one constant at Heritage: the line, which you’ll encounter no matter the time or day."

@ashigu

"Texas styled tacos. Saw on news, must try"

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"Texas style/slow smoked/pickled red onions/mustard based sauce/potato bread"

@tomsupero

"BEAUTIFUL/big plates. See insta"

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"LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2021"

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"Eater best Burgers are good too"

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"On its face, barbecue is about community and celebration and time. The slow-cooked meat method has its Texas roots in weekend parties and neighborhood get-togethers; all things that are hard to safely pull off right now. The next best version may well be a distanced afternoon in line at Heritage Barbecue in Orange County, waiting for brisket and sausages and pork ribs and beans with a few hundred other “friends.” The all-outdoor setup is about as safe as it gets right now, and the end result of all that waiting around is a rainbow of a platter stacked high with proteins of all sorts. Make an afternoon out of the whole experience soon, if only to have a sense that celebration isn’t dead, it just looks a little different right now. 31721 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano. —Farley Elliott"

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