Belton

Solid · Texas barbecue, Hill Country direct heat · Belton · $$

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They burn mesquite down to coals and cook straight over the fire in steel box pits, and the two-inch pork chop that comes off them is a dish Daniel Vaughn has praised twice.

Solid · Texas barbecue, coffee · Belton · $$

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Miller's dropped its offset smokers for a wood-fired rotisserie and Texas Monthly still put the black-crusted brisket in its 2025 Top 50.

Solid · Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza · Belton · $$

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Jason Brumbalow spent three years working through Jeff Varasano's 22,000-word dough recipe before he ever opened a door.

Solid · Thai, Surat Thani · Downtown Belton · $$

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Narunya came to Central Texas from Surat Thani in 2007, could not find the food she grew up on, and went to Le Cordon Bleu so she could cook it herself.

Listed · Pizza, craft beer · Downtown Belton · $$

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They brew their own beer on the premises of a downtown Belton pizza place and put the tables on the roof.

Listed · Belgian waffles, breakfast · Historic Downtown Belton · $$

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Belgian waffles on imported flour and pearl sugar, served next to smoked Louisiana meat, in the downtown Belton room where the company started.

Listed · Yucatecan Mexican · Belton · $

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Cochinita pibil, the slow-roasted Yucatecan pork, going into corn tortillas made by hand, from a small operation on East Central Avenue.