The waitress reminds us that the brisket was mentioned on "Check Please." There's a fan-base for their 4-cheese macaroni. Fat Willy's is a go-to place for lots of folks. I should have written this before going to Texas but it might make a bolder statement now that I've been to a couple Lone Star eateries. The brisket is really good.
I had to order two sandwich plates. A big problem is that you can't get a meat assortment. I've heard that they serve a mean bird but I didn't want to toss all the extra bread, fries, cole slaw, etc. To order just the meat you have to order a huge portion – it's crazy.
The slaw and the fries are both pretty tasty. The vinegar slaw has a good amount of lube and is pretty tart. The fries are puffy and crispy. It's all good.
The pork was moist and shredded but there wasn't enough crackly-good crisy outside. The flavor was good and it very smokey. Maybe too smokey but I liked it.
The brisket is the bomb. It has a light sweetness to it, plenty of smoke and bits of crispy minging in the falling apart meat. It might be my favorite so far. Smoque's brisket has a bit more fat to it and that's a welcome addition but Willy's is plenty juicy, even without the fat.
Fat Willy's is too much of a restaurant for me. Their food is great and the location, across from the movies is perfect but my ideal BBQ joint is very much like Smoque, where the smoker is the entertainment and you bus your own tables.
Fat Willy's
2416 W. Schubert
http://www.fatwillysribshack.com/
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