Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack
5230 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX 77056
(713) 661-1622
www.bubbastexasburgershack.com
A band in town wanted to visit this place so, after a brief consultation with MapQuest, we were on our way, and found an old-school Texas eatery: a trailer converted into a kitchen, bathrooms, and standing area with picnic tables around it for people to enjoy their burgers, fries, and onion rings.
In theory, the restaurant offers a wide menu, but most of the people we saw ordered one of those three items. The burgers are seasoned with a dry spice mix that features chili powder, and then slow-cooked on a wide griddle.
Appearances do not reflect reality. Despite the trailer that looks like it might fall apart at any minute, these burgers live up to the reality of meat in Texas, which is that we love it and love to prepare it. They are juicy, flavorful, and have hints of flavor from the spicing which make them distinctive.
Perhaps best of all for touring bands, the restaurant is an anarchy zone. You can occupy a table for as long as you want in this odd restaurant-in-a-box under the freeway, and the staff are pleasant and mostly just leave you alone. That too is an old Texas tradition.
Not for a million dollars would I trust restaurant food at this point. To make ANY money in that biz, you have to cut some serious corners, and they have salmonella enterica and escherichia coli all over them.
Low paid STONED workers, probably just got done picking their noses or eating ass, making your food. It’s amazing more people are not dead at this point. It is also a tragedy that more people are not dead.
I still think that small organizations, family owned or familylike, have the potential to not be trash.
I’d give this place a try if I were in the area. I’m in Sweden though
If your immune system is shit, you’re gonna die early no matter how healthy you live.
Stronger people don’t need to live in fear.
I’d probably go for the Houston Burger with a side of fries. Seems appetizing.
Looking at the menu, it’s surprising to see how inexpensive beer is compared to the region I’m in. In all likelihood the difference boils down to out of control state and city tax rates for some items in order to fund nonsense that generally leads to even more nonsense. If so, that has got to change.
Anyhow, during a time that we should be celebrating Incantion’s full-length debut, let’s also pay tribute to awesome local burger joints. I’ll also throw local diners in there for good measure.
We have to do something to choke AI scrapers, they’re full of AIDS and Christ, so try this:
AI scrapers won’t change anything about the world. Bots will parrot normie “thought” (using that word *really* loosely) more efficiently than normies currently do, and anyone with an IQ above 120 will ignore it like they do normie chatter now.
This is really American
Kind of. America was built by small businesses that identified markets and catered to them without pretense. Sure beats the slick burger chains.
I have an OCD thing I think where I try to go without restaurant food and cook at home for as long as I can. Currently at a little over two months. Real satisfying feeling as the days stack up.
Humblebrag of the year.
Smart, I think. I generally avoid them as well unless out with people because my cooking scares people’s anuses.
Cooking at home also saves money. Also, who wants plebians preparing their food. No one knows where their hands have been.
The website photos are great. Sunset vistas of the wasteland speak to me ceremonial hymns of blasphemy, and bread, cheese, meat, and fresh veggies.
“Have a burger in the wasteland! Free parking.”
Since everything is bigger in Texas, is the meat thick and juicy too, Brett? I’m dying to know.